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Join the World Book Club and listen to the globeās great authors discuss their best known works of literature. The BBC's Harriett Gilbert has been hosting this monthly radio show since 2002 with over 200 podcast episodes on the feed, interviewing winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Booker Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and many other renowned authors from around the world. The format of the show includes brief readings of the book from the author along with questions about the book that the author answers. The questions come from the host Harriett Gilbert, and from BBC listeners who phone in or email their questions from all over the world. While usually covering novels, the show will occasionally cover a great nonfiction book or even a work of classic literature with guests that are experts on the book. Here are some of the literary superstars that have been interviewed:
Bill Bryson on Notes from a Small Island
Jonathan Franzen on Freedom
Gunter Grass on The Tin Drum
William Gibson on Neuromancer
Maya Angelou on I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Neil Gaiman on American Gods
Toni Morrison on Beloved
Chinua Achebe on Things Fall Apart
John Irving on The World According to Garp
Khaled Hosseini on The Kite Runner
Umberto Eco on The Name of the Rose
Michael Ondaatje on The English Patient
Irvine Welsh on Trainspotting
Richard Dawkins on The Selfish Gene
Thomas Keneally on Schindler's List
Yann Martel on Life of Pi
Frank McCourt on Angela's Ashes
Kurt Vonnegut on Slaughterhouse-Five
Orhan Pamuk on My Name is Red
Paulo Coelho on The Alchemist
Kazuo Ishiguro on The Remains of the Day
Amy Tan on The Joy Luck Club
V.S. Naipaul on A House for Mr Biswas
Margaret Atwood on The Handmaid's Tale
Garrison Keillor on Lake Wobegon Days
And over 200 other interviews with authors of great books! Scroll through the podcast feed and find some great author interviews on books you've read or you might like to read. Join the BBC's World Book Club!
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