Bookclub Podcast
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
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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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Graham Swift
Sun 3 Dec 2000
James Naughtie meets Booker-prize winning novelist Graham Swift to talk about Waterland.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Sun 22 Oct 2000
James Naughtie discusses The Miller's Tale from The Canterbury Tales with Dr Ruth Evans.
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Ian McEwan - Enduring Love
Sun 1 Oct 2000
Ian McEwan discusses his tale of stalking, science and psychology, ‘Enduring Love’.
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Anthony Beevor
Sun 6 Aug 2000
James Naughtie and readers discuss Antony Beevor's Stalingrad with the author.
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Anita Desai
Sun 2 Jul 2000
James Naughtie discusses the novel Fasting, Feasting with its author, Anita Desai.
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Susan Hill
Sun 4 Jun 2000
James Naughtie discusses the novel In The Springtime Of The Year with author Susan Hill.
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Philip Pullman
Sun 7 May 2000
Philip Pullman discusses his fantasy novel Northern Lights with James Naughtie.
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Charles Frazier - Cold Mountain
Sun 2 Apr 2000
Author Charles Frazier discusses his bestseller Cold Mountain with James Naughtie.
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Carol Shields
Sun 5 Mar 2000
Pulitzer prize-winning author Carol Shields talks about her book Larry's Party.
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Isabel Allende
Sun 6 Feb 2000
Author Isabel Allende discusses her novel The House of the Spirits with James Naughtie.
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