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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.
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- World Book Club: Ocean Vuong : On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous · 1 godz. 16 minWilliam Lee Adams is joined by Ocean Vuong to discuss his acclaimed novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous — a luminous and unflinching exploration of family, identity, memory and…
- The Arts Hour. Indian actor and mega-star Ranbir Kapoor · 45 min: Nikki Bedi speaks to Indian mega-star and actor, Rabir Kapoor who plays Lord Ram in the epic new movie Ramayana: Rise of a Legend Plus, critic Badisha discusses this week’s…
- In the Studio: Vietnamese Cinema · 27 minTuyet Vah Huynh meets two film-makers in Hanoi, Nguyen Duy Anh and Bui Kim Quy . Tuyet explains how cinema is booming in Vietnam. In 2025, more than 70 million cinema tickets…
- The Arts Hour Indian-Irish poet Nikita Gill · 47 minNikki Bedi speaks to superstar Irish-Indian poet and New York Times-Bestselling author Nikita Gill about her latest “novel in verse Styx: The River” Plus critic Kohinoor Sahota…
- In the Studio: Yuko Mohri · 27 minNeil McCarthy meets Japanese artist Yuko Mohri, as she prepares for a major exhibition. Her sculptures often fuse ordinary objects, such as umbrellas, feather dusters and apples…
- The Arts Hour: Elif Shafak · 46 minNikki Bedi speaks to the Turkish-born author about her new novel In One Brief Moment All Eternity. Using the voices of different women, Shafak tells the story of 19th century…
- In the Studio: Joachim Trier · 27 minAnother chance to go behind the scenes with director Joachim Trier as he makes the follow-up to his international hit The Worst Person In The World. Stephen Hughes got exclusive…
- The Arts Hour: Visionary filmmaker Boots Riley on his radical new movie I Love Boosters · 48 minNikki Bedi and critic Leila Latif celebrate this year’s London Film Festival with international directors of some of the most playful and provocative upcoming titles…
- The Arts Hour: Tom Cruise on his latest film Digger · 48 minNikki Bedi speaks to Sudanese Russian director Suzannah Mirghani about her latest film, Cotton Queen and discusses this week’s cultural highlights with critic Hanna Flint: Tom…
- In the Studio: German Synth Music · 27 minIn Berlin, three artists have come together to make some unusual music. They’re not a regular rock band in a commercial recording studio, but in an experimental space, where rare…
- World Book Club: Paul Tremblay, A Head Full of Ghosts · 1 godz. 0 minJosie Long interviews one of the masters of modern horror, Paul Tremblay. He answers your questions on on of his best loved novels, A Head Full of Ghosts. The story centres on…
- The Arts Hour: Saoirse Ronan and Rachel Eliza Griffiths · 45 minNikki Bedi speaks to American poet, author, and artist Rachel Eliza Griffiths about the extraordinary new documentary film Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie and…
- In the Studio: Leïla Slimani takes on Tolstoy · 27 minPrix Goncourt-winning writer Leïla Slimani this year completed a trilogy of novels; an era-spanning epic family saga set in Morocco, which concludes with the…
- The Arts Hour: Juliette Binoche and Nicholas Winding Refn · 44 minNikki Bedi speaks to visionary Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn about his latest movie, Her Private Hell, and discusses this week’s cultural highlights with critic Zing…
- In the Studio: Poet Leonie Charlton on wildfires · 27 minAn edition of In The Studio on the subject that became the dominant story across the world in the summer of 2026. In December 2024, the Scottish poet Leonie Charlton’s house…
- In the Studio: Jack in the Green · 27 minIn the south of England, Hastings' traditional Jack in the Green takes place every early May Day weekend and sees a seven foot-tall conical tower of leaves - the Jack - being…
- In the Studio: The Bayeux Tapestry · 26 minThe Bayeux Tapestry has English history stitched into its fabric, depicting the last time the country was invaded, by William the Conqueror in 1066. France has been its home…
- Steve Levine: Revisiting the Beach Boys · 1 godz. 7 minSteve Levine is a multi-award winning British record producer. He has produced albums for stars ranging from Deniece Williams to China Crisis; from Ziggy Marley to Quarterflash…
- Daniyal Mueenuddin : This is Where the Serpent Lives · 60 minHarriett talks with Daniyal Mueenuddin about This Is Where the Serpent Lives. Daniyal's debut novel is a rich and compelling portrait of contemporary Pakistan, following the…
- Introducing: Artists at Work · 2 minHarriett Gilbert welcomes you to the Artists at Work podcast feed, the home of arts and culture from BBC World Service, where World Book Club will be joined by In the Studio and…
- Kaarina Parker: Fulvia · 49 minKaarina Parker talks about her debut novel set in ancient Rome - Fulvia. The novel tells the tale of Fulvia, the daughter of a wealthy but inconsequential Roman family. Raised in…
- Rachel Kushner: The Mars Room · 1 godz. 5 minAmerican author Rachel Kusher talks about her award-winning novel, The Mars Room. The novel follows Romy Hall, as she begins two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s…
- Karin Slaughter: The Good Daughter · 1 godz. 5 minWorld Book Club welcomes Karin Slaughter to answer your questions about her brutal, heart-rending thriller, The Good Daughter. 28 years after the murder of their mother, another…
- John Connolly - The Book of Lost Things · 1 godz. 2 minHarriett Gilbert welcomes John Connolly to World Book Club to answer your question on his beautiful, but twisted fairy tale - The Book of Lost Things. Set in the Second World…
