Harriett Gilbert puts your questions to N.K Jemisin
Published on Saturday, 7th June 2025.
Harriett Gilbert talks with Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah about his novel Paradise
Published on Saturday, 3rd May 2025.
Harriett Gilbert talks with Michelle de Kretser about her novel Scary Monsters
Published on Saturday, 5th April 2025.
Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her second novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Published on Saturday, 1st March 2025.
Novelist Meg Rosoff answers questions about one of her best-loved novels, How I Live Now
Published on Saturday, 1st February 2025.
World Book Café heads to Oslo to Europe’s largest Literature House
Published on Saturday, 25th January 2025.
Norwegian crime writer Anne Holt discusses her novel 1,222
Published on Wednesday, 1st January 2025.
Douglas Stuart talks about his Booker Prize winning novel Shuggie Bain
Published on Thursday, 5th December 2024.
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
Published on Friday, 1st November 2024.
American writer Elif Batuman discusses her novel The Idiot with readers around the world.
Published on Tuesday, 1st October 2024.
Ewald Arenz answers readers' questions about his bestselling novel Tasting Sunlight
Published on Sunday, 1st September 2024.
Kim Chakanetsa in conversation with the acclaimed author Edna O’Brien.
Published on Sunday, 4th August 2024.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Paul Auster about his New York Trilogy
Published on Thursday, 1st August 2024.
A 2008 interview with the acclaimed Irish novelist, who died in July 2024 aged 93
Published on Wednesday, 31st July 2024.
World Book Café, the programme where writers reveal the secrets of their home cities
Published on Saturday, 13th July 2024.
Kevin Kwan discusses his best-selling novel Crazy Rich Asians, with readers
Published on Saturday, 6th July 2024.
Published on Saturday, 1st June 2024.
A powerful satire of revenge and social justice in America
Published on Saturday, 4th May 2024.
Charlotte Wood discusses her novel, The Weekend
Published on Monday, 1st April 2024.
A dark fairytale set in post war America tracing a family across the decades
Published on Friday, 1st March 2024.
World Book Café heads to Madrid to talk to writers about a new boom in feminist fiction.
Published on Saturday, 10th February 2024.
A dazzling and mind-bending introduction to the wonders of modern physics
Published on Thursday, 1st February 2024.
Antonio Muñoz Molina answers questions on his novel In the Night of Time
Published on Monday, 1st January 2024.
Searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lankan civil war
Published on Friday, 1st December 2023.
English author A. S Byatt talks to an audience about her novel 'Possession'.
Published on Friday, 17th November 2023.
A romantic comedy told across the barrier of language and culture
Published on Friday, 3rd November 2023.
Two Jewish boys in 1939 New York invent an anti-Fascist comic book hero
Published on Monday, 2nd October 2023.
A magical and unusual love story about time and patience and loss
Published on Friday, 1st September 2023.
Love, loss and violence on the remote Pacific coast of Colombia
Published on Tuesday, 1st August 2023.
A harrowing portrait of Estonia's recent history, seen through the lives of two women
Published on Saturday, 1st July 2023.
Another chance to hear Judith Kerr talking about When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Published on Monday, 5th June 2023.
Teen dream of boarding school turns out to be hotbed of adolescent angst and ambition
Published on Friday, 5th May 2023.
Paul Theroux turns his unflinching gaze on an American South too often overlooked
Published on Saturday, 1st April 2023.
Meet authors Mahir Guven, Blandine Rinkel, Laurent Petitmangin and Capucine Delattre
Published on Saturday, 18th March 2023.
Marie Darrieussecq in Paris discussing her feminist satire of sex, power and corruption.
Published on Saturday, 4th March 2023.
A morally complex tale of guilt, survival, shame and desire in Israel.
Published on Saturday, 4th February 2023.
A young Sri Lankan contemplates the horrifying aftermath of his country’s civil war
Published on Saturday, 7th January 2023.
A group of young Indians desperately seek a better life for themselves in Sheffield.
