
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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Thu, 9 Jul 09
Duration:
53 mins
American writer Lionel Shriver discusses her novel, We Need to Talk about Kevin.
Thu, 4 Jun 09
Duration:
53 mins
Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses her novel Half of a Yellow Sun.
Thu, 30 Apr 09
Duration:
53 mins
Renowned Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi discussed about her classic novel 'Woman at Point Zero' with Harriett Gilbert on World Book Club.
Fri, 3 Apr 09
Duration:
53 mins
Harriett Gilbert talks to the Australian author Kate Grenville about her book, The Secret River.
Sat, 7 Mar 09
Duration:
53 mins
Harriett Gilbert talks to Mohsin Hamid about his novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
Mon, 9 Feb 09
Duration:
53 mins
Harriett Gilbert talks to David Guterson, in front of an invited audience, about his bestselling courtroom thriller Snow Falling on Cedars.
Mon, 9 Feb 09
Duration:
53 mins
In front of an audience at the South Bank Arts Centre, London, Harriett Gilbert talks to Toni Morrison about her prize-winning book Beloved.
Tue, 16 Dec 08
Duration:
53 mins
Harriett 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.
Tue, 18 Nov 08
Duration:
53 mins
Harriett Gilbert talks to iconic African American writer Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'The Color Purple'.
Tue, 30 Sep 08
Duration:
27 mins
American writer Annie Proulx talks about her prize-winning novel 'The Shipping News' and her short story 'Brokeback Mountain'.
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