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Joyce Carol Oates

American writer Joyce Carol Oates joins readers to discuss We Were the Mulvaneys.

First broadcast: 04 Dec 2005

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Antonia Fraser

James Naughtie is joined by Antonia Fraser to discuss her book The Gunpowder Plot.

First broadcast: 06 Nov 2005

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Hanif Kureishi

James Naughtie is joined by Hanif Kureishi to discuss his book The Buddha of Suburbia.

First broadcast: 02 Oct 2005

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Alain-Fournier

James Naughtie and poet Michele Roberts discuss Alain-Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes.

First broadcast: 04 Sep 2005

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Michael Dibdin

James Naughtie talks to crime writer Michael Dibdin in front of a group of readers.

First broadcast: 07 Aug 2005

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Oliver Sacks

James Naughtie talks to Dr Oliver Sacks about The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat.

First broadcast: 03 Jul 2005

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Sue Townsend

James Naughtie is joined by Sue Townsend to discuss her comic creation Adrian Mole.

First broadcast: 05 Jun 2005

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Andrea Levy

Andrea Levy joins readers to discuss her novel Small Island.

First broadcast: 01 May 2005

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Richard Ford

James Naughtie is joined by Richard Ford to discuss his novel, Independance Day.

First broadcast: 03 Apr 2005

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Stephen Fry

James Naughtie is joined by Stephen Fry to discuss his novel, The Hippopotamus

First broadcast: 06 Mar 2005

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Bill Bryson

James Naughtie talks to Bill Bryson about his book A Short History of Nearly Everything

First broadcast: 06 Feb 2005

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Zadie Smith

James Naughtie talks to Zadie Smith about the impact of her novel White Teeth.

First broadcast: 02 Jan 2005

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Carol Ann Duffy

James Naughtie's guest is Carol Ann Duffy, one of the most widely read British poets.

First broadcast: 05 Dec 2004

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Pat Barker

Booker prize winner Pat Barker joins James Naughtie to discuss her novel Regeneration.

First broadcast: 07 Nov 2004

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Will Self

James Naughtie is joined by Will Self to discuss his novel How The Dead Live.

First broadcast: 07 Oct 2004

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Paul Auster - New York Trilogy

James Naughtie is joined by author Paul Auster.

First broadcast: 05 Sep 2004

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Muriel Spark

James Naughtie is joined by Muriel Spark to discuss The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.

First broadcast: 01 Aug 2004

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Terry Pratchett

James Naughtie is joined by Terry Pratchett to discuss Mort.

First broadcast: 04 Jul 2004

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Minette Walters

James Naughtie is joined by author Minette Walters.

First broadcast: 06 Jun 2004

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David Lodge

James Naughtie talks to David Lodge about his novel Nice Work.

First broadcast: 02 May 2004

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Elizabeth Jane Howard

Elizabeth Jane Howard joins James Naughtie to discuss her novel Falling.

First broadcast: 04 Apr 2004

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Sarah Waters

Sarah Waters joins James Naughtie to talk about her gothic tale Fingersmith.

First broadcast: 07 Mar 2004

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Peter Carey

Peter Carey talks about his novel the True History of the Kelly Gang.

First broadcast: 01 Feb 2004

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Sir John Mortimer

Sir John Mortimer joins James Naughtie to discuss his work.

First broadcast: 04 Jan 2004

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Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd joins James Naughtie to discuss his novel Hawksmoor.

First broadcast: 07 Dec 2003

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Esther Freud

James Naughtie talks to Esther Freud about her semi-autobiographical novel Hideous Kinky.

First broadcast: 02 Nov 2003

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Melvin Burgess

Melvin Burgess joins James Naughtie to discuss Junk, his novel about teenage runaways.

First broadcast: 05 Oct 2003

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Edna O'Brien

Edna O'Brien joins James Naughtie to talk about her book Down by the River.

First broadcast: 07 Sep 2003

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Amanda Foreman

Amanda Foreman talks about her biography of Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire.

First broadcast: 03 Aug 2003

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T. C. Boyle

James Naughtie is joined by T. C. Boyle to talk about his novel The Tortilla Curtain.

First broadcast: 06 Jul 2003

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