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24/05/2013

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Bookclub

Bookclub Episode guide

  1. Howard Jacobson

    James Naughtie talks to Howard Jacobson about his comic novel The Mighty Walzer.

    First broadcast: 02 Jan 2011

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    over a year left to listen

  2. Sarah Hall - The Carhullan Army

    James Naughtie talks to Sarah Hall about her novel The Carhullan Army.

    First broadcast: 05 Dec 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  3. Claire Tomalin (on Thomas Hardy)

    James Naughtie talks to Claire Tomalin about her biography of Thomas Hardy.

    First broadcast: 07 Nov 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  4. Roddy Doyle

    Irish writer Roddy Doyle joins James Naughtie to discuss his novel Paddy Clarke HA HA HA.

    First broadcast: 03 Oct 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  5. Yann Martel

    James Naughtie talks to Yann Martel about Life of Pi.

    First broadcast: 05 Sep 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  6. Siri Hustvedt

    James Naughtie talks to Siri Hustvedt about her novel What I Loved.

    First broadcast: 01 Aug 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  7. Henning Mankell

    James Naughtie talks to Henning Mankell about Sidetracked, a Kurt Wallander novel.

    First broadcast: 04 Jul 2010

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  8. Lynne Reid Banks

    James Naughtie talks to Lynne Reid Banks about her novel The L-Shaped Room.

    First broadcast: 06 Jun 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  9. Orhan Pamuk

    James Naughtie talks to Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk about his novel My Name is Red.

    First broadcast: 02 May 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  10. Jeanette Winterson

    James Naughtie talks to Jeanette Winterson about Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.

    First broadcast: 04 Apr 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  11. Douglas Coupland

    James Naughtie and readers talk to Douglas Coupland about his 1991 cult novel Generation X

    First broadcast: 07 Mar 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  12. Clive James

    James Naughtie and readers talk to Clive James about the first volume of his autobiography

    First broadcast: 07 Feb 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  13. Alexander McCall Smith

    James Naughtie talks to Alexander McCall Smith about his novel 44 Scotland Street.

    First broadcast: 03 Jan 2010

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    over a year left to listen

  14. John Irving

    James Naughtie and readers talk to John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.

    First broadcast: 06 Dec 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  15. Linda Grant

    James Naughtie talks to Linda Grant about her novel, When I Lived in Modern Times.

    First broadcast: 01 Nov 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  16. Gillian Slovo

    James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust.

    First broadcast: 04 Oct 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  17. Robert Macfarlane

    James Naughtie talks to travel writer Robert Macfarlane about his book The Wild Places.

    First broadcast: 06 Sep 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  18. CJ Sansom

    James Naughtie and readers talk to bestselling writer CJ Sansom about Dissolution.

    First broadcast: 02 Aug 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  19. Bernard MacLaverty

    James Naughtie and readers meet Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty.

    First broadcast: 05 Jul 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  20. Kate Grenville

    Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Secret River.

    First broadcast: 07 Jun 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  21. Xiaolu Guo

    James Naughtie and readers meet Chinese author Xiaolu Guo.

    First broadcast: 03 May 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  22. Andrew Motion

    Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate.

    First broadcast: 05 Apr 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  23. AL Kennedy

    James Naughtie talks to the author and part-time stand-up comedian AL Kennedy.

    First broadcast: 01 Mar 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  24. Bernard Cornwell

    James Naughtie talks to the novelist Bernard Cornwell.

    First broadcast: 01 Feb 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  25. Oliver James

    James Naughtie talks to the psychologist Oliver James about 'affluenza'.

    First broadcast: 04 Jan 2009

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    over a year left to listen

  26. Amitav Ghosh

    James Naughtie talks to the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh.

    First broadcast: 07 Dec 2008

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    over a year left to listen

  27. Fay Weldon

    James Naughtie talks to Fay Weldon about her novel The Cloning of Joanna May.

    First broadcast: 02 Nov 2008

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    over a year left to listen

  28. Michael Morpurgo

    James Naughtie talks to Michael Morpurgo about his novel Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea.

    First broadcast: 05 Oct 2008

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    over a year left to listen

  29. Gore Vidal - Point to Point Navigation

    James Naughtie talks to Gore Vidal, one of the great American men of letters.

    First broadcast: 07 Sep 2008

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    over a year left to listen

  30. Colm Toibin

    Irish writer Colm Toibin joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss his novel The Master.

    First broadcast: 03 Aug 2008

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    over a year left to listen

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