Podcast Episodes

Jenny Erpenbeck - Visitation

This month World Book Club is in Germany marking the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall with a programme from the St George’s Bookshop i…

6 years, 10 months ago

David Nicholls - Us

David Nicholls talks about his internationally successful novel Us. Almost three decades after their improbable relationship first blossomed in Lon…

6 years, 11 months ago

Héctor Abad - Oblivion

The Colombian novelist and journalist Héctor Abad discusses his memoir Oblivion, a heart-breaking tribute to his late father. Héctor Abad Gómez was a…

7 years ago

Ann Cleeves - Raven Black

British writer Ann Cleeves discusses Raven Black, the haunting first novel in her award-winning Shetland crime series, with presenter Harriett Gilber…

7 years, 1 month ago

Chigozie Obioma - The Fishermen

Acclaimed Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma talks about his novel The Fishermen. Shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize, The Fishermen tells the sto…

7 years, 2 months ago

Andrea Levy - Small Island

Acclaimed British writer Andrea Levy was only 62 when she died earlier this year. This month another chance to hear this hugely popular author talkin…

7 years, 3 months ago

Siri Hustvedt - What I Loved

This month World Book Club talks to award-winning writer Siri Hustvedt about her novel What I Loved, a troubling, often turbulent tale of love, art, …

7 years, 4 months ago

Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice

This month World Book Club talks to award-winning American writer Donna Leon about her celebrated novel Death at La Fenice. When legendary German …

7 years, 5 months ago

Tessa Hadley - The Past

Highly acclaimed British author Tessa Hadley talks to Harriett Gilbert about her award-winning novel - The Past.

Recorded at the FT Weekend Oxford Li…

7 years, 6 months ago

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - A Grain of Wheat

This month a special edition of BBC World Book Club coming from Nairobi in Kenya. Lawrence Pollard talks to celebrated Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'…

7 years, 7 months ago