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Bookclub Episodes

  1. Simon Mawer discusses his novel, Tightrope

    Simon Mawer talks to James Naughtie about his novel, Tightrope

  2. Sarah Perry discusses her novel, The Essex Serpent

    Sarah Perry speaks to James Naughtie about her novel, The Essex Serpent.

  3. Richard Holmes discusses his novel, The Age of Wonder.

    Richard Holmes talks to James Naughtie about his novel, The Age of Wonder .

  4. Poet Simon Armitage on his translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    Simon Armitage talks to James Naughtie about his translation of the Middle English epic.

  5. Patrick McCabe discusses his novel The Butcher Boy

    Patrick McCabe speaks to James Naughtie about his novel, The Butcher Boy

  6. Muriel Spark discusses the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    A treat from the Bookclub archive to celebrate our 20th anniversary

  7. Kidnapped by Robert Louise Stevenson

    James Naughtie and author Louise Welsh discuss Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

  8. Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

    James Naughtie and Louise Welsh discussed Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

  9. Kamila Shamsie on Burnt Shadows

    James Naughtie and audience talk to Kamila Shamsie about her novel Burnt Shadows

  10. John Irving - A Prayer for Owen Meany.

    A treat from the Bookclub archive celebrating our 20th anniversary

  11. Jo Nesbo talks about his book, The Snowman

    Jo Nesbo talks to James Naughtie about his book, The Snowman.

  12. Jenny Offill

    Jenny Offill on Dept. of Speculation

  13. Jennifer Egan discusses her Pulitzer Prize winning novel, A Visit from The Goon Squad.

    In an extended version, Jennifer Egan talks about A Visit from The Goon Squad.

  14. Jan Morris discusses her classic travel book Venice

    A treat from the Bookclub archive celebrating our 20th anniversary

  15. James Naughtie talks to Deborah Levy

    Deborah Levy talks about her novel, Swimming 成人快手.

  16. Historian Antonia Fraser discuss her book The Gunpowder Plot

    The Gunpowder Plot by Antonia Fraser.

  17. Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies

    Hilary Mantel discusses her second Man Booker Prize winning novel. With James Naughtie.

  18. Gail Honeyman on her book, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

    Gail Honeyman on her book, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

  19. Eimear McBride talks about her debut novel, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing

    Eimear McBride discusses her book, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing.

  20. Douglas Adams discusses The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    A treat from the Bookclub archive to celebrate our 20th anniversary

  21. Doris Lessing - The Grass is Singing

    A treat from the Bookclub archive celebrating our 20th anniversary.

  22. David Nicholls - One Day

    David Nicholls talks to James Naughtie and a group of readers about his novel One Day

  23. David Baddiel talks about Elizabeth Taylor's Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont

    A treat from the Bookclub archive celebrating our 20th anniversary

  24. Colson Whitehead

    Colson Whitehead discusses his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Underground Railroad.

  25. Bookclub with Richard Flanagan - The Narrow Road to the Deep North

    James Naughtie talks to Richard Flanagan about The Narrow Road to the Deep North

  26. Bookclub with Michael Holroyd - A Strange Eventful History

    James Naughtie and audience talk to Michael Holroyd about A Strange Eventful History

  27. Bookclub with Kamila Shamsie on Burnt Shadows

    James Naughtie and audience talk to Kamila Shamsie about Burnt Shadows

  28. Bookclub with Jon McGregor - If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

    Jon McGregor discusses his novel If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things

  29. Bookclub with Javier Marias

    James Naughtie talks to Javier Marias about The Infatuations

  30. Bookclub with Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge

    James Naughtie and audience talk to Elizabeth Strout about Olive Kitteridge

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