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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Introducing: Artists at Work
Thursday
Harriett Gilbert has news about changes coming to the World Book Club podcast
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Kaarina Parker: Fulvia
Sat 1 Aug 2026
Kaarina Parker talks about her debut novel set in ancient Rome - Fulvia.
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Rachel Kushner: The Mars Room
Sat 4 Jul 2026
Harriett Gilbert talks with Rachel Kusher about The Mars Room.
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Karin Slaughter: The Good Daughter
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Karin Slaughter answers questions about her brutal thriller The Good Daughter
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John Connolly - The Book of Lost Things
Sat 2 May 2026
Harriett Gilbert talks with John Connolly about 'The Book of Lost Things'.
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Ragnar Jonasson: The Darkness
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Octavia Bright talks to Ragnar Jonasson about his thriller, The Darkness
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Laurent Binet - HHhH
Sat 7 Mar 2026
Laurent Binet answers your questions about his debut novel, HHhH.
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Linwood Barclay - Take Your Breath Away
Sat 7 Feb 2026
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni - The Palace of Illusions
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Harriett Gilbert speaks with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about The Palace of Illusions
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Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl
Sat 6 Dec 2025
Bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins to discuss The Other Boleyn Girl
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Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister, The Serial Killer
Sat 1 Nov 2025
Harriett talks to Oyinkan Braithwaite about My Sister, The Serial Killer.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Mexican Gothic
Sat 4 Oct 2025
Harriett is joined by Silvia Moreno-Garcia to discuss her bestseller Mexican Gothic.
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Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sat 6 Sep 2025
Join Harriett for a special episode exploring the legacy of Sherlock Holmes.
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Juhea Kim - Beasts of a Little Land
Sat 2 Aug 2025
Harriett Gilbert speaks with Juhea Kim about her novel Beasts of a Little Land.
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Graeme Macrae Burnet - His Bloody Project
Sat 5 Jul 2025
The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.
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Abdulrazak Gurnah: Paradise
Sat 3 May 2025
Harriett Gilbert talks with Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah about his novel Paradise
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Michelle de Kretser: Scary Monsters
Sat 5 Apr 2025
Harriett Gilbert talks with Michelle de Kretser about her novel Scary Monsters
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Ottessa Moshfegh: My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Sat 1 Mar 2025
Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her second novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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Meg Rosoff: How I Live Now
Sat 1 Feb 2025
Novelist Meg Rosoff answers questions about one of her best-loved novels, How I Live Now
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World Book Café: Oslo
Sat 25 Jan 2025
World Book Café heads to Oslo to Europe’s largest Literature House
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Douglas Stuart: Shuggie Bain
Sat 7 Dec 2024
Douglas Stuart talks about his Booker Prize winning novel Shuggie Bain
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Elif Batuman
Sat 5 Oct 2024
American writer Elif Batuman discusses her novel The Idiot with readers around the world.
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Ewald Arenz: Tasting Sunlight
Sat 7 Sep 2024
Ewald Arenz answers readers' questions about his bestselling novel Tasting Sunlight
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Women of the World: Edna O’Brien
Sun 4 Aug 2024
Kim Chakanetsa in conversation with the acclaimed author Edna O’Brien.
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Paul Auster: New York Trilogy
Sat 3 Aug 2024
Harriett Gilbert talks to Paul Auster about his New York Trilogy
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Edna O'Brien: The Country Girls
Thu 1 Aug 2024
A 2008 interview with the acclaimed Irish novelist, who died in July 2024 aged 93
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World Book Cafe: Toronto
Sat 13 Jul 2024
World Book Café, the programme where writers reveal the secrets of their home cities
