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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Sally Beauman
Sun 1 Jun 2003
Sally Beauman, author of Rebecca's Tale, joins James Naughtie to discuss Rebecca.
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P. D. James
Sun 4 May 2003
James Naughtie talks to crime writer P. D. James about her novel Original Sin.
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William Trevor
Sun 2 Mar 2003
William Trevor talks to James Naughtie about his short story collection After Rain.
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Salman Rushdie
Sun 2 Feb 2003
James Naughtie hosts a discussion with Salman Rushdie about his novel Midnight's Children.
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Alan Bennett
Sun 5 Jan 2003
James Naughtie talks to the much-loved author Alan Bennett about his memoir Writing Home.
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Jilly Cooper
Sun 1 Dec 2002
James Naughtie talks to bestselling author Jilly Cooper about her racy novel Polo.
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Jacqueline Wilson
Sun 3 Nov 2002
Jacqueline Wilson talks about her award-winning book the Illustrated Mum.
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William Dalrymple
Sun 1 Sep 2002
Travel writer William Dalrymple talks about his book From the Holy Mountain.
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Maya Angelou
Sun 4 Aug 2002
Maya Angelou talks about volume one of her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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Michael Frayn
Sun 2 Jun 2002
James Naughtie and a studio audience meet Michael Frayn to talk about Headlong.
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Sun 5 May 2002
Mario Vargas Llosa talks about his novel Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Sun 7 Apr 2002
A group of readers, James Naughtie and Kazuo Ishiguro discuss The Remains of The Day.
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Rose Tremain
Sun 3 Mar 2002
James Naughtie meets Rose Tremain to discuss her novel Music and Silence.
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J G Ballard
Sun 3 Feb 2002
James Naughtie talks to J G Ballard about his classic war novel Empire of the Sun.
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Ian Rankin
Thu 10 Jan 2002
James Naughtie talks to Ian Rankin about his books: Knots and Crosses and The Falls.
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Nick Hornby
Sun 2 Dec 2001
James Naughtie and a studio audience meet novelist Nick Hornby to discuss About A Boy.
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Helen Dunmore
Sun 4 Nov 2001
James Naughtie meets novelist Helen Dunmore to discuss her novel Talking to the Dead.
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Wendy Cope
Sun 7 Oct 2001
James Naughtie looks at the work of Wendy Cope, one of Britain's most popular poets.
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Doris Lessing
Sun 2 Sep 2001
James Naughtie talks to the Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing about The Grass is Singing.
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Martin Amis
Thu 9 Aug 2001
Martin Amis discusses his acclaimed novel London Fields with James Naughtie.
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Amy Tan - The Kitchen God's Wife
Sun 1 Jul 2001
James Naughtie talks to Chinese-American writer Amy Tan about The Kitchen God's Wife.
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Annie Proulx - The Shipping News
Sun 3 Jun 2001
Annie Proulx talks about her novel of life in far-flung Newfoundland, The Shipping News.
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James Ellroy - The Black Dahlia
Sun 6 May 2001
James Naughtie and author James Ellroy discuss Ellroy's thriller noir, The Black Dahlia.
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Margaret Drabble
Sun 1 Apr 2001
James Naughtie talks to Margaret Drabble about her novel The Witch of Exmoor.
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Joe Simpson
Sun 4 Mar 2001
James Naughtie talks to mountaineer Joe Simpson about his book Touching the Void.
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Penelope Lively
Sun 4 Feb 2001
James Naughtie talks to Penelope Lively about her Booker Prize winning novel Moon Tiger.
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Tony Parsons
Sun 7 Jan 2001
Tony Parsons discusses his book Man and Boy, with the reading circle of HMP Coldingley.
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