World Book Club
BBC World Service
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Dec 16, 2008 • 53min
Derek Walcott
Harriett Gilbert talks to Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott about his epic poem Omeros, which explores ancient themes of displacement and exile in a modern Caribbean setting.
Nov 18, 2008 • 52min
Episode 1
Harriett Gilbert talks to Alice Walker about her novel The Color Purple.
Sep 30, 2008 • 27min
Annie Proulx
American writer Annie Proulx talks about her prize-winning novel 'The Shipping News' and her short story 'Brokeback Mountain'.
Aug 27, 2008 • 27min
26/08/2008
David Lodge discusses his acclaimed novel 'Nice Work'.
Jul 30, 2008 • 27min
Chinua Achebe
To mark the 50th anniversary of the first publication of the acclaimed African novel ‘Things Fall Apart’, we are repeating the memorable World Book Club with bestselling Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.
Jun 25, 2008 • 27min
John Irving
American author John Irving discusses his bestselling novel 'The World According to Garp', the tragicomic lifestory of the author TS Garp.
May 27, 2008 • 27min
28/05/2008
Harriett Gilbert talks to Khaled Hosseini about his book The Kite Runner.
May 2, 2008 • 27min
Sebastian Faulks
Best-selling English writer Sebastian Faulks talks about his heart-rending novel of love and war, Birdsong.
Apr 1, 2008 • 27min
Jane Smiley
Best-selling American author Jane Smiley discusses A Thousand Acres, her ambitious re-imagining of Shakespeare's King Lear transposed onto an Iowan farmstead, which won the Pulitzer Prize.
Feb 28, 2008 • 27min
Patricia Cornwell
American crime writer Patricia Cornwell talks about Post Mortem, the first novel in her celebrated Kay Scarpetta series.
