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World Book Club Episodes

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    Anuradha Roy: An Atlas of Impossible Longing

    Indian writer Anuradha Roy discusses her much-loved novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing

  2. Amy Bloom: Away

    Writer Amy Bloom's novel, Away, is a searing tale of migration, exile, and motherhood

  3. Sarah Waters: Tipping the Velvet

    Harriett Gilbert talks to British writer Sarah Waters about her novel, Tipping the Velvet

  4. Celeste Ng: Everything I Never Told You

    Celeste Ng discusses her bestsellling novel Everything I Never Told You

  5. Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

    Dominican-American writer Junot Diaz on his novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

  6. Jackie Kay: Trumpet

    This month World Book Club talks to Scottish poet Laureate Jackie Kay

  7. Agatha Christie

    Sophie Hannah and James Prichard discuss Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

  8. Richard Flanagan: Narrow Road to the Deep North

    Richard Flanagan talks about his Man Booker Prize-winning novel

  9. Alan Hollinghurst: The Line of Beauty

    Alan Hollinghurst talks about his Man Booker Prize-winning novel, The Line of Beauty.

  10. Jane Gardam - Old Filth

    Jane Gardam discusses her novel Old Filth with the World Book Club audience

  11. Sebastian Barry - The Secret Scripture

    World Book Club talks to author Sebastian Barry about his novel The Secret Scripture.

  12. Delphine de Vigan - No and Me

    French writer Delphine de Vigan discusses her prize-winning novel No and Me.

  13. Tim Winton - Cloudstreet

    Tim Winton discusses his novel Cloudstreet with the World Book Club audience.

  14. Jeffrey Archer - Kane and Abel

    British author Jeffrey Archer discusses his novel Kane and Abel.

  15. Derek Walcott - Omeros

    Another chance to hear Nobel laureate Derek Walcott discuss his epic poem Omeros.

  16. Robert Harris - Imperium

    Robert Harris discusses the first of his Roman trilogy, Imperium.

  17. Joël Dicker - The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

    Swiss writer Joël Dicker talks about his novel The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair.

  18. Laura Restrepo - Delirium

    Colombian author Laura Restrepo discusses her novel Delirium in Cartagena.

  19. Karl Ove Knausgaard - A Death in the Family

    Acclaimed Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard talks about his book A Death in the Family

  20. Margaret Drabble - The Millstone

    Margaret Drabble discusses her novel The Millstone.

  21. Crime and Punishment

    Boris Akunin and Dr Sarah Young discuss Dostoyevsky’s classic novel Crime and Punishment.

  22. Anne Enright - The Gathering

    Anne Enright discusses her Man Booker Prize winning novel The Gathering.

  23. DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little

    DBC Pierre discusses his book Vernon God Little and answers questions from the audience

  24. Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss

    Desai’s novel is a profoundly moving cross-continental saga that sweeps around the globe

  25. Juan Gabriel Vasquez - The Sound of Things Falling

    Juan Gabriel Vasquez discusses his novel The Sound of Things Falling.

  26. Tan Twan Eng - The Garden of Evening Mists

    Tan Twan Eng discusses his novel The Garden of Evening Mists.

  27. Charlotte Brontë - Jane Eyre

    Writers Claire Harman and Tracy Chevalier discuss Charlotte Bronte's classic Jane Eyre.

  28. Nuruddin Farah - Maps

    Somali writer Nuruddin Farah will be discussing his novel Maps with Harriett Gilbert

  29. Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

    Judith Kerr will be talking about her novel When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

  30. Cees Nooteboom - The Following Story

    Multiple award-winning Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom on his novel The Following Story

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