Artists at Work Podcast
How creatives write, perform and make art, design and music. The home of arts and culture from BBC World Service.
How creatives write, perform and make art, design and music. The home of arts and culture from BBC World Service.
In The Studio follows the world’s leading creative figures while they work. Nikki Bedi hosts The Arts Hour, with news of the latest releases from around the world, and in World Book Club Harriett Gilbert puts your questions and comments to best-selling authors.
In the Studio episodes are released on Tuesdays, The Arts Hour with you on Fridays and World Book Club drops on the first Saturday of each month.
Episodes to download
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Romesh Gunesekera - Reef
Sat 2 Mar 2013
Harriett Gilbert talks to Romesh Gunesekera about his book Reef.
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David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
Sat 2 Feb 2013
David Mitchell talks to Harriett Gilbert about his book Cloud Atlas.
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Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Sat 5 Jan 2013
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is 200 years old, but the story still resonates. Why?
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CK Stead - My Name Was Judas
Sat 1 Dec 2012
CK Stead talks to Harriett Gilbert about his book My Name Was Judas.
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Paul Auster - New York Trilogy
Sat 3 Nov 2012
Harriett Gilbert talks to author Paul Auster about his New York Trilogy.
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Javier Marias - A Heart So White
Sat 6 Oct 2012
Javier Marias taks to Harriett Gilbert about his novel A Heart So White.
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Jodi Picoult - My Sister's Keeper
Sat 1 Sep 2012
Jodi Picoult talks to Harriett Gilbert in front of an audience about My Sister's Keeper.
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Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
Sat 2 Jun 2012
Jeanette Winterson discusses her novel Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit with Harriet Gilbert
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Amitav Ghosh - The Shadow Lines
Sat 26 May 2012
Amitav Ghosh talks about his novel The Shadow Lines with Harriet Gilbert.
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Howard Jacobson - The Finkler Question
Sat 19 May 2012
Howard Jacobson discusses his Man Booker Prize winner The Finkler Question.
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Andrea Levy - Small Island
Sat 12 May 2012
Andrea Levy discusses her prize-winning book Small Island.
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Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor
Sat 5 May 2012
Harriett Gilbert talks to Peter Ackroyd about his novel Hawksmoor.
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Toni Morrison - Beloved
Sat 7 Apr 2012
Harriett Gilbert talks to author Toni Morrison about her book Beloved.
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Jonathan S Foer - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Sat 3 Mar 2012
Harriett Gilbert talks to Jonathan S Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Wed 1 Feb 2012
Harriett Gilbert talks to Claire Tomalin about Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations.
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Witi Ihimaera - The Whale Rider
Sat 7 Jan 2012
Witi Ihimaera, a prominent Maori writer on his book The Whale Rider.
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Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger
Sat 3 Dec 2011
Penelope Lively talks to Harriett Gilbert about her book Moon Tiger.
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David Grossman - To the End of the Land
Sat 5 Nov 2011
The Israeli author talks about his book, To the End of the Land
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Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin
Sat 1 Oct 2011
Harriett Gilbert talks to Lionel Shriver about her novel We Need To Talk About Kevin.
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Hisham Matar - In The Country Of Men
Sat 3 Sep 2011
Harriett Gilbert talks to Hisham Matar about his debut novel In The Country Of Men.
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Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
Sat 6 Aug 2011
Poignant tale of young Irish woman trying to make a new life in 1950s New York
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Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers
Sat 2 Jul 2011
Scandi-noir at its best - Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander's first murder mystery
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Val McDermid - A Place of Execution
Sat 4 Jun 2011
Taut psychological suspense thriller set in Peak District that unfolds like a Greek drama
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Boris Akunin - The Winter Queen
Sat 7 May 2011
Detective Erast Fandorin investigates a student's apparent suicide in 19th-century Moscow
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Jo Nesbo - The Redbreast
Sat 2 Apr 2011
Dysfunctional Norwegian detective Harry Hole navigates a World War Two ghost story
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Javier Cercas - Soldiers Of Salamis
Sat 5 Mar 2011
Acclaimed Spanish writer Javier Cercas talks about his haunting novel Soldiers of Salamis
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PJ O'Rourke - Eat The Rich
Sun 6 Feb 2011
Harriett Gilbert talks to the US satirist PJ O'Rourke about his book Eat The Rich
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Bernhard Schlink - The Reader
New Year's Day 2011
Harriett Gilbert talks to Bernhard Schlink about his novel The Reader.
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Damon Galgut - The Good Doctor
Sat 4 Dec 2010
Damon Galgut discusses his novel The Good Doctor, and answers questions from listeners
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Kamila Shamsie - Burnt Shadows
Sat 6 Nov 2010
Kamila Shamsie discusses her novel Burnt Shadows on World Book Club