Published on Saturday, 3rd December 2022.
Passion, revolution and heroism against the backdrop of Bangladeshi War of Independence
Published on Saturday, 5th November 2022.
American writer Brit Bennett talks about her unputdownable novel, The Vanishing Half.
Published on Saturday, 1st October 2022.
Searingly funny coming-of-age novel set in Madrid
Published on Saturday, 3rd September 2022.
The devastating legacy of slavery confronted through one family through the generations
Published on Saturday, 6th August 2022.
Mohsin Hamid's profound meditation on love, hope and the psychology of exile
Published on Saturday, 2nd July 2022.
World Book Café, where writers reveal the secrets of their home cities, goes to Brooklyn.
Published on Saturday, 18th June 2022.
Jennifer Egan answers audience questions about A Visit from the Goon Squad
Published on Saturday, 4th June 2022.
A portrait of an edgy gay relationship seen from both men’s point of view.
Published on Saturday, 7th May 2022.
Ten-year-old Darling from Zimbabwe has a choice: it's down or out
Published on Saturday, 2nd April 2022.
A carefully observed study of class and race, and biting portrait of white urban affluence
Published on Saturday, 5th March 2022.
In Eva Luna, an orphaned girl tells stories to survive mid-century South America
Published on Tuesday, 8th February 2022.
Irish writer Naoise Dolan talks about her dazzling novel Exciting Times
Published on Saturday, 1st January 2022.
Harriett Gilbert talks to the award-winning Trinidadian-British author Monique Roffey
Published on Saturday, 4th December 2021.
A powerfully political and intensely personal story of modern Turkish life
Published on Saturday, 6th November 2021.
Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka discusses English PEN centenary and his new novel.
Published on Tuesday, 5th October 2021.
Award-winning French writer Maylis de Kerangal talks about her novel Mend the Living
Published on Saturday, 4th September 2021.
Damnation and redemption in 19th Century St Petersburg
Published on Monday, 9th August 2021.
Australian author Jane Harper talks about her internationally garlanded thriller The Dry.
Published on Wednesday, 7th July 2021.
Manu Joseph discusses Serious Men, a satirical portrait of contemporary Indian society
Published on Thursday, 10th June 2021.
Award-winning murder mystery set in rural Quebec from Canada’s queen of crime-writing
Published on Saturday, 1st May 2021.
A mesmerizing tale of the beauty and harshness of a lonely life in the mountains
Published on Saturday, 3rd April 2021.
Tsitsi Dangarembga talks about her coming-of-age novel Nervous Conditions
Published on Monday, 8th March 2021.
Amusing and affectionate portrait of the island nation Bill Bryson proudly calls home
Published on Saturday, 6th February 2021.
Sjón answers questions from readers about his novel Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was.
Published on Monday, 4th January 2021.
We discuss the prize-winning novel Homegoing with its acclaimed Ghanaian author Yaa Gyasi
Published on Saturday, 5th December 2020.
We talk to acclaimed Chinese author Yiyun Li about her harrowing debut novel The Vagrants
Published on Monday, 9th November 2020.
We discuss the novel How to Be Both with its acclaimed British author Ali Smith
Published on Monday, 5th October 2020.
Harriett Gilbert talks to the world-renowned American author Elizabeth Strout
Published on Monday, 7th September 2020.
Friendship, caring, nursing and anger in a short, fierce novel from Australia
Published on Saturday, 1st August 2020.
A novel that offers an unforgettable insight into life in today’s multi-cultural Britain
Published on Monday, 6th July 2020.
A hypnotic tale of female sexuality set with the lush backdrop of southern Spain
Published on Monday, 8th June 2020.
The rise and fall of Cromwell, the most powerful minister in the court of King Henry VIII
Published on Monday, 4th May 2020.
Five young Pakistani men and women try to live and love in a world on fire
Published on Monday, 6th April 2020.
An acclaimed French thriller which probes at the fault lines of gender, class and race
Published on Sunday, 8th March 2020.
