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World Book Club

The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.

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Garrison Keillor - Lake Wobegon Days

Garrison Keillor - Lake Wobegon Days

In the First ever Meridian Writing World Book Club, Harriett Gilbert talks to American writer Garrison Keillor on his bo... Read more

13 Aug 2002

23mins

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou answers listeners questions about her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Presenter: Harriett Gi... Read more

7 Oct 2005

26mins

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JD Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye

JD Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye

Harriet Gilbert discusses JD Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye with a studio audience, including questions... Read more

4 Apr 2015

50mins

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Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

Italian author Umberto Eco discusses his novel The Name of the Rose, set in a 14th Century Franciscan monastery and answ... Read more

25 Dec 2007

26mins

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Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins answers questions from an audience and sent in by BBC listeners about his international best-seller, The... Read more

7 Jun 2007

26mins

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Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice

This month in a very special edition, we’re celebrating that most English of novelists Jane Austen. It’s two hundred yea... Read more

5 Jan 2013

52mins

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Maya Angelou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou reflects on some of her earliest and most difficult memories and talks about her autobiography I Know Why t... Read more

31 May 2014

26mins

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Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut joins an audience of World Service listeners to answer questions about his novel Slaughterhouse-Five

30 May 2006

26mins

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John Le Carre

John Le Carre

Interview with special guest John le Carre about his recent novel “The Perfect Spy” Presenter: Harriett Gilbert.

25 Dec 2006

26mins

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Albert Camus - The Outsider

Albert Camus - The Outsider

One hundred years after his birth this month’s World Book Club, will be discussing Albert Camus' seminal novel The Outsi... Read more

2 Nov 2013

53mins

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Toni Morrison - Beloved

Toni Morrison - Beloved

World Book Club celebrates the 25th anniversary of the publication of that modern classic novel Beloved with another cha... Read more

7 Apr 2012

52mins

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Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver

This month's World Book Club comes from the Jesus Centre in London.Harriett Gilbert and readers talk to bestselling writ... Read more

2 Oct 2010

52mins

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Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith

Zadie Smith talks to an audience about her novel 'White Teeth'. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.

19 Feb 2005

26mins

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Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Diaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Award-winning Dominican American writer Junot Diaz talks to World Book Club on location in Boston, US, about his wildly ... Read more

12 Mar 2018

49mins

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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations

Charles Dickens - Great Expectations

February 2012 marks the bicentenary of Victorian author Charles Dickens. In this special edition of World Book Club, bio... Read more

4 Feb 2012

53mins

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World Book Club: The Great Gatsby

World Book Club: The Great Gatsby

This month a very special edition of World Book Club coming from New York City in the USA. We’re partnering up with the ... Read more

4 May 2013

53mins

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Celeste Ng: Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng: Everything I Never Told You

Presenter Lawrence Pollard talks to chart-topping Chinese-American writer Celeste Ng and an audience gathered in the loc... Read more

14 May 2018

50mins

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Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri

This month a chance to hear Pulitzer Prize winning Indian American writer Jhumpa Lahiri, whose new novel The Lowland has... Read more

5 Oct 2013

52mins

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Annie Proulx

Annie Proulx

American writer Annie Proulx talks about her prize-winning novel 'The Shipping News' and her short story 'Brokeback Moun... Read more

30 Sep 2008

26mins

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Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice

Donna Leon - Death at La Fenice

This month World Book Club talks to award-winning American writer Donna Leon about her celebrated novel Death at La Feni... Read more

8 May 2019

49mins

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