Bookclub

Supporting Content

• Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad.

  Colson Whitehead, winner of the 2017and 2020 Putlitzer Prize for Fiction

  

  Duration: 27:11

• Clive James

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

  

  Duration: 30:00

• Books

  Celebrating reading and the 100 novels that have shaped our world.

  

• Toni Morrison - Beloved

  James Naughtie talks to Pulitzer Prize winning author Toni Morrison about Beloved.

  

  Duration: 28:00

• How many of these 100 Novels have you read?

  After a passionate debate, our panel has come up with this surprising literary selection.

  

• Come to a recording

  Find details of how you can attend a live Bookclub event.

  

• Finding Your Story

  Ten remarkable novels about identity: Which one will help you discover yourself?

  

• Bookclub at 20

  Sebastian Faulks, Naomi Alderman and more select favourite editions of the programme

  

• Quiz – The Handmaid's Tale

  Twenty questions to test your knowledge of Margaret Atwood's famous novel.

  

• "We have fun at these recordings..."

  James Naughtie on the joys of Bookclub

  

• Explore James Naughtie's picks from 200 editions

  A treasure trove of the 20th and 21st Century’s great writers discussing their work

  • From Adams to Zadie - Jim Naughtie's Bookclub picks

  

• Sample our books and authors Clip Collection

  Interviews, previews and reviews

  • Listen to clips of readings & authors

  

• Short stories to keep

  The fiction podcast featuring the best stories from the UK's finest writers

  

• Bookclub on the Today Programme

  Highlights from the Bookclub archive marking our 20th anniversary

  Duration: 5:21

• The crucial moment in Ann Patchett's novel readers always miss

  Bel Canto includes a plot-spoiler in the early pages - the author explains why

  Duration: 1:21

• How the fear of penury underpins the drama of seminal Irish novel The Butcher Boy

  Patrick McCabe talks to James Naughtie and a group of readers about his 1992 novel.

  Duration: 2:08

• “I’m always interested in people who are a little bit from here, a little bit from there"

  Deborah Levy discusses her novel Swimming Home with James Naughtie

  Duration: 2:44
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• Come to a recording!

  Let us know if you’d like to come along to Bookclub and take part in our discussions with authors – go to the Contact Us tab at the top of this page or email us at bookclub@bbc.co.uk. And watch this space for news of upcoming authors. 

  Joseph O’Connor - The Star of the Sea

  Thursday 27 August at 1600

  This is a remote recording, readers will be on the phone

  Tayari Jones - An American Marriage

  Thursday 08 October at 1700

  This is a remote recording, readers will be on the phone

• Future Bookclub editions

  READ ALONG with us

  Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson 

  with guest author Louise Welsh 

  Sunday 2 August 

  My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

  Sunday 06 September

  The Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor

  Sunday 04 October