A Zimbabwean woman charged with murdering her adoptive father awaits her execution
Published on Monday, 3rd February 2020.
A speculative fiction imagining women and a new ‘power’ helps them take over the world
Published on Wednesday, 8th January 2020.
The horrors of twentieth century Germany filtered through the beauty of one house
Published on Monday, 9th December 2019.
David Nicholls talks about his internationally successful novel 'Us'.
Published on Tuesday, 5th November 2019.
A tribute to the author's father who was murdered by Columbian paramilitaries in 1987
Published on Monday, 7th October 2019.
Ann Cleeves discusses her novel Raven Black with Harriett Gilbert and the WBC audience
Published on Monday, 9th September 2019.
Acclaimed Nigerian writer Chigozie Obioma talks about his novel The Fishermen
Published on Monday, 5th August 2019.
Another chance to hear Andrea Levy talking about her prize-winning novel Small Island.
Published on Monday, 1st July 2019.
Award-winning writer Siri Hustvedt discusses her novel What I Loved with the WBC audience.
Published on Monday, 3rd June 2019.
Donna Leon discusses her celebrated novel Death at La Fenice.
Published on Wednesday, 8th May 2019.
British author Tessa Hadley talks to Harriett Gilbert about her award-winning novel.
Published on Monday, 8th April 2019.
A special edition from Nairobi University's bustling bookshop, where Ngugi was a director.
Published on Tuesday, 5th March 2019.
JoJo Moyes discusses her wildly popular novel Me Before You
Published on Monday, 4th February 2019.
Leading thriller writer Lee Child discusses Killing Floor and its hero Jack Reacher
Published on Saturday, 5th January 2019.
Chan Koonchung joins the World Book Club to discuss his dystopian novel The Fat Years
Published on Saturday, 1st December 2018.
In Beijing discussing Lotus, about a migrant worker who ends up a prostitute in Shenzen
Published on Monday, 5th November 2018.
Kate Atkinson discusses her celebrated novel Life After Life
Published on Saturday, 6th October 2018.
American Tabloid exposes the underbelly of a country on the brink of Kennedy's golden age
Published on Sunday, 2nd September 2018.
World Book Club discusses Bring Up the Bodies with Man Booker prize-winner Hilary Mantel
Published on Sunday, 5th August 2018.
Indian writer Anuradha Roy discusses her much-loved novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing
Published on Sunday, 8th July 2018.
Writer Amy Bloom's novel, Away, is a searing tale of migration, exile, and motherhood
Published on Wednesday, 6th June 2018.
Harriett Gilbert talks to British writer Sarah Waters about her novel, Tipping the Velvet
Published on Monday, 14th May 2018.
Celeste Ng discusses her bestsellling novel Everything I Never Told You
Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz on his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Published on Monday, 12th March 2018.
This month World Book Club talks to Scottish poet Laureate Jackie Kay
Published on Sunday, 4th February 2018.
Sophie Hannah and James Prichard discuss Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Published on Monday, 8th January 2018.
Richard Flanagan talks about his Man Booker Prize-winning novel
Published on Sunday, 3rd December 2017.
Alan Hollinghurst talks about his Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Line of Beauty.
Published on Sunday, 5th November 2017.
Jane Gardam discusses her novel Old Filth with the World Book Club audience
Published on Monday, 9th October 2017.
World Book Club talks to author Sebastian Barry about his novel The Secret Scripture.
Published on Sunday, 3rd September 2017.
French writer Delphine de Vigan discusses her prize-winning novel No and Me.
Published on Sunday, 6th August 2017.
Tim Winton discusses his novel Cloudstreet with the World Book Club audience.
Published on Wednesday, 5th July 2017.
British author Jeffrey Archer discusses his novel Kane and Abel.
Published on Monday, 5th June 2017.
Another chance to hear Nobel laureate Derek Walcott discuss his epic poem Omeros.
