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Tahmima Anam: A Golden Age

Passion, revolution and heroism against the backdrop of Bangladeshi War of Independence

• 49 mins

Sunjeev Sahota - The Year of the Runaways

A group of young Indians desperately seek a better life for themselves in Sheffield.

• 49 mins

Anuk Arudpragasam: A Passage North

A young Sri Lankan contemplates the horrifying aftermath of his country鈥檚 civil war

• 49 mins

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen: Waking Lions

A morally complex tale of guilt, survival, shame and desire in Israel.

• 49 mins

Marie Darrieussecq: Pig Tales

Marie Darrieussecq in Paris discussing her feminist satire of sex, power and corruption.

• 49 mins

World Book Cafe: Paris

Meet authors Mahir Guven, Blandine Rinkel, Laurent Petitmangin and Capucine Delattre

• 49 mins

Paul Theroux: Deep South

Paul Theroux turns his unflinching gaze on an American South too often overlooked

• 49 mins

Curtis Sittenfeld: Prep

Teen dream of boarding school turns out to be hotbed of adolescent angst and ambition

• 49 mins

Judith Kerr: When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

Another chance to hear Judith Kerr talking about When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

• 50 mins

Sofi Oksanen: Purge

A harrowing portrait of Estonia's recent history, seen through the lives of two women

• 50 mins

Pilar Quintana: The Bitch

Love, loss and violence on the remote Pacific coast of Colombia

• 49 mins

Audrey Niffenegger: The Time Traveler's Wife

A magical and unusual love story about time and patience and loss

• 49 mins

Michael Chabon: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Two Jewish boys in 1939 New York invent an anti-Fascist comic book hero

• 49 mins

Xiaolu Guo: A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

A romantic comedy told across the barrier of language and culture

• 50 mins

Shehan Karunatilaka: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lankan civil war

• 49 mins

Antonio Mu帽oz Molina: In the Night of Time

Antonio Mu帽oz Molina answers questions on his novel In the Night of Time

• 49 mins

Carlo Rovelli: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

A dazzling and mind-bending introduction to the wonders of modern physics

• 49 mins

Madrid

World Book Caf茅 heads to Madrid to talk to writers about a new boom in feminist fiction.

• 48 mins

Ann Patchett: The Dutch House

A dark fairytale set in post war America tracing a family across the decades

• 49 mins

Charlotte Wood: The Weekend

Charlotte Wood discusses her novel, The Weekend

• 49 mins

Percival Everett: The Trees

A powerful satire of revenge and social justice in America

• 49 mins

Miriam Toews: Women Talking

The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.

• 48 mins

Kevin Kwan: Crazy Rich Asians

Kevin Kwan discusses his best-selling novel Crazy Rich Asians, with readers

• 49 mins

World Book Cafe: Toronto

World Book Caf茅, the programme where writers reveal the secrets of their home cities

• 48 mins

Edna O'Brien: The Country Girls

A 2008 interview with the acclaimed Irish novelist, who died in July 2024 aged 93

• 26 mins

Paul Auster: New York Trilogy

Harriett Gilbert talks to Paul Auster about his New York Trilogy

• 49 mins

Women of the World: Edna O鈥橞rien

Kim Chakanetsa in conversation with the acclaimed author Edna O鈥橞rien.

• 26 mins

Ewald Arenz: Tasting Sunlight

Ewald Arenz answers readers' questions about his bestselling novel Tasting Sunlight

• 49 mins

Elif Batuman

American writer Elif Batuman discusses her novel The Idiot with readers around the world.

• 49 mins

Kate Mosse: Labyrinth

The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.

• 48 mins