James Naughtie and readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best known novels. Authors include: Douglas Adams, Alan Bennett, Alice Sebold and Maya Angelou.
Episodes available:
Indefinitely 
Sun, 5 May 13
Duration:
28 mins
Gillian Clarke discusses her poetry collection Ice with James Naughtie.
Sun, 7 Apr 13
Duration:
28 mins
Turkey's leading female novelist Elif Shafak discusses her novel The Forty Rules of Love with James Naughtie.
Sun, 3 Mar 13
Duration:
28 mins
Andrew Miller discusses his Costa prize winning novel Pure with James Naughtie. Set in pre-revolutionary Paris, the book is a gripping, earthy story about the clearing of a huge cemetery in the area now known as Les Halles.
Sun, 3 Feb 13
Duration:
28 mins
Writer Hilary Spurling and BBC World Affairs Editor John Simpson discuss George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. Part of the Real George Orwell Season.
Sun, 6 Jan 13
Duration:
28 mins
Ben Macintyre discusses Agent Zigzag with James Naughtie - his bestselling book on the true story of a professional criminal named Eddie Chapman, a successful British double agent who infiltrated the Nazi intelligence services during World War II.
Sun, 2 Dec 12
Duration:
28 mins
Sathnam Sanghera discusses his memoir The Boy With The Topknot with James Naughtie.
Sun, 4 Nov 12
Duration:
28 mins
David Almond discusses his children's novel Skellig with James Naughtie.
Sun, 7 Oct 12
Duration:
28 mins
American writer Marilynne Robinson discusses her novel Gilead with James Naughtie.
Sun, 2 Sep 12
Duration:
28 mins
Victoria Hislop discusses her bestselling novel The Island with James Naughtie.
Sun, 5 Aug 12
Duration:
28 mins
Michael Ondaatje discusses his 1992 Booker prize-winning novel The English Patient with James Naughtie.
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Mon, 17 Dec 12
25 minutes
UK only
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Thu, 18 Apr 13
25 minutes
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