Published on Sunday, 7th May 2017.
Robert Harris discusses the first of his Roman trilogy, Imperium.
Published on Monday, 24th April 2017.
Swiss writer Joël Dicker talks about his novel The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair.
Colombian author Laura Restrepo discusses her novel Delirium in Cartagena.
Acclaimed Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard talks about his book A Death in the Family
Published on Sunday, 8th January 2017.
Margaret Drabble discusses her novel The Millstone.
Published on Tuesday, 29th November 2016.
Boris Akunin and Dr Sarah Young discuss Dostoyevsky’s classic novel Crime and Punishment.
Published on Tuesday, 8th November 2016.
Anne Enright discusses her Man Booker Prize winning novel The Gathering.
Published on Saturday, 1st October 2016.
DBC Pierre discusses his book Vernon God Little and answers questions from the audience
Published on Friday, 16th September 2016.
Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his novel The Sound of Things Falling.
Published on Saturday, 2nd July 2016.
Tan Twan Eng discusses his novel The Garden of Evening Mists.
Published on Saturday, 4th June 2016.
Writers Claire Harman and Tracy Chevalier discuss Charlotte Bronte's classic Jane Eyre.
Published on Wednesday, 11th May 2016.
Somali writer Nuruddin Farah will be discussing his novel Maps with Harriett Gilbert
Published on Tuesday, 12th April 2016.
Judith Kerr will be talking about her novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Published on Sunday, 6th March 2016.
Multiple award-winning Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom on his novel The Following Story
Published on Thursday, 4th February 2016.
Elizabeth Gilbert talks about her phenomenally successful novel Eat, Pray, Love
Published on Saturday, 2nd January 2016.
Harriet Gilbert talks to Sudanese writer Leila Aboulela about her novel Minaret.
Published on Thursday, 17th December 2015.
Epic of contemporary love and marriage capturing the temptations and burdens of liberty
Published on Sunday, 8th November 2015.
A richly imagined historic tale of art, beauty,lust and greed in.1630s Amsterdam.
Published on Saturday, 3rd October 2015.
Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov discusses his novel Death and the Penguin
Published on Saturday, 5th September 2015.
Jeanette Winterson discusses her novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Published on Monday, 3rd August 2015.
Mark Haddon on his best-selling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Published on Tuesday, 7th July 2015.
Algerian novelist Yasmina Khadra on his searing novel, The Swallows of Kabul
Published on Sunday, 7th June 2015.
Irish author Marian Keyes discusses her novel Rachel's Holiday
Published on Saturday, 2nd May 2015.
Another chance to hear Guenter Grass discuss The Tin Drum
Published on Sunday, 19th April 2015.
A discussion recorded in the fabled Algonquin Hotel, New York
Published on Saturday, 4th April 2015.
Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Anne Tyler on her novel Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Published on Sunday, 8th March 2015.
William Gibson discusses his influencial science fiction novel Neuromancer
Published on Sunday, 1st February 2015.
Daniel Kehlmann talks about his internationally acclaimed novel Measuring the World
Published on Sunday, 4th January 2015.
Marilynne Robinson on her novel Gilead, which won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Published on Sunday, 7th December 2014.
Dutch writer Herman Koch on his bestselling novel The Dinner
Published on Saturday, 1st November 2014.
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan in most successful crime novel debut ever
Published on Saturday, 4th October 2014.
The author discusses the psychological impact of World War I
Published on Saturday, 6th September 2014.
Award-winning writer Janice Galloway on her novel The Trick Is to Keep Breathing
Published on Saturday, 2nd August 2014.
Jostein Gaarder on his novel Sophie’s World, the story of a teenage girl and a philospher
Published on Saturday, 5th July 2014.
Norwegian author of Out Stealing Horses takes questions from a rapt audience
Published on Saturday, 7th June 2014.
Maya Angelou reflects on some of her earliest and most difficult memories
Published on Saturday, 31st May 2014.
