World Book Club
World Book Club invites the globe’s great authors to discuss their best known novel. This monthly programme, presented by Harriett Gilbert, includes questions by World Service listeners.
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Recent episodes (10)
Charles Dickens - A Celebration
Sat, 4 Feb 12
Duration:
54 minsOn the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens Harriett Gilbert talks to Simon Callow and Claire Tomalin in London and guests around the world about Dickens and perhaps his greatest work Great Expectations
Witi Ihimaera
Sat, 7 Jan 12
Duration:
53 minsMaori novelist Witi Ihimaera discusses his haunting novel The Whale Rider with presenter Harriett Gilbert and an audience at the Cheltenham Literary Festival.
Penelope Lively
Sat, 3 Dec 11
Duration:
53 minsAcclaimed British writer Penelope Lively discusses her Booker Prize-winning novel Moon Tiger with Harriett Gilbert, a studio audience and listeners around the world.
David Grossman
Sat, 5 Nov 11
Duration:
53 minsAcclaimed Israeli writer David Grossman talks to presenter Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about prize-winning novel To the End of the Land.
Lionel Shriver - Repeat
Sat, 1 Oct 11
Duration:
53 minsLionel Shriver talks to Harriett Gilbert and a group of readers in and out of the studio about her controversial novel We Need to Talk about Kevin.
Hisham Matar
Sat, 3 Sep 11
Duration:
53 minsLibyan writer Hisham Matar talks to Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about his chilling novel 'In the Country of Men'.
Colm Toibin
Sat, 6 Aug 11
Duration:
53 minsAward-winning writer Colm Toibin talks to Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about his haunting novel Brooklyn.
Henning Mankell
Sat, 2 Jul 11
Duration:
53 minsInternationally acclaimed Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell discusses his bestselling thriller Faceless Killers with Harriett Gilbert and an audience in St Mary Magdeleine Church in Woodstock, England
Val McDermid
Sat, 4 Jun 11
Duration:
53 minsAcclaimed crime writer Val McDermid talks to Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about her bestselling thriller A Place of Execution.
Boris Akunin
Sat, 7 May 11
Duration:
53 minsBoris Akunin talks to Harriett Gilbert, a studio audience and listeners around the world about his bestselling crime novel The Winter Queen
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