Bookclub Podcast
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
Episodes to download
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Karen Joy Fowler
Sun 3 Apr 2022
Karen Joy Fowler talks about her novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
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Rachel Joyce: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Sun 5 Dec 2021
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to bestselling writer Rachel Joyce.
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Maja Lunde - The History of Bees
Sun 7 Nov 2021
James Naughtie talks to Norwegian writer Maja Lunde about her novel The History of Bees.
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Anthony Doerr - All the Light We Cannot See
Sun 3 Oct 2021
Anthony Doerr talks about his award winning novel, All The Light We Cannot See.
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Lissa Evans - Old Baggage
Sun 5 Sep 2021
Lissa Evans discusses her novel Old Baggage with James Naughtie and a group of readers.
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Tahmima Anam - A Golden Age
Sun 1 Aug 2021
Tahmima Anam discusses her award winning novel, A Golden Age.
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Francis Spufford - Golden Hill
Sun 4 Jul 2021
James Naughtie talks to Francis Spufford about his novel Golden Hill.
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Melissa Harrison - All Among the Barley
Sun 6 Jun 2021
James Naughtie talks to Melissa Harrison about All Among the Barley.
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Liane Moriarty - Big Little Lies
Sun 2 May 2021
James Naughtie talks to Liane Moriarty about her bestselling novel Big Little Lies.
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Amor Towles - A Gentleman in Moscow
Sun 4 Apr 2021
Amor Towles discusses his novel A Gentleman in Moscow.
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Kei Miller - The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion
Sun 7 Mar 2021
James Naughtie talks to Kei Miller about The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion.
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Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go
Sun 3 Jan 2021
Kazuo Ishiguro, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, talks about Never Let Me Go
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Tayari Jones - An American Marriage
Sun 1 Nov 2020
Tayari Jones discusses her Women's Prize winning novel An American Marriage
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Joseph O'Connor - Star of the Sea
Sun 4 Oct 2020
Joseph O'Connor talks to James Naughtie about Star of the Sea
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Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister, The Serial Killer
Sun 6 Sep 2020
James Naughtie talks to Oyinkan Braithwaite about her novel My Sister, The Serial Killer.
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Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Mon 10 Aug 2020
James Naughtie and Louise Welsh discussed Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Scott Turow - Presumed Innocent
Sun 5 Jul 2020
Scott Turow talks about his first thriller, Presumed Innocent, with James Naughtie
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Max Porter - Lanny
Sun 7 Jun 2020
Max Porter talks about his novel Lanny, with James Naughtie and a group of readers
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Rebecca Solnit - The Faraway Nearby
Sun 3 May 2020
Rebecca Solnit, American essayist, talks to James Naughtie about The Faraway Nearby.
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Jenny Offill – Dept. of Speculation
Sun 5 Apr 2020
James Naughtie and readers talk to American writer Jenny Offill about Dept. of Speculation
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Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday
Sun 1 Mar 2020
Marian Keyes on one of her most popular novels, Rachel's Holiday. With James Naughtie
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James Meek - The People's Act of Love
Sun 2 Feb 2020
James Meek on his novel The People's Act of Love. James Naughtie presents.
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Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus
Sun 5 Jan 2020
Erin Morgenstern talks about her fantasy novel The Night Circus with James Naughtie
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Ben Lerner - Leaving the Atocha Station
Thu 5 Dec 2019
American author Ben Lerner on his novel Leaving the Atocha Station. With James Naughtie