Best-selling writer Harlan Coben on his thriller Six Years
Published on Saturday, 3rd May 2014.
The British writer talks about her page-turning novel for teenagers and young adults
Published on Saturday, 5th April 2014.
A novel about love, mysticism and the life of the Sufi poet Rumi
Published on Saturday, 1st March 2014.
Author of award-winning novel The Slap on why his book has polarised opinions
Published on Saturday, 1st February 2014.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Pat Barker about her classic novel Regeneration
Published on Saturday, 4th January 2014.
Author Brian Aldiss talks about his classic sci-fi novel Greybeard
Published on Saturday, 7th December 2013.
Camus's classic is discussed by his biographer Oliver Todd and Professor David Walker
Published on Saturday, 2nd November 2013.
The Indian-American author on her book of short stories Unaccustomed Earth
Published on Saturday, 5th October 2013.
British writer Neil Gaiman talks about and reads extracts from his book American Gods
Published on Saturday, 7th September 2013.
Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif on what has gone wrong in Egypt in her eyes
Published on Saturday, 3rd August 2013.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Amit Chaudhuri about his book The Immortals.
Published on Saturday, 6th July 2013.
Author Mohsin Hamid on his book The Reluctant Fundamentalist, now made into a film
Published on Saturday, 1st June 2013.
American Classic: Jay McInerney talks to Harriett Gilbert about F Scott Fitzgerald's novel
Published on Saturday, 4th May 2013.
Harriett Gilbert talks to author John Grisham about his book A Time To Kill.
Published on Saturday, 6th April 2013.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Romesh Gunesekera about his book Reef.
Published on Saturday, 2nd March 2013.
David Mitchell talks to Harriett Gilbert about his book Cloud Atlas.
Published on Saturday, 2nd February 2013.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is 200 years old, but the story still resonates. Why?
Published on Saturday, 5th January 2013.
CK Stead talks to Harriett Gilbert about his book My Name Was Judas.
Published on Saturday, 1st December 2012.
Harriett Gilbert talks to author Paul Auster about his New York Trilogy.
Published on Saturday, 3rd November 2012.
Javier Marias taks to Harriett Gilbert about his novel A Heart So White.
Published on Saturday, 6th October 2012.
Jodi Picoult talks to Harriett Gilbert in front of an audience about My Sister's Keeper.
Published on Saturday, 1st September 2012.
Jeanette Winterson discusses her novel Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit with Harriet Gilbert
Published on Saturday, 2nd June 2012.
Amitav Ghosh talks about his novel The Shadow Lines with Harriet Gilbert.
Published on Saturday, 26th May 2012.
Howard Jacobson discusses his Man Booker Prize winner The Finkler Question.
Published on Saturday, 19th May 2012.
Andrea Levy discusses her prize-winning book Small Island.
Published on Saturday, 12th May 2012.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Peter Ackroyd about his novel Hawksmoor.
Published on Saturday, 5th May 2012.
Harriett Gilbert talks to author Toni Morrison about her book Beloved.
Published on Saturday, 7th April 2012.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Jonathan S Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Published on Saturday, 3rd March 2012.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Claire Tomalin about Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations.
Published on Saturday, 4th February 2012.
Witi Ihimaera, a prominent Maori writer on his book The Whale Rider.
Published on Saturday, 7th January 2012.
Penelope Lively talks to Harriett Gilbert about her book Moon Tiger.
Published on Saturday, 3rd December 2011.
The Israeli author talks about his book, To the End of the Land
Published on Saturday, 5th November 2011.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Lionel Shriver about her novel We Need To Talk About Kevin.
Published on Saturday, 1st October 2011.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Hisham Matar about his debut novel In The Country Of Men.
Published on Saturday, 3rd September 2011.
Poignant tale of young Irish woman trying to make a new life in 1950s New York
Published on Saturday, 6th August 2011.
Scandi-noir at its best - Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander's first murder mystery
Published on Saturday, 2nd July 2011.
