Pat Barker
Booker prize winner Pat Barker joins James Naughtie to discuss Regeneration, her novel about the impact of the First World War on a variety of characters including poet Siegfried Sassoon.
Nov 07, 2004•27 min
Bookclub
Led by James Naughtie, a group of readers talk to acclaimed authors about their best-known novels
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Episodes
Will Self
Will Self talks to James Naughtie and readers about his novel How The Dead Live.
Oct 07, 2004•28 min
Paul Auster - New York Trilogy
James Naughtie speaks to author Paul Auster about the novellas in his New York Trilogy and their themes of identity, mystery and ambiguity.
Sep 05, 2004•28 min
Muriel Spark
James Naughtie and a group of readers are joined by Muriel Spark to discuss her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Aug 01, 2004•27 min
Terry Pratchett
James Naughtie presents a special interview with Terry Pratchett to talk about Mort, his fourth installment of the Discworld series.
Jul 04, 2004•28 min
Minette Walters
James Naughtie presents a book discussion as Minette Walters talks with readers about her new novel The Scold's Bridle.
Jun 06, 2004•27 min
David Lodge
David Lodge is both a leading comic novelist and a renowned literary critic. He dicusses his novel Nice Work with James Naughtie.
May 02, 2004•28 min
Elizabeth Jane Howard
Elizabeth Jane Howard joins James Naughtie and a group of readers to discuss her book Falling, based on a real life failed relationship.
Apr 04, 2004•27 min
Sarah Waters
Sarah Waters, creator of Victorian romps, joins James Naughtie to talk about Fingersmith, a gothic tale of crime, swapped identities and mysterious parentage.
Mar 07, 2004•27 min
Peter Carey
Peter Carey joins James Naughtie and a group of readers, to discuss his novel the True History of the Kelly Gang.
Feb 01, 2004•27 min
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.
Jan 04, 2004•27 min
Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd joins James Naughtie and a group of readers to discuss, and read from, his spooky novel Hawksmoor.
Dec 07, 2003•28 min
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
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
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