Bookclub Episodes Episode guide
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Orhan Pamuk
James Naughtie talks to Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk about his novel My Name is Red.
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Jeanette Winterson
James Naughtie talks to Jeanette Winterson about Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.
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Douglas Coupland
James Naughtie and readers talk to Douglas Coupland about his 1991 cult novel Generation X
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Clive James
James Naughtie and readers talk to Clive James about the first volume of his autobiography
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Alexander McCall Smith
James Naughtie talks to Alexander McCall Smith about his novel 44 Scotland Street.
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John Irving
James Naughtie and readers talk to John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany.
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Linda Grant
James Naughtie talks to Linda Grant about her novel, When I Lived in Modern Times.
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Gillian Slovo
James Naughtie and readers talk to Gillian Slovo about her novel Red Dust.
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Robert Macfarlane
James Naughtie talks to travel writer Robert Macfarlane about his book The Wild Places.
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CJ Sansom
James Naughtie and readers talk to bestselling writer CJ Sansom about Dissolution.
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Bernard MacLaverty
James Naughtie and readers meet Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty.
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Kate Grenville
Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie about her novel The Secret River.
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Xiaolu Guo
James Naughtie and readers meet Chinese author Xiaolu Guo.
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Andrew Motion
Andrew Motion talks to James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate.
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AL Kennedy
James Naughtie talks to the author and part-time stand-up comedian AL Kennedy.
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Bernard Cornwell
James Naughtie talks to the novelist Bernard Cornwell.
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Oliver James
James Naughtie talks to the psychologist Oliver James about 'affluenza'.
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Amitav Ghosh
James Naughtie talks to the Indian writer Amitav Ghosh.
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Fay Weldon
James Naughtie talks to Fay Weldon about her novel The Cloning of Joanna May.
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Michael Morpurgo
James Naughtie talks to Michael Morpurgo about his novel Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea.
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Gore Vidal - Point to Point Navigation
James Naughtie talks to Gore Vidal, one of the great American men of letters.
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Colm Toibin
Irish writer Colm Toibin joins James Naughtie and readers to discuss his novel The Master.
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Asne Seierstad
With James Naughtie. Norwegian author Asne Seierstad discusses The Bookseller of Kabul.
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Jan Morris
Jan Morris joins James Naughtie and readers to talk about her portrait of Venice.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins James Naughtie to talk about her novel Half of a Yellow Sun
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Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage discusses his translation of the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
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William Hague
James Naughtie talks to William Hague about his biography of William Pitt the Younger.
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Sarah Dunant
James Naughtie and an audience discuss Sarah Dunant's erotic thriller The Birth of Venus.
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Alice Sebold
James Naughtie and readers meet Alice Sebold to discuss her debut novel The Lovely Bones.
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Thomas Keneally
James Naughtie and readers meet the 1982 Booker Prize winner Thomas Keneally.