Taut psychological suspense thriller set in Peak District that unfolds like a Greek drama
Published on Saturday, 4th June 2011.
Detective Erast Fandorin investigates a student's apparent suicide in 19th-century Moscow
Published on Saturday, 7th May 2011.
Dysfunctional Norwegian detective Harry Hole navigates a World War Two ghost story
Published on Saturday, 2nd April 2011.
Acclaimed Spanish writer Javier Cercas talks about his haunting novel Soldiers of Salamis
Published on Saturday, 5th March 2011.
Harriett Gilbert talks to the US satirist PJ O'Rourke about his book Eat The Rich
Published on Saturday, 5th February 2011.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Bernhard Schlink about his novel The Reader.
Published on Saturday, 1st January 2011.
Damon Galgut discusses his novel The Good Doctor, and answers questions from listeners
Published on Saturday, 4th December 2010.
Kamila Shamsie discusses her novel Burnt Shadows on World Book Club
Published on Saturday, 6th November 2010.
Barbara Kingsolver talks about her highly acclaimed novel The Poisonwood Bible
Published on Saturday, 2nd October 2010.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Carlos Ruiz Zafon about his novel The Shadow of the Wind.
Published on Saturday, 3rd July 2010.
Harriett Gilbert talks to David Mitchell about his novel Cloud Atlas.
Published on Saturday, 5th June 2010.
Richard Ford discusses his classic novel 'The Sportswriter' with Harriett Gilbert and a...
Published on Saturday, 1st May 2010.
Nobel prize winner JMG Le Clezio discusses his acclaimed novel Desert.
Published on Saturday, 3rd April 2010.
John Boyne discusses his acclaimed novel 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' with Harriett...
Published on Saturday, 6th March 2010.
Harriet Gilbert talks to Andrea Levy about Small Island, a heart-warming and tale of lo...
Published on Saturday, 6th February 2010.
Kiran Desai discusses her novel The Inheritance of Loss with Harriett Gilbert.
Published on Saturday, 2nd January 2010.
James Ellroy discusses his novel American Tabloid with Harriett Gilbert and an invited ...
Published on Saturday, 5th December 2009.
Alaa Al Aswany talks about his acclaimed novel The Yacoubian Building.
Published on Saturday, 7th November 2009.
Half a century on from its first publication, G�nter Grass will be talking about The T...
Published on Saturday, 3rd October 2009.
Lionel Shriver discusses her best selling novel We Need To Talk About Kevin.
Published on Thursday, 9th July 2009.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about her novel Half of a Yellow Sun.
Published on Thursday, 4th June 2009.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Nawal El Saadawi about her novel Woman At Point Zero
Published on Thursday, 30th April 2009.
Harriett Gilbert talks to writer Kate Grenville about her book The Secret River.
Published on Friday, 3rd April 2009.
Mohsin Hamid talks to Harriett Gilbert about his novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
Published on Saturday, 7th March 2009.
Harriett Gilbert talks to David Guterson about his novel Snow Falling on Cedars.
Published on Monday, 9th February 2009.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Toni Morrison about her novel Beloved.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott about his epic poem Omeros.
Published on Tuesday, 16th December 2008.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Alice Walker about her novel The Color Purple.
Published on Tuesday, 18th November 2008.
Annie Proulx talks about her works 'The Shipping News' & 'Brokeback Mountain'.
Published on Tuesday, 30th September 2008.
David Lodge discusses his acclaimed novel 'Nice Work'.
Published on Wednesday, 27th August 2008.
Marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of the acclaimed novel Things Fall Apart.
Published on Wednesday, 30th July 2008.
American author John Irving discusses his bestselling novel 'The World According to Garp'.
Published on Wednesday, 25th June 2008.
Harriett Gilbert talks to Khaled Hosseini about his book The Kite Runner.
Published on Tuesday, 27th May 2008.
Best-selling English writer Sebastian Faulks talks about his novel Birdsong.
Published on Friday, 2nd May 2008.
