

World Book Club
BBC World Service
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jul 27, 2002 • 23min
David Hare
Interview with the playwright and director, David Hare.

Jul 4, 2002 • 24min
Maya Angelou
Interview with American poet, memoirist, actress, Maya Angelou. Presenter: Harriett Gilbert.

Feb 5, 2002 • 25min
Chenjerai Hove - Ancestors
Zimbabwean novelist,poet and playright Chenjerai Hove talks to Harriett Gilbert about his novel 'Ancestors'. This programme with Chenjerai Hove, who died in 2015, was first broadcast in February 2002.

Jan 15, 2002 • 24min
Bahaa Taher
Harriett Gilbert talks to the Egyptian writer, Bahaa Taher an Egyptian novelist who writes in Arabic and is the winner of the inaugural International Prize for Arabic Fiction, awarded in 2008.

Jan 10, 2002 • 24min
Iain Sinclair
Interview with Iain Sinclair on his book, 'London Orbital'. Presenter: Harriett Gilbert.


