The world's greatest authors discuss their best known novel. This monthly programme, presented by Harriett Gilbert, includes questions by BBC World Service listeners.
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Sat, 4 May 13
Duration:
54 mins
Bestselling US writer Jay McInerney and Fitzgerald scholar Anne Margaret Daniel discuss The Great Gatsby with Harriett Gilbert and a World Book Club studio audience and listeneres all around the world.
Sat, 6 Apr 13
Duration:
54 mins
John Grisham talks to Harriett Gilbert about his gripping debut novel A Time To Kill.
Sat, 2 Mar 13
Duration:
54 mins
Sri Lankan writer Romesh Gunesekera discusses his novel Reef with presenter Harriett Gilbeert, a studio audience and listeners around the world.
Sat, 2 Feb 13
Duration:
54 mins
David Mitchell talks to Harriett Gilbert, a studio audience and readers around the world about his bestselling novel Cloud Atlas which is also released as a feature film around the world.
Sat, 5 Jan 13
Duration:
53 mins
Harriett Gilbert is joined by P D James, Moni Mohsin and Susannah Fullerton to celebrate 200 years of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice at the BBC Radio Theatre.
Sat, 1 Dec 12
Duration:
53 mins
New Zealand wrtier CK Stead talks to Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about his novel My Name Was Judas
Sat, 3 Nov 12
Duration:
53 mins
Bestselling cult US writer Paul Auster meets Harriett Gilbert and an audience at the Cheltenham Literary Festival in England to discuss his classic novel The New York Trilogy
Sat, 6 Oct 12
Duration:
53 mins
Bestselling Spanish writer Javier Marias talks to Harriett Gilbert and an audience at The Spanish Cultural Institue in London about his haunting novel A Heart So White.
Sat, 1 Sep 12
Duration:
53 mins
Bestselling US writer Jodi Picoult talks to Harriett Gilbert about her blockbuster novel My Sister's Keeper in the BBC Radio Theatre
Sat, 2 Jun 12
Duration:
54 mins
Bestselling British author Jeanetter Winterson talks to Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about coming of age novel Oranges are Not the Only Fruit.
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