Jane Smiley discusses A Thousand Acres, her ambitious re-imagining of King Lear.
Published on Tuesday, 1st April 2008.
Patricia Cornwell talks about Post Mortem, the first novel in her Kay Scarpetta series.
Published on Thursday, 28th February 2008.
Irish writer Edna O'Brien discusses her novel about adolescence, The Country Girls.
Published on Thursday, 31st January 2008.
Italian author Umberto Eco discusses his novel The Name of the Rose
Published on Tuesday, 25th December 2007.
American crime writer Sara Paretsky talks about her detective novel 'Indemnity Only'.
Published on Wednesday, 28th November 2007.
Sri Lankan-born, Canadian author Michael Ondaatje discusses his novel The English Patient.
Published on Friday, 2nd November 2007.
Harriett Gilbert talks to author Armistead Maupin about his novel Tales of the City.
Published on Tuesday, 25th September 2007.
Thomas Keneally discusses his novel, Schindler's Ark.
Published on Tuesday, 26th June 2007.
Richard Dawkins answers questions from listeners about his best-seller, The Selfish Gene.
Published on Thursday, 7th June 2007.
Wole Soyinka talks about his memoirs Ake: The Years of Childhood.
Published on Tuesday, 29th May 2007.
World Book club with author Mario Vargas Llosa.
Published on Sunday, 29th April 2007.
Irvine Welsh talks about his books Trainspotting & If You Liked School, You'll Love Work.
Iain Banks answers questions about his controversial first novel, The Wasp Factory.
Published on Thursday, 1st March 2007.
Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi.
Published on Monday, 29th January 2007.
Rose Tremain answers questions from listeners about her best-seller, Restoration.
Published on Thursday, 18th January 2007.
William Boyd discusses his novel Brazzaville Beach with Harriett Gilbert
Published on Wednesday, 27th December 2006.
Interview with John le Carre about his recent novel “The Perfect Spy”.
Published on Monday, 25th December 2006.
Frank McCourt joins an audience of listeners to discuss his book Angela's Ashes.
Published on Tuesday, 31st October 2006.
Arnold Wesker joins an audience to discuss his classic play Chicken Soup with Barley.
Published on Friday, 6th October 2006.
Ian Rankin joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss his novel Black & Blue.
Published on Monday, 28th August 2006.
The World Book Club talks to author Joanna Trollope about her book The Rector's Wife.
Published on Tuesday, 25th July 2006.
Kurt Vonnegut joins an audience to answer questions about his novel Slaughterhouse-Five.
Published on Tuesday, 30th May 2006.
Orhan Pamuk joins an audience to answer questions about his novel My Name is Red.
Published on Tuesday, 25th April 2006.
From the British Library in London, Alexander McCall Smith talks and answers questions.
Published on Saturday, 25th March 2006.
Scott Turow joins an audience to answer questions about his novel Presumed Innocent.
Published on Thursday, 9th February 2006.
Louis De Bernieres answers questions about his novel, Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
Published on Thursday, 5th January 2006.
Philip Pullman talks about his book and takes questions on his book The Northen Lights.
Published on Thursday, 17th November 2005.
Maya Angelou answers questions about her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Published on Friday, 7th October 2005.
Salman Rushdie talks to an audience and takes questions on his book Midnight's Children.
Published on Saturday, 1st October 2005.
Andre Brink joins an audience of listeners to discuss his novel A Dry White Season.
Published on Saturday, 27th August 2005.
Author of "Blonde" Joyce Carol Oates answers questions about her novel.
Published on Saturday, 23rd July 2005.
Carlos Fuentes joins an audience to discuss his novel The Death of Artemio Cruz.
Published on Wednesday, 15th June 2005.
Nick Hornby talks to an audience about Fever Pitch, his book about being a football fan.
Published on Saturday, 28th May 2005.
Vikram Seth joins an audience of listeners to discuss his novel A Suitable Boy.
Published on Monday, 9th May 2005.
