World Book Club

Harriett Gilbert welcomes bestselling author Philippa Gregory into the World Book Club stu... more

Harriett Gilbert welcomes Nigerian author Oyinkan Braithwaite into the World Book Club stu... more

Harriett is joined by Silvia Moreno-Garcia to discuss her chilling bestseller Mexican Goth... more

Join us for a special episode of World Book Club as we journey into the fog-shrouded moors... more

Harriett Gilbert talks with Juhea Kim about her debut novel Beasts of a Little Land. Set d... more

On this episode of ‘World Book Club’ Harriett Gilbert speaker with with Graeme Macrae Burn... more

In this episode of World Book Club, Harriet talks with one of the world’s best-loved sci-f... more

Harriett Gilbert talks with Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah about his hauntingly beautifu... more

Harriett Gilbert talks with Michelle de Kretser about her eighth novel, Scary Monsters, wh... more

Harriett Gilbert is joined by one of the boldest writers of her generation, Ottessa Moshfe... more

Novelist Meg Rosoff joins Harriett Gilbert to answer listeners' questions about one of her... more

World Book Café heads to Oslo to Europe’s largest Literature House to find out if Norway i... more

A special programme from the largest public literature house in Europe, Litteraturhuset in... more

The Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart talks about his Booker Prize winning Shuggie B... more

Ahead of its 20th anniversary early next year, the author Kate Mosse talks to Harriett Gil... more

In this month’s edition of BBC World Book Club bestselling American writer Elif Batuman di... more

German author Ewald Arenz answers readers' questions about his bestselling novel Tasting S... more

In one of the last broadcast interviews, the acclaimed Irish author Edna O’Brien, who died... more

Another chance to hear Harriett Gilbert talking to bestselling American writer Paul Auster... more

Following the death of the Irish author Edna O’Brien in July 2024, another chance to hear ... more

Toronto is a bustling city on Lake Ontario which is growing at an astonishing rate. Almost... more

Kevin Kwan discusses his internationally best-selling novel, Crazy Rich Asians, with reade... more

In Miriam Toews’s novel, Women Talking, the women of a remote Mennonite colony are hold se... more

Percival Everett will be discussing his Booker-shortlisted novel The Trees. This powerful ... more

Award-winning Australian novelist Charlotte Wood joins Harriett Gilbert to answer question... more