Bookclub Episodes Episode guide
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Judith Kerr - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Judith Kerr discusses her classic novel for children When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.
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Elizabeth Jane Howard
Elizabeth Jane Howard discusses Falling, one of her most strange and dark novels.
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Marina Lewycka - A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
Marina Lewycka discusses her comic novel A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.
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Patrick O'Brian - Master and Commander
James Naughtie and Allan Mallinson discuss Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian.
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Blake Morrison - And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Blake Morrison discusses his memoir And When Did You Last See Your Father?
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Tim Winton - Dirt Music
Australian writer Tim Winton discusses his novel Dirt Music with James Naughtie.
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Douglas Adams
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Douglas Adams about Hitchhiker's Guide.
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Allan Massie - A Question of Loyalties
Allan Massie discusses his novel A Question of Loyalties with James Naughtie and readers.
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Sadie Jones - The Outcast
Sadie Jones talks about her novel The Outcast, which won the Costa First Novel award 2008.
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Lorrie Moore - Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
Acclaimed US writer Lorrie Moore discusses her novel Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?
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Emma Donoghue - Room
Emma Donoghue talks to James Naughtie about her Man Booker shortlisted novel Room.
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Christos Tsiolkas - The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas talks to James Naughtie and readers about his 2010 novel The Slap.
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John Banville - The Sea
John Banville discusses his Man Booker-winning novel The Sea. With James Naughtie.
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Disobedience - Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman talks about her novel Disobedience. With James Naughtie.
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Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini talks about his global bestselling novel The Kite Runner.
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Donna Tartt - The Secret History
Donna Tartt talks about her cult bestseller The Secret History. With James Naughtie.
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Lee Child - Killing Floor
Lee Child talks about Killing Floor, the first Jack Reacher book. With James Naughtie.
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Matthew Hollis - Now All Roads Lead to France
Matthew Hollis talks to James Naughtie about his biography of poet Edward Thomas.
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Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies
James Naughtie talks to Dame Hilary Mantel about Bring Up the Bodies. From 2013.
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Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari
Paul Theroux discusses his travel book Dark Star Safari with James Naughtie.
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Deborah Moggach - Tulip Fever
Deborah Moggach discusses her novel Tulip Fever with James Naughtie and a group of readers
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Audrey Niffenegger - The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger discusses her bestselling novel The Time Traveler's Wife.
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Jim Crace - Quarantine
Jim Crace discusses his 1997 Booker-shortlisted novel Quarantine with James Naughtie.
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Poet Gillian Clarke - Ice
Gillian Clarke discusses her poetry collection Ice with James Naughtie and readers.
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Elif Shafak - The Forty Rules of Love
Elif Shafak discusses her bestselling novel The Forty Rules of Love.
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Andrew Miller on his Costa award-winning novel Pure
Andrew Miller discusses his novel Pure, winner of the Costa Prize 2011.
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George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia
John Simpson and Hilary Spurling discuss George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.
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Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag
Ben Macintyre talks about his bestselling book Agent Zigzag, a true spy story from WWII.
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Sathnam Sanghera - The Boy with the Topknot
Sathnam Sanghera discusses his award-winning memoir The Boy with the Topknot.
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David Almond - Skellig
James Naughtie talks to David Almond about his prize-winning novel Skellig.