Ian McEwan discusses his 20th century familiy saga about the need for atonement
Published on Saturday, 26th March 2005.
Zadie Smith talks to an audience about her novel 'White Teeth'.
Published on Saturday, 19th February 2005.
P.D. James joins an audience of listeners to discuss her novel 'Original Sin'.
Published on Tuesday, 25th January 2005.
Writer Paulo Coelho talks about his book The Alchemist.
Published on Sunday, 12th December 2004.
Kazuo Ishiguro joins listeners to discuss his novel The Remains Of The Day
Published on Thursday, 4th November 2004.
Anita Desai joins an audience of listeners to discuss her novel 'Fasting, Feasting'.
Published on Thursday, 30th September 2004.
Roddy Doyle talks about his novel The Commitments. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.
Published on Monday, 13th September 2004.
Amos Oz joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss his novel 'My Michael'.
Published on Thursday, 2nd September 2004.
South African novelist, Gillian Slovo talks about her novel 'Red Dust'.
Published on Thursday, 29th July 2004.
Tracy Chevalier joins an audience to discuss her novel 'Girl With A Pearl Earring'.
Published on Thursday, 20th May 2004.
Author Martin Cruz Smith talks about his novel Gorky Park.
Published on Tuesday, 24th February 2004.
Amy Tan joins an audience of listeners to discuss her novel The Joy Luck Club.
Published on Thursday, 29th January 2004.
Isabel Allende joins an audience to discuss her novel 'The House of the Spirits'.
Published on Wednesday, 26th November 2003.
Frederick Forsyth joins an audience to discuss his novel 'The Day of the Jackal'.
Published on Thursday, 23rd October 2003.
Peter Carey joins an audience of listeners to discuss his novel 'Oscar and Lucinda'.
Published on Thursday, 25th September 2003.
Popular British crime writer Ruth Rendell talked to the programme about her work.
Published on Thursday, 28th August 2003.
Julian Barnes joins a World Service audience to discuss his novel 'Flaubert's Parrot'.
Published on Thursday, 31st July 2003.
Chinese writer Jung Chang joins a World Service audience to discuss her novel Wild Swans.
Published on Saturday, 14th June 2003.
Author Terry Pratchett talks about his Discworld book The Colour Of Magic.
Published on Thursday, 29th May 2003.
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood.
Published on Tuesday, 8th April 2003.
A tribute to Dorris Lessing who was the oldest winner of the Nobel Prize for literature
Published on Tuesday, 11th February 2003.
Hanif Kureishi joins an audience to discuss his book 'The Buddha of Suburbia'.
Published on Monday, 3rd February 2003.
Nobel Prize winner V. S Naipaul discussess his book 'A House for Mr Biswas'.
Published on Saturday, 4th January 2003.
Nigerian born writer Ben Okri discusses his novel The Famished Road.
Published on Tuesday, 31st December 2002.
Indian writer and activist Arundhati Roy talks about winning the Booker Prize in 1997
Published on Monday, 2nd December 2002.
Martin Amis joins an audience of listeners to answer questions about his novel Money.
Published on Tuesday, 8th October 2002.
What makes Stephen King, not only the Master of Horror, but more than that?
Published on Tuesday, 27th August 2002.
Harriett Gilbert talks to American writer Garrison Keillor on his book Lake Wobegon Days.
Published on Tuesday, 13th August 2002.
Interview with the playwright and director, David Hare.
Published on Saturday, 27th July 2002.
Interview with American poet, memoirist, actress, Maya Angelou.
Published on Thursday, 4th July 2002.
Harriett Gilbert talks to the Zimbabwean novelist Chenjerai Hove about Ancestors
Published on Tuesday, 5th February 2002.
Bahaa Taher is an Egyptian novelist who won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Published on Tuesday, 15th January 2002.
Interview with Iain Sinclair on his book, 'London Orbital'. Presenter: Harriett Gilbert.
Published on Thursday, 10th January 2002.
