Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best known novels
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Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best known novels
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Available since Sun, 6 Dec 2009.
James Naughtie and readers talk to John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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Available since Sun, 1 Nov 2009.
James Naughtie talks to Linda Grant about her novel, When I Lived in Modern Times.
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Available since Sun, 11 Oct 2009.
James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust.
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James Naughtie talks to travel writer Robert Macfarlane about his book The Wild Places.
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Available since Sun, 2 Aug 2009.
James Naughtie and readers talk to bestselling writer CJ Sansom about Dissolution.
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ORHAN PAMUK : My Name is Red
4pm Tues 12 January
BBC Bush House, Aldwych, London WC2
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HENNING MANKELL : Sidetracked
4.00pm Thursday 21 January
BBC Bush House, Aldwych, London WC2
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SIRI HUSTVEDT: What I Loved
4.15pm Weds 3 February
BBC Bush House, Aldwych, London WC2
LYNNE REID BANKS : The L-Shaped Room
4.30pm Weds 10 February
BBC Bush House, Aldwych, London WC2
Future Bookclub editions
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January
(Sunday 3 January and Thursday 7 January)
44 SCOTLAND STREET by Alexander McCall Smith
(Programme already recorded)
February
(Sunday 7 Febuary and 11 February)
UNRELIABLE MEMOIRS (Vol 1) by CLIVE JAMES
(Programme already recorded)
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