Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin
With the international release of the much anticipated film of We Need To Talk about Kevin in October, here's another chance to catch the World Book …
15 years ago
Hisham Matar - In The Country Of Men
Harriett Gilbert talks to Hisham Matar about his stunning debut novel In The Country Of Men.
Set in the bewildering world of Tripoli, it is the emoti…
15 years, 1 month ago
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
Hariett Gilbert talks to Irish author Colm Toibin about his book Brooklyn.
A haunting tale of love, loss and familial duty, and winner of the 2009 UK …
15 years, 2 months ago
Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers
This month's World Book Club comes from the church of St Mary Magdalene in Woodstock, England.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Swedish superstar Henning Ma…
15 years, 3 months ago
Val McDermid - A Place of Execution
Acclaimed British writer Val McDermid discusses her page-turning crime novel A Place of Execution.
A taut psychological suspense thriller told throug…
15 years, 4 months ago
Boris Akunin - The Winter Queen
Detective Erast Fandorin investigates a student's apparent suicide in 19th-century Moscow. Russian writer Boris Akunin talks to Harriett Gilbert and …
15 years, 5 months ago
Jo Nesbo - The Redbreast
Dysfunctional Norwegian detective Harry Hole navigates a World War Two ghost story. Voted the best Norwegian crime novel ever, Jo Nesbo's The Redbrea…
15 years, 6 months ago
Javier Cercas - Soldiers Of Salamis
Harriett Gilbert talks to acclaimed Spanish writer and historian Javier Cercas about his haunting novel Soldiers of Salamis.
Internationally feted an…
15 years, 7 months ago
PJ O'Rourke - Eat The Rich
In Eat the Rich the inimitable American satirist P.J. O'Rourke tours the world trying to understand why some countries 'have' and some countries 'hav…
15 years, 8 months ago
Bernhard Schlink - The Reader
Harriett Gilbert talks to the acclaimed German writer Bernhard Schlink about his explosively controversial novel, The Reader, at the Cheltenham Liter…
15 years, 9 months ago