World Book Club Episodes Available now

Burhan Sönmez: Istanbul, Istanbul

A powerfully political and intensely personal story of modern Turkish life

Wole Soyinka

Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka discusses English PEN centenary and his new novel.

Maylis De Kerangal: Mend the Living

Award-winning French writer Maylis de Kerangal talks about her novel Mend the Living

Crime and Punishment: Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Damnation and redemption in 19th Century St Petersburg

Jane Harper: The Dry

Australian author Jane Harper talks about her internationally garlanded thriller The Dry.

Manu Joseph: Serious Men

Manu Joseph discusses Serious Men, a satirical portrait of contemporary Indian society

Louise Penny: Still Life

Award-winning murder mystery set in rural Quebec from Canada’s queen of crime-writing

Robert Seethaler: A Whole Life

A mesmerizing tale of the beauty and harshness of a lonely life in the mountains

Tsitsi Dangarembga: Nervous Conditions

Tsitsi Dangarembga talks about her coming-of-age novel Nervous Conditions

Bill Bryson: Notes from a Small Island

Amusing and affectionate portrait of the island nation Bill Bryson proudly calls home

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