Bookclub Podcast
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
Episodes to download
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Kate Grenville
Sun 7 Jun 2009
Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Secret River.
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Andrew Motion
Sun 5 Apr 2009
Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate.
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AL Kennedy
Sun 1 Mar 2009
James Naughtie talks to the author and part-time stand-up comedian AL Kennedy.
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Oliver James
Sun 4 Jan 2009
James Naughtie talks to the psychologist Oliver James about 'affluenza'.
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Fay Weldon
Sun 2 Nov 2008
James Naughtie talks to Fay Weldon about her novel The Cloning of Joanna May.
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Michael Morpurgo
Sun 5 Oct 2008
James Naughtie talks to Michael Morpurgo about his novel Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea.
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Gore Vidal - Point to Point Navigation
Sun 7 Sep 2008
James Naughtie talks to Gore Vidal, one of the great American men of letters.
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Colm Toibin
Sun 3 Aug 2008
Irish writer Colm Toibin joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss his novel The Master.
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Asne Seierstad
Sun 6 Jul 2008
With James Naughtie. Norwegian author Asne Seierstad discusses The Bookseller of Kabul.
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Jan Morris
Sun 1 Jun 2008
Jan Morris joins James Naughtie and readers to talk about her portrait of Venice.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Sun 4 May 2008
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins James Naughtie to talk about her novel Half of a Yellow Sun
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Simon Armitage
Sun 6 Apr 2008
Simon Armitage discusses his translation of the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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William Hague
Sun 2 Mar 2008
James Naughtie talks to William Hague about his biography of William Pitt the Younger.
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Sarah Dunant
Sun 3 Feb 2008
James Naughtie and an audience discuss Sarah Dunant's erotic thriller The Birth of Venus.
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Alice Sebold
Sun 6 Jan 2008
James Naughtie and readers meet Alice Sebold to discuss her debut novel The Lovely Bones.
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Thomas Keneally
Sun 2 Dec 2007
James Naughtie and readers meet the 1982 Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally.
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Barbara Kingsolver
Sun 4 Nov 2007
James Naughtie and an audience discuss Barbara Kingsolver's novel The Poisonwood Bible.
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James Robertson
Sun 7 Oct 2007
James Naughtie talks to James Robertson about his historical novel Joseph Knight.
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Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City
Sun 2 Sep 2007
James Naughtie and an audience of readers discuss Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.
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Colin Dexter
Sun 5 Aug 2007
James Naughtie talks to Colin Dexter about The Remorseful Day, Inspector Morse's last case
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Germaine Greer
Sun 1 Jul 2007
James Naughtie is joined by Germaine Greer to discuss her book The Female Eunuch.
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David Mitchell
Sun 3 Jun 2007
From the Hay Festival, James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to David Mitchell.
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Jodi Picoult
Sun 6 May 2007
James Naughtie and an audience talk to Jodi Picoult about her novel My Sister's Keeper.
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Jonathan Coe
Sun 1 Apr 2007
James Naughtie and an audience of readers talk to comic fiction author Jonathan Coe.
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Alison Weir
Sun 4 Mar 2007
Historian Alison Weir discusses her biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine with James Naughtie.
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Val McDermid
Sun 4 Feb 2007
Val McDermid joins readers to discuss The Mermaids Singing, the story of a serial killer.
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Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections
Sun 7 Jan 2007
The author Jonathan Franzen discusses his novel The Corrections.
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