Podcast Episodes

Marilynne Robinson

Gilead is an epistolary novel that is the fictional autobiography of the Reverend John Ames, an elderly congregationalist pastor in the small, seclud…

11 years, 10 months ago

Herman Koch

This month World Book Club talks to bestselling Dutch writer Herman Koch whose hugely controversial and entertaining novel The Dinner took the litera…

11 years, 11 months ago

Kathy Reichs - Deja Dead

World Book Club talks to award-winning American writer and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, about the first in her Temperance Brennan detective …

12 years ago

Pat Barker - Regeneration

This week, as part of the continuing global commemorations of the First World War, World Book Club is in sombre mood with another timely chance to he…

12 years, 1 month ago

Janice Galloway

Harriett Gilbert talks to award-winning writer Janice Galloway about her novel The Trick Is to Keep Breathing. Recorded at the Commonwealth Games in …

12 years, 2 months ago

Jostein Gaarder

In this edition of World Book Club on BBC World Service, Jostein Gaarder talks to Harriett Gilbert about his novel Sophie’s World at The House of Lit…

12 years, 3 months ago

Per Petterson

This month World Book Club comes to a surprisingly sunny Oslo as part of our mini Norwegian season to talk to one of the country’s most feted novelis…

12 years, 4 months ago

Maya Angelou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou reflects on some of her earliest and most difficult memories and talks about her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings in this s…

12 years, 4 months ago

Harlan Coben

This month chart-topping US writer and showman Harlan Coben will be talking to Harriett Gilbert and a studio full of his readers about his page-turne…

12 years, 5 months ago

Malorie Blackman: Noughts and Crosses

Bestselling British writer Malorie Blackman talks about her page-turning novel for teenagers and young adults Noughts and Crosses.

A gripping modern…

12 years, 6 months ago