World Book Club show

World Book Club

Summary: From Alice Walker to Chinua Achebe, the world's greatest authors discuss their best known novel. This monthly programme, presented by Harriett Gilbert, includes questions from BBC World Service listeners.

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Podcasts:

 WBC: Jhumpa Lahiri | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:58

American Indian writer Jhumpa Lahiri talks to Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about her short stories Unaccustomed Earth.

 WBC: Neil Gaiman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:59

British writer Neil Gaiman, now living in the US, talks to Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about his bestselling novel American Gods.

 WBC: Ahdaf Soueif | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:31

Egyptian writer Ahdaf Soueif dicusses her novel The Map of Love with presenter Harriett Gilbert, a studio audience and readers from around the world.

 WBC: Amit Chaudhuri | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:29

Indian writer Amit Chaudhuri talks to Harriett Gilbert about his award winning novel The Immortals. Recorded at the Nehru Centre, London.

 WBC: Mohsin Hamid Rpt | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:59

To coincide with the film release another chance to hear Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid talking about his bestselling novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist to a studio audience and listeners around the world.

 WBC: The Great Gatsby | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:30

Bestselling US writer Jay McInerney and Fitzgerald scholar Anne Margaret Daniel discuss The Great Gatsby with Harriett Gilbert and a World Book Club studio audience and listeneres all around the world.

 WBC: John Grisham - A Time To Kill 07 Apr 2013 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:29

John Grisham talks to Harriett Gilbert about his gripping debut novel A Time To Kill.

 WBC: Romesh Gunesekera | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:30

Sri Lankan writer Romesh Gunesekera discusses his novel Reef with presenter Harriett Gilbeert, a studio audience and listeners around the world.

 WBC: David Mitchell Rpt | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:30

David Mitchell talks to Harriett Gilbert, a studio audience and readers around the world about his bestselling novel Cloud Atlas which is also released as a feature film around the world.

 WBC: Pride and Prejudice | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:58

Harriett Gilbert is joined by P D James, Moni Mohsin and Susannah Fullerton to celebrate 200 years of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice at the BBC Radio Theatre.

 WBC: CK Stead | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:57

New Zealand wrtier CK Stead talks to Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about his novel My Name Was Judas

 WBC: Paul Auster | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:58

Bestselling cult US writer Paul Auster meets Harriett Gilbert and an audience at the Cheltenham Literary Festival in England to discuss his classic novel The New York Trilogy

 WBC: Javier Marias | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:57

Bestselling Spanish writer Javier Marias talks to Harriett Gilbert and an audience at The Spanish Cultural Institue in London about his haunting novel A Heart So White.

 WBC: Jodi Picoult | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:59

Bestselling US writer Jodi Picoult talks to Harriett Gilbert about her blockbuster novel My Sister's Keeper in the BBC Radio Theatre

 WBC: Jeanette Winterson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:30

Bestselling British author Jeanetter Winterson talks to Harriett Gilbert and a studio audience about coming of age novel Oranges are Not the Only Fruit.

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