World Book ClubEpisodes Episode guide
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07/02/2026 GMT
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - The Palace of Illusions
Harriett Gilbert speaks with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about The Palace of Illusions
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Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl
Bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins to discuss The Other Boleyn Girl
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Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister, The Serial Killer
Harriett talks to Oyinkan Braithwaite about My Sister, The Serial Killer.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic
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
Join Harriett for a special episode exploring the legacy of Sherlock Holmes.
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Juhea Kim - Beasts of a Little Land
Harriett Gilbert speaks with Juhea Kim about her novel Beasts of a Little Land.
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Graeme Macrae Burnet - His Bloody Project
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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N.K Jemisin - The City We Became
Harriett Gilbert puts your questions to N.K Jemisin
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Abdulrazak Gurnah: Paradise
Harriett Gilbert talks with Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah about his novel Paradise
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Michelle de Kretser: Scary Monsters
Harriett Gilbert talks with Michelle de Kretser about her novel Scary Monsters
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Ottessa Moshfegh: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her second novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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Meg Rosoff: How I Live Now
Novelist Meg Rosoff answers questions about one of her best-loved novels, How I Live Now
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World Book Café: Oslo
World Book Café heads to Oslo to Europe’s largest Literature House
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Anne Holt: 1,222
Norwegian crime writer Anne Holt discusses her novel 1,222
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Douglas Stuart: Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart talks about his Booker Prize winning novel Shuggie Bain
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Kate Mosse: Labyrinth
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Elif Batuman
American writer Elif Batuman discusses her novel The Idiot with readers around the world.
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Ewald Arenz: Tasting Sunlight
Ewald Arenz answers readers' questions about his bestselling novel Tasting Sunlight
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Paul Auster: New York Trilogy
Harriett Gilbert talks to Paul Auster about his New York Trilogy
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Edna O'Brien: The Country Girls
A 2008 interview with the acclaimed Irish novelist, who died in July 2024 aged 93
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World Book Cafe: Toronto
World Book Café, the programme where writers reveal the secrets of their home cities
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Kevin Kwan: Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan discusses his best-selling novel Crazy Rich Asians, with readers
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Miriam Toews: Women Talking
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Percival Everett: The Trees
A powerful satire of revenge and social justice in America
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Charlotte Wood: The Weekend
Charlotte Wood discusses her novel, The Weekend
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Ann Patchett: The Dutch House
A dark fairytale set in post war America tracing a family across the decades
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Madrid
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
A dazzling and mind-bending introduction to the wonders of modern physics
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Antonio Muñoz Molina: In the Night of Time
Antonio Muñoz Molina answers questions on his novel In the Night of Time





























