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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Andre Brink
Sat 27 Aug 2005
Andre Brink joins an audience of listeners to discuss his novel A Dry White Season.
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Joyce Carol Oates
Sat 23 Jul 2005
Author of "Blonde" Joyce Carol Oates answers questions about her novel.
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Carlos Fuentes
Wed 15 Jun 2005
Carlos Fuentes joins an audience to discuss his novel The Death of Artemio Cruz.
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Nick Hornby
Sat 28 May 2005
Nick Hornby talks to an audience about Fever Pitch, his book about being a football fan.
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Vikram Seth - A Suitable Boy
Mon 9 May 2005
Vikram Seth joins an audience of listeners to discuss his novel A Suitable Boy.
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Ian McEwan - Atonement
Sat 26 Mar 2005
Ian McEwan discusses his 20th century familiy saga about the need for atonement
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PD James
Tue 25 Jan 2005
P.D. James joins an audience of listeners to discuss her novel 'Original Sin'.
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Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist
Sun 12 Dec 2004
Writer Paulo Coelho talks about his book The Alchemist.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Thu 4 Nov 2004
Kazuo Ishiguro joins listeners to discuss his novel The Remains Of The Day
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Anita Desai - Fasting, Feasting
Thu 30 Sep 2004
Anita Desai joins an audience of listeners to discuss her novel 'Fasting, Feasting'.
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Roddy Doyle
Mon 13 Sep 2004
Roddy Doyle talks about his novel The Commitments. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.
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Amoz Oz
Thu 2 Sep 2004
Amos Oz joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss his novel 'My Michael'.
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Gillian Slovo
Thu 29 Jul 2004
South African novelist, Gillian Slovo talks about her novel 'Red Dust'.
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Tracy Chevalier
Thu 20 May 2004
Tracy Chevalier joins an audience to discuss her novel 'Girl With A Pearl Earring'.
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AS Byatt - Possession
Tue 23 Mar 2004
English author A. S Byatt talks to an audience about her novel 'Possession'.
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Amy Tan
Thu 29 Jan 2004
Amy Tan joins an audience of listeners to discuss her novel The Joy Luck Club.
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Isabelle Allende - The House of Spirits
Wed 26 Nov 2003
Isabel Allende joins an audience to discuss her novel 'The House of the Spirits'.
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Frederick Forsyth - The Day of the Jackal
Thu 23 Oct 2003
Frederick Forsyth joins an audience to discuss his novel 'The Day of the Jackal'.
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Peter Carey
Thu 25 Sep 2003
Peter Carey joins an audience of listeners to discuss his novel 'Oscar and Lucinda'.
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Ruth Rendell - A Judgement in Stone
Thu 28 Aug 2003
Popular British crime writer Ruth Rendell talked to the programme about her work.
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Julian Barnes
Thu 31 Jul 2003
Julian Barnes joins a World Service audience to discuss his novel 'Flaubert's Parrot'.
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Jung Chang
Sat 14 Jun 2003
Chinese writer Jung Chang joins a World Service audience to discuss her novel Wild Swans.
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Terry Pratchett - The Colour of Magic
Thu 29 May 2003
Author Terry Pratchett talks about his Discworld book The Colour Of Magic.
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Margaret Atwood
Tue 8 Apr 2003
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood.
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Hanif Kureishi
Mon 3 Feb 2003
Hanif Kureishi joins an audience to discuss his book 'The Buddha of Suburbia'.
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V S Naipaul - A House for Mr Biswas
Sat 4 Jan 2003
Nobel Prize winner V. S Naipaul discussess his book 'A House for Mr Biswas'.
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Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things
Mon 2 Dec 2002
Indian writer and activist Arundhati Roy talks about winning the Booker Prize in 1997
