Bookclub
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
Latest episodes
Jan 4, 2004 • 27min
Sir John Mortimer
Sir John Mortimer joins James Naughtie and a group of readers to discuss Rumpole and the Younger Generation as well as his first volume of memoirs.
Dec 7, 2003 • 28min
Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd joins James Naughtie and a group of readers to discuss, and read from, his spooky novel Hawksmoor.
Nov 2, 2003 • 28min
Esther Freud
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Esther Freud about her semi-autobiographical first novel Hideous Kinky.
Oct 5, 2003 • 28min
Melvin Burgess
Melvin Burgess joins James Naughtie and a group of younger readers to discuss Junk, his hard hiting novel about teenage runaways and heroin. Recorded at Longsight Library, Manchester.
Sep 7, 2003 • 28min
Edna O'Brien
Edna O'Brien joins James Naughtie and a group of readers at the British Library to talk about her book Down by the River.
Aug 3, 2003 • 28min
Amanda Foreman
Amanda Foreman joins James Naughtie and a group of readers to talk about her hugely sucessful biography of the 18th century socialite, Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire. Recorded at the British Library.
Jul 6, 2003 • 28min
T. C. Boyle
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to T. C. Boyle about his novel The Tortilla Curtain.
Jun 1, 2003 • 28min
Sally Beauman
Sally Beauman, author of the story of the first Mrs De Winter in Rebecca's Tale, joins James Naughtie and a group of readers at the Daphne Du Maurier literary festival in Cornwall to discuss Rebecca.
May 4, 2003 • 28min
P. D. James
James Naughtie and an audience of readers meets crime writer P. D. James to discuss her novel Original Sin. Recorded at Shakespeare's Globe theatre in London.
Apr 6, 2003 • 27min
Beryl Bainbridge
James Naughtie and an audience of readers meet the distinguished novelist Beryl Bainbridge to discuss her novel An Awfully Big Adventure, which draws on her days as an actress in the Liverpool Playhouse.
