Podcast Episodes

Ali Smith: How to Be Both

A fast-moving, passionate, genre-bending work of art that both dazzles and entertains. This month, World Book Club discusses the much garlanded nov…

6 years ago

Elizabeth Strout: Olive Kitteridge

This month’s World Book Club is the ninth in our series celebrating the greatest women writers at work across the globe. Harriett Gilbert and listene…

6 years, 1 month ago

Helen Garner: The Spare Room

The Australian writer Helen Garner joins Harriett Gilbert as World Book Club continues its celebration of women writers.

She’ll be talking about her …

6 years, 2 months ago

Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other

This month, for the seventh World Book Club edition celebrating International Women writers, Harriett Gilbert is joined by the remarkable British wri…

6 years, 3 months ago

Deborah Levy - Hot Milk

This month World Book Club talks to acclaimed British author Deborah Levy about her Man Booker Prize shortlisted novel Hot Milk. In this era of coron…

6 years, 4 months ago

Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies

This month World Book Club marks the recent worldwide publication of The Mirror and The Light by treating you to a repeat of our memorable edition of…

6 years, 5 months ago

Fatima Bhutto - The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

Long-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, Bhutto’s lyrical debut novel unfolds over the course of one morning in Mir Ali, a small town i…

6 years, 6 months ago

Leïla Slimani - Lullaby

French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani joins Harriett Gilbert in the Radio Theatre at the BBC and readers from around the world to talk about her novel…

6 years, 7 months ago

Petina Gappah - The Book of Memory

Harriett Gilbert is joined by Zimbabwean novelist Petina Gappah for this month’s edition of World Book Club, continuing 2020’s celebration of women’s…

6 years, 8 months ago

Naomi Alderman - The Power

Naomi Alderman talks about her extraordinary novel The Power which imagines that women suddenly develop an electrifying strength, putting them firmly…

6 years, 9 months ago