World Book Club Podcast
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - The Palace of Illusions
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Harriett Gilbert speaks with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about The Palace of Illusions
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Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl
Sat 6 Dec 2025
Bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins to discuss The Other Boleyn Girl
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Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister, The Serial Killer
Sat 1 Nov 2025
Harriett talks to Oyinkan Braithwaite about My Sister, The Serial Killer.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic
Sat 4 Oct 2025
Harriett is joined by Silvia Moreno-Garcia to discuss her bestseller Mexican Gothic.
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Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sat 6 Sep 2025
Join Harriett for a special episode exploring the legacy of Sherlock Holmes.
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Juhea Kim - Beasts of a Little Land
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Harriett Gilbert speaks with Juhea Kim about her novel Beasts of a Little Land.
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Graeme Macrae Burnet - His Bloody Project
Sat 5 Jul 2025
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Abdulrazak Gurnah: Paradise
Sat 3 May 2025
Harriett Gilbert talks with Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah about his novel Paradise
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Michelle de Kretser: Scary Monsters
Sat 5 Apr 2025
Harriett Gilbert talks with Michelle de Kretser about her novel Scary Monsters
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Ottessa Moshfegh: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Sat 1 Mar 2025
Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her second novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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Meg Rosoff: How I Live Now
Sat 1 Feb 2025
Novelist Meg Rosoff answers questions about one of her best-loved novels, How I Live Now
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World Book Café: Oslo
Sat 25 Jan 2025
World Book Café heads to Oslo to Europe’s largest Literature House
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Douglas Stuart: Shuggie Bain
Sat 7 Dec 2024
Douglas Stuart talks about his Booker Prize winning novel Shuggie Bain
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Elif Batuman
Sat 5 Oct 2024
American writer Elif Batuman discusses her novel The Idiot with readers around the world.
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Ewald Arenz: Tasting Sunlight
Sat 7 Sep 2024
Ewald Arenz answers readers' questions about his bestselling novel Tasting Sunlight
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Women of the World: Edna O’Brien
Sun 4 Aug 2024
Kim Chakanetsa in conversation with the acclaimed author Edna O’Brien.
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Paul Auster: New York Trilogy
Sat 3 Aug 2024
Harriett Gilbert talks to Paul Auster about his New York Trilogy
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Edna O'Brien: The Country Girls
Thu 1 Aug 2024
A 2008 interview with the acclaimed Irish novelist, who died in July 2024 aged 93
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World Book Cafe: Toronto
Sat 13 Jul 2024
World Book Café, the programme where writers reveal the secrets of their home cities
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Kevin Kwan: Crazy Rich Asians
Sat 6 Jul 2024
Kevin Kwan discusses his best-selling novel Crazy Rich Asians, with readers
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Miriam Toews: Women Talking
Sat 1 Jun 2024
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Percival Everett: The Trees
Sat 4 May 2024
A powerful satire of revenge and social justice in America
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Ann Patchett: The Dutch House
Sat 2 Mar 2024
A dark fairytale set in post war America tracing a family across the decades
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Madrid
Sat 10 Feb 2024
World Book Café heads to Madrid to talk to writers about a new boom in feminist fiction.
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Carlo Rovelli: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Sat 3 Feb 2024
A dazzling and mind-bending introduction to the wonders of modern physics
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Antonio Muñoz Molina: In the Night of Time
Sat 6 Jan 2024
Antonio Muñoz Molina answers questions on his novel In the Night of Time