- Ragnar Jonasson: The Darkness · 1 godz. 1 minOctavia Bright talks to Ragnar Jónasson about his shocking thriller, The Darkness. When Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir is unceremoniously told she is being forced into…
- Laurent Binet - HHhH · 58 minHarriett Gilbert welcomes the French author Laurent Binet to the World Book Club studio to answer your questions about his acclaimed novel HHhH. The book tells the story of the…
- Linwood Barclay - Take Your Breath Away · 1 godz. 4 minHarriett Gilbert welcomes master of suspense, the Canadian author Linwood Barclay in the World Book Club Studio, to answer your questions about his thriller 'Take Your Breath…
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - The Palace of Illusions · 1 godz. 7 minHarriett Gilbert welcomes bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni into the World Book Club studio to discuss her internationally acclaimed novel, The Palace of Illusions. A…
- Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl · 55 minHarriett Gilbert welcomes bestselling author Philippa Gregory into the World Book Club studio to discuss her celebrated historical novel, The Other Boleyn Girl. This novel, about…
- Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister, The Serial Killer · 51 minHarriett Gilbert welcomes Nigerian author Oyinkan Braithwaite into the World Book Club studio to discuss her internationally bestselling debut, My Sister, the Serial Killer — a…
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic · 1 godz. 6 minHarriett is joined by Silvia Moreno-Garcia to discuss her chilling bestseller Mexican Gothic. The story begins when Noemí Taboada, a glamorous socialite from 1950s Mexico City…
- Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles · 1 godz. 2 minJoin us for a special episode of World Book Club as we journey into the fog-shrouded moors of Devon to explore The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle—arguably the…
- Juhea Kim - Beasts of a Little Land · 59 minHarriett Gilbert talks with Juhea Kim about her debut novel Beasts of a Little Land. Set during the turbulent years of Japanese-occupied Korea in the early 20th century, this…
- Graeme Macrae Burnet - His Bloody Project · 49 minOn this episode of ‘World Book Club’ Harriett Gilbert speaker with with Graeme Macrae Burnet about his riveting historical crime novel ‘His Bloody Project’. Set in a remote…
- N.K Jemisin - The City We Became · 56 minIn this episode of World Book Club, Harriet talks with one of the world’s best-loved sci-fi and fantasy authors, the four time Hugo award winner N.K Jemisin. Which of her…
- Abdulrazak Gurnah: Paradise · 49 minHarriett Gilbert talks with Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah about his hauntingly beautiful novel Paradise. It tells the story of Yusuf, a 12 year-old boy living in East Africa…
- Michelle de Kretser: Scary Monsters · 49 minHarriett Gilbert talks with Michelle de Kretser about her eighth novel, Scary Monsters, which won the 2023 Rathbones Folio Fiction Prize. This diptych novel consists of the tale…
- Ottessa Moshfegh: My Year of Rest and Relaxation · 58 minHarriett Gilbert is joined by one of the boldest writers of her generation, Ottessa Moshfegh, to delve into her second novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation. This twisted Sleeping…
- Meg Rosoff: How I Live Now · 49 minNovelist Meg Rosoff joins Harriett Gilbert to answer listeners' questions about one of her best-loved novels, How I Live Now. It is the story of Daisy, an American teenager…
- World Book Café: Oslo · 49 minWorld Book Café heads to Oslo to Europe’s largest Literature House to find out if Norway is the best place in the world to be a writer? Octavia Bright is joined to discuss the…
- Anne Holt: 1,222 · 49 minA special programme from the largest public literature house in Europe, Litteraturhuset in Oslo. Harriett Gilbert is joined by one of Scandinavia’s most successful crime writers…
- Douglas Stuart: Shuggie Bain · 49 minThe Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart talks about his Booker Prize winning Shuggie Bain. The powerful, heartbreaking story of a young boy's love for his addict mother, and…
- Kate Mosse: Labyrinth · 49 minAhead of its 20th anniversary early next year, the author Kate Mosse talks to Harriett Gilbert and readers from around the world, about her globally bestselling novel, Labyrinth…
- Elif Batuman · 50 minIn this month’s edition of BBC World Book Club bestselling American writer Elif Batuman discusses her acclaimed debut novel. ‘The Idiot’ follows Selin, a Turkish-American fresher…
- Ewald Arenz: Tasting Sunlight · 49 minGerman author Ewald Arenz answers readers' questions about his bestselling novel Tasting Sunlight. It’s the moving story of Liss, a reclusive woman who single-handedly runs her…
- Women of the World: Edna O’Brien · 27 minIn one of the last broadcast interviews, the acclaimed Irish author Edna O’Brien, who died aged 93 in July 2024, is in conversation with Kim Chakanetsa. In this bonus episode…
- Paul Auster: New York Trilogy · 49 minAnother chance to hear Harriett Gilbert talking to bestselling American writer Paul Auster, who died earlier this year on 30 April 2024. Paul Auster joined Harriett in 2012, with…
- Edna O'Brien: The Country Girls · 26 minFollowing the death of the Irish author Edna O’Brien in July 2024, another chance to hear a 2008 World Book Club episode in which she talked to Harriett Gilbert and an audience…
- World Book Cafe: Toronto · 49 minToronto is a bustling city on Lake Ontario which is growing at an astonishing rate. Almost a third of Torontonians have arrived in the last decade and more than half were born…
- Kevin Kwan: Crazy Rich Asians · 49 minKevin Kwan discusses his internationally best-selling novel, Crazy Rich Asians, with readers from around the world. Chinese-American academic Rachel Chu lives a modest and happy…
