Podcast Episodes

Damon Galgut - The Good Doctor

Damon Galgut's internationally acclaimed novel is the story of an idealistic medical graduate who arrives at an isolated South African hospital to ta…

15 years, 10 months ago

Kamila Shamsie - Burnt Shadows

Harriett Gilbert and an audience at the Drill Hall Theatre in Central London talk to bestselling Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie about her internatio…

15 years, 11 months ago

Barbara Kingsolver

This month's World Book Club comes from the Jesus Centre in London.

Harriett Gilbert and readers talk to bestselling writer Barbara Kingsolver about h…

16 years ago

World Book Club: Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Part stunning literary thriller, part gothic novel, the book The Shadow of the Wind is a page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love…

16 years, 3 months ago

World Book Club: David Mitchell

Harriett Gilbert talks to David Mitchell about his novel Cloud Atlas.

16 years, 4 months ago

World Book Club: Richard Ford

Richard Ford discusses his classic novel 'The Sportswriter' with Harriett Gilbert and an invited studio audience.

16 years, 5 months ago

World Book Club: J.M.G. Le Clezio

French Nobel Laureate JMG Le Clezio talks to Harriett Gilbert in front of an invited studio audience about his recently-translated work Desert.

Contr…

16 years, 6 months ago

World Book Club: John Boyne

John Boyne discusses his acclaimed novel 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' with Harriett Gilbert and an invited studio audience.

16 years, 7 months ago

World Book Club: Andrea Levy

Harriet Gilbert talks to Andrea Levy about Small Island, a heart-warming and tale of love and immigration during World War II.

16 years, 8 months ago

Kiran Desai

Harriett Gilbert talks to Indian writer Kiran Desai about her internationally bestselling work The Inheritance of Loss.

Winner of the Man Booker priz…

16 years, 9 months ago