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BBC Radio 4's Bookclub back on air


On BBC Radio 4’s Bookclub, James Naughtie talks to authors about their best known books.

Bookclub returned to the airwaves on Sunday 7 August, featuring Donna Leon talking about Death at La Fenice. This programme, along with over 150 others is now available in the Bookclub archives

September’s Bookclub, broadcast on 4 September, will see Mohsin Hamid discussing his book The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and will tie in with the book being read on Book at Bedtime. So if you are looking for summer reading, you can read the title in your book clubs and reading groups during August and then tune in to hear Jim Naughtie talking about the book with the author.

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