World Book Club Podcast
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Lee Child - Killing Floor
Sun 6 Jan 2019
Leading thriller writer Lee Child discusses Killing Floor and its hero Jack Reacher
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Chan Koonchung - The Fat Years
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 - American Tabloid
Sat 1 Sep 2018
American Tabloid exposes the underbelly of a country on the brink of Kennedy's golden age
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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
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
In February Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o will be talking about his novel A Grain of Wheat
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.
