World Book Club Podcast
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
Episodes to download
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Chan Koonchung
Sun 2 Dec 2018
Chan Koonchung joins the World Book Club to discuss his dystopian novel The Fat Years
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Lijia Zhang: Lotus
Sun 4 Nov 2018
In Beijing discussing Lotus, about a migrant worker who ends up a prostitute in Shenzen
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Kate Atkinson: Life After Life
Sat 6 Oct 2018
Kate Atkinson discusses her celebrated novel Life After Life
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James Ellroy
Sat 1 Sep 2018
World Book Club discusses American Tabloid with its acclaimed US writer James Ellroy.
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Hilary Mantel: Bring Up the Bodies
Sat 4 Aug 2018
World Book Club discusses Bring Up the Bodies with Man Booker prize-winner Hilary Mantel
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Anuradha Roy: An Atlas of Impossible Longing
Sat 7 Jul 2018
Indian writer Anuradha Roy discusses her much-loved novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing
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Amy Bloom: Away
Sat 2 Jun 2018
Writer Amy Bloom's novel, Away, is a searing tale of migration, exile, and motherhood
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Sarah Waters: Tipping the Velvet
Sat 5 May 2018
Harriett Gilbert talks to British writer Sarah Waters about her novel, Tipping the Velvet
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Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Sat 3 Mar 2018
Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz on his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Jackie Kay: Trumpet
Sat 3 Feb 2018
This month World Book Club talks to Scottish poet Laureate Jackie Kay
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Agatha Christie
Sat 6 Jan 2018
Sophie Hannah and James Prichard discuss Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
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Richard Flanagan: Narrow Road to the Deep North
Sat 2 Dec 2017
Richard Flanagan talks about his Man Booker Prize-winning novel
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Alan Hollinghurst: The Line of Beauty
Sat 4 Nov 2017
Alan Hollinghurst talks about his Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Line of Beauty.
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Jane Gardam - Old Filth
Sat 7 Oct 2017
Jane Gardam discusses her novel Old Filth with the World Book Club audience
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Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture
Sat 2 Sep 2017
World Book Club talks to author Sebastian Barry about his novel The Secret Scripture.
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Delphine de Vigan - No and Me
Sat 5 Aug 2017
French writer Delphine de Vigan discusses her prize-winning novel No and Me.
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Tim Winton - Cloudstreet
Sat 1 Jul 2017
Tim Winton discusses his novel Cloudstreet with the World Book Club audience.
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Jeffrey Archer - Kane and Abel
Sat 3 Jun 2017
British author Jeffrey Archer discusses his novel Kane and Abel.
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Derek Walcott - Omeros
Sat 6 May 2017
Another chance to hear Nobel laureate Derek Walcott discuss his epic poem Omeros.
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Robert Harris - Imperium
Sat 1 Apr 2017
Robert Harris discusses the first of his Roman trilogy, Imperium.
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Joël Dicker - The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
Sat 4 Mar 2017
Swiss writer Joël Dicker talks about his novel The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair.
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Laura Restrepo - Delirium
Sat 4 Feb 2017
Colombian author Laura Restrepo discusses her novel Delirium in Cartagena.
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Karl Ove Knausgaard - A Death in the Family
Sat 7 Jan 2017
Acclaimed Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard talks about his book A Death in the Family
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Crime and Punishment
Sat 5 Nov 2016
Boris Akunin and Dr Sarah Young discuss Dostoyevsky’s classic novel Crime and Punishment.
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Anne Enright - The Gathering
Sat 1 Oct 2016
Anne Enright discusses her Man Booker Prize winning novel The Gathering.
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DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little
Sat 3 Sep 2016
DBC Pierre discusses his book Vernon God Little and answers questions from the audience
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Juan Gabriel Vasquez - The Sound of Things Falling
Sat 2 Jul 2016
Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his novel The Sound of Things Falling.
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Tan Twan Eng - The Garden of Evening Mists
Sat 4 Jun 2016
Tan Twan Eng discusses his novel The Garden of Evening Mists.
Jojo Moyes
In January we will be recording Jojo Moyes talking about her novel Me Before You
Ten Amazing Interviews
Favourite episodes of World Book Club, featuring Maya Angelou and Henning Mankell.
Crime Fiction
Henning Mankel, Patrica Cornwell, Jo Nesbo: stars of the genre discuss their craft.
Tales from History
From the tulip fields of 17th Century Amsterdam to the trenches of World War One.
