Anita Desai joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss her 1999 novel 'Fasting, Feasting'. Presented by Harriett Gilbert. Broadcast in September 2004.
(Photo: Anita Desai) (Credit: Jerry Bauer)
World Book Club - Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle talks about his novel The Commitments. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.
World Book Club - Amoz Oz
Amos Oz joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss his novel 'My Michael'. Presented by Harriett Gilbert at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
World Book Club - Gillian Slovo
South African novelist, Gillian Slovo talks about her novel 'Red Dust'. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.
World Book Club - Tracy Chevalier
Tracy Chevalier joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss her novel 'Girl With A Pearl Earring'.
Image: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, Credit: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images
World Book Club - Martin Cruz Smith
Author Martin Cruz Smith talks about his novel Gorky Park. Presented by Harriett Gilbert from California in a special co-production with San Francisco radio station KALW
World Book Club - Amy Tan
Amy Tan joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss her novel The Joy Luck Club.
World Book Club - Isabelle Allende – The House of Spirits
Chilean novelist Isabel Allende joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss her novel 'The House of the Spirits'. First broadcast in November 2003. (Photo credit: Lori Barra.)
World Book Club - Frederick Forsyth – The Day of the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth joins an audience of World Service listners to discuss his novel 'The Day of the Jackal'. Introduced by Harriett Gilbert. First broadcast in October 2003.
(Photo: Frederick Forsyth outside his home in Ireland, 1978) (Credit: Evening Standard/Getty Images)
World Book Club - Peter Carey
Peter Carey joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss his novel 'Oscar and Lucinda'. Introduced by Harriett Gilbert.