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)
Alaa Al-Aswaany
Sat, 7 Nov 09
Duration:
53 minsEgyptian writer Alaa Al-Aswaany discusses his best-selling novel, The Yacoubian Building, a moving study of politics and power in downtown Cairo.
WBC:Gunter Grass
Sat, 3 Oct 09
Duration:
53 minsWorld famous German writer Gunter Grass talks about his controversial masterpiece, The Tin Drum, on World Book Club.
Lionel Shriver
Thu, 9 Jul 09
Duration:
53 minsAmerican writer Lionel Shriver discusses her novel, We Need to Talk about Kevin.
WBC:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Thu, 4 Jun 09
Duration:
53 minsNigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses her novel Half of a Yellow Sun.
Nawal El Sadaawi
Thu, 30 Apr 09
Duration:
53 minsRenowned Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi discusses her classic novel Woman at Point Zero with Harriett Gilbert on World Book Club.
Kate Grenville
Fri, 3 Apr 09
Duration:
53 minsHarriett Gilbert talks to the Australian author Kate Grenville about her book, The Secret River.
Moshin Hamid
Sat, 7 Mar 09
Duration:
53 minsHarriett Gilbert talks to Mohsin Hamid about his novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
David Guterson
Mon, 9 Feb 09
Duration:
53 minsHarriett Gilbert talks to David Guterson, in front of an invited audience, about his bestselling courtroom thriller Snow Falling on Cedars.
Toni Morrison
Mon, 9 Feb 09
Duration:
53 minsIn front of an audience at the South Bank Arts Centre, London, Harriett Gilbert talks to Toni Morrison about her prize-winning book Beloved.
Derek Walcott
Tue, 16 Dec 08
Duration:
53 minsHarriett Gilbert talks to Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott about his epic poem Omeros, which explores ancient themes of displacement and exile in a modern Caribbean setting.
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