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Bookclub Episodes

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    Wendy Cope

    James Naughtie looks at the work of Wendy Cope, one of Britain's most popular poets.

  2. Doris Lessing

    James Naughtie talks to the Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing about The Grass is Singing.

  3. Martin Amis

    Martin Amis discusses his acclaimed novel London Fields with James Naughtie.

  4. Amy Tan - The Kitchen God's Wife

    James Naughtie talks to Chinese-American writer Amy Tan about The Kitchen God's Wife.

  5. Annie Proulx - The Shipping News

    Annie Proulx talks about her novel of life in far-flung Newfoundland, The Shipping News.

  6. James Ellroy - The Black Dahlia

    James Naughtie and author James Ellroy discuss Ellroy's thriller noir, The Black Dahlia.

  7. Margaret Drabble

    James Naughtie talks to Margaret Drabble about her novel The Witch of Exmoor.

  8. Joe Simpson

    James Naughtie talks to mountaineer Joe Simpson about his book Touching the Void.

  9. Penelope Lively

    James Naughtie talks to Penelope Lively about her Booker Prize winning novel Moon Tiger.

  10. Tony Parsons

    Tony Parsons discusses his book Man and Boy, with the reading circle of HMP Coldingley.

  11. Graham Swift

    James Naughtie meets Booker-prize winning novelist Graham Swift to talk about Waterland.

  12. Geoffrey Chaucer

    James Naughtie discusses The Miller's Tale from The Canterbury Tales with Dr Ruth Evans.

  13. Ian McEwan - Enduring Love

    Ian McEwan discusses his tale of stalking, science and psychology, 鈥楨nduring Love鈥�.

  14. Joanna Trollope

    Joanna Trollope talks about her novel Other People's Children.

  15. Anthony Beevor

    James Naughtie and readers discuss Antony Beevor's Stalingrad with the author.

  16. Anita Desai

    James Naughtie discusses the novel Fasting, Feasting with its author, Anita Desai.

  17. Susan Hill

    James Naughtie discusses the novel In The Springtime Of The Year with author Susan Hill.

  18. Philip Pullman

    Philip Pullman discusses his fantasy novel Northern Lights with James Naughtie.

  19. Charles Frazier - Cold Mountain

    Author Charles Frazier discusses his bestseller Cold Mountain with James Naughtie.

  20. Carol Shields

    Pulitzer prize-winning author Carol Shields talks about her book Larry's Party.

  21. Isabel Allende

    Author Isabel Allende discusses her novel The House of the Spirits with James Naughtie.

  22. Douglas Adams

    James Naughtie talks to Douglas Adams about The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

  23. Julian Barnes

    James Naughtie and readers talk to Julian Barnes about his book Flaubert's Parrot.

  24. Dava Sobel

    James Naughtie talks to author Dava Sobel about her international bestseller Longitude.

  25. Anne Michaels

    James Naughtie talks to Canadian writer Anne Michaels about her novel, Fugitive Pieces.

  26. Margaret Forster

    James Naughtie and author Margaret Forster discuss her novel Private Papers.

  27. J K Rowling

    James Naughtie talks to J K Rowling about Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

  28. Kate Atkinson

    James Naughtie talks to Kate Atkinson about her novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum.

  29. David Guterson

    James Naughtie and author David Guterson to discuss his novel Snow Falling on Cedars.

  30. Margaret Atwood

    James Naughtie talks to Margaret Atwood about Cat's Eye.

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