Esther Freud
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Esther Freud about her semi-autobiographical first novel Hideous Kinky.
Nov 02, 2003•28 min
Bookclub
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
Episodes
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.
Oct 05, 2003•28 min
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.
Sep 07, 2003•28 min
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.
Aug 03, 2003•28 min
T. C. Boyle
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to T. C. Boyle about his novel The Tortilla Curtain.
Jul 06, 2003•28 min
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.
Jun 01, 2003•28 min
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.
May 04, 2003•28 min
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.
Apr 06, 2003•27 min
William Trevor
William Trevor, long recognised as a master of the short story, talks to James Naughtie and an audience about his collection After Rain. Reading by the author recorded at Dr Johnson's House, in the City of London.
Mar 02, 2003•24 min
Salman Rushdie
James Naughtie presents a discussion with Salman Rushdie about his Booker Prize-winning novel Midnight's Children.
Feb 02, 2003•28 min
Alan Bennett
James Naughtie and an audience of readers meet the much-loved author Alan Bennett to discuss his memoir Writing Home.
Jan 05, 2003•28 min
Jilly Cooper
James Naughtie and a group of readers at Beaufort Polo Club, talk to bestselling author Jilly Cooper about her racy novel Polo.
Dec 01, 2002•27 min
Jacqueline Wilson
James Naughtie and a younger than usual audience meet bestselling children's author Jacqueline Wilson to discuss her award-winning book the Illustrated Mum.
Nov 03, 2002•27 min
Barbara Vine
Barbara Vine, otherwise known as Ruth Rendell, meets James Naughtie and a small audience at a Readers' Day in Scunthorpe to talk about her haunting novel A Dark Adapted Eye.
Oct 06, 2002•28 min
William Dalrymple
James Naughtie and a studio audience talk to travel writer William Dalrymple about his book From the Holy Mountain.
Sep 01, 2002•27 min
Maya Angelou
James Naughtie and a studio audience talk to Maya Angelou about volume one of her groundbreaking autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Aug 04, 2002•28 min
David Grossman
A group of readers join James Naughtie to talk to David Grossman about his book See Under Love.
Jul 07, 2002•27 min
Michael Frayn
James Naughtie and a studio audience meet Michael Frayn to talk about Headlong, his prize-winning romp through the corrupt corridors of the art world past and present.
Jun 02, 2002•28 min
Mario Vargas Llosa
James Naughtie talks to one of South America's leading writers Mario Vargas Llosa, about his remarkable novel Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter.
May 05, 2002•27 min
Kazuo Ishiguro
A group of readers join James Naughtie to talk to Kazuo Ishiguro about The Remains of The Day, his acclaimed novel about life above and below stairs in the years leading up to World War II.
Apr 07, 2002•28 min
Rose Tremain
James Naughtie and a studio audience meet Rose Tremain to discuss her winner of the 1999 Whitbread Novel award about 17th century Denmark, Music and Silence.
Mar 03, 2002•28 min
J G Ballard
James Naughtie and a studio audience talk to acclaimed writer J G Ballard about his classic Second World War novel Empire of the Sun.
Feb 03, 2002•27 min
Ian Rankin
James Naughtie and a group of readers meet bestselling Edinburgh crime writer Ian Rankin in Inspector Rebus' favourite watering hole The Oxford Bar to talk about two of his novels: Knots and Crosses and The Falls.
Jan 10, 2002•27 min
Nick Hornby
James Naughtie and a studio audience meet novelist Nick Hornby to discuss About A Boy; his insight into laddishness, masculine wish-fulfilment, fear and love.
Dec 02, 2001•28 min
Helen Dunmore
James Naughtie and a studio audience meet prize-winning novelist Helen Dunmore to discuss her compelling novel of maternal passions and sisterly intrigue, Talking to the Dead.
Nov 04, 2001•26 min
Wendy Cope
James Naughtie and a group of listeners celebrate National Poetry week by looking at the work of Wendy Cope, one of Britain's most popular poets. With readings of some of her best known poems.
Oct 07, 2001•28 min
Doris Lessing
A group of readers join James Naughtie to talk to the Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing about her first novel The Grass is Singing.
Sep 02, 2001•28 min
Martin Amis
Martin Amis is this month's guest on Bookclub to discuss his acclaimed novel London Fields with a small group of readers and presenter James Naughtie.
Aug 09, 2001•28 min
Amy Tan - The Kitchen God's Wife
James Naughtie and a studio audience talks to Chinese-American writer Amy Tan about her acclaimed novel The Kitchen God's Wife.
Jul 01, 2001•28 min
Annie Proulx - The Shipping News
James Naughtie meets with Annie Proulx and a group of readers to discuss her acclaimed novel of life, love and death in far-flung Newfoundland, The Shipping News.
Jun 03, 2001•27 min
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