Ngugi wa Thiongo on BBC World Book Club 3rd March
@bbcworldbookclub talks to the titan of Kenyan literature Ngugi wa Thiongo about his landmark novel A Grain of Wheat. Hear him speak to the BBC for the first time in his home country in a specially recorded edition from Nairobi this Sunday, 3rd March
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, by Arundhati Roy
As Indira Varma reads Arundhati Roy's long awaited novel for BBC Radio 4, why not get to know the author? http://bbc.in/2sEToeA
“We are optimists. We will survive” - The view of Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov, despite frequent deadly incidents which have punctuated a ceasefire in the war in his country
Get inspired with some fresh reading ideas...Chekhov, Gorky, Kafka, Bulgakov - They're among the favourite writers of our author of the month, Andrey Kurkov.
What makes people want to become writers? Here, Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov speaks from the heart.
And hear more from him in this month's World Book Club here: http://bbc.in/1Ocs9h2
Oliver Sacks has died aged 82
The brilliantly unconventional author and neurologist Oliver Sacks has died. The BBC's David Sillito looks back at his life:
"There was a singular beauty in To Kill a Mockingbird being a one-hit-wonder. Now that's all gone," says BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz. Here's his review of Harper Lee's "prequel sequel", Go Set a Watchman
"It's about time, love and how we're all connected" - hear writer Ali Smith talk about her unusual time-shifting novel How to Be Both. She's just won the Baileys women's international prize for fiction.
September 2012: A cracking interview with Javier Marias at the Cervantes Institute in London with the author chatting to Harriett Gilbert and a packed audience about life, love, secrets and being a famous author….check out this short video of him talking about his favourite writer and listen to our full programme with him here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00ymn99
We had an electric recording with Jeanette Winterson in 2012, where she talked powerfully about love, loss and her very difficult childhood. Here's a short clip - And enjoy the full programme here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00sn7h6
A last video clip here of our World Book Club where you can hear views on how elitist the novels of Charles Dickens are perceived as being across the world.
