The Book Show S05E28 · Episode 28

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Jodi Picoult discusses her latest, Sing You Home. Caradoc King, literary agent turned writer, discusses his powerful memoir Problem Child. Irish novelist Paul Murray talks about his tragi-comic novel set in a Dublin boarding school, Skippy Dies.

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1. 1 1. Episode 12010-10-14NEW SERIES 5 - Susan Hill, Sebastian Faulks, and James Ellroy
2. 2 2. Episode 22010-10-21Jilly Cooper, Judith Kerr, and Salman Rushdie
3. 3 3. Episode 32010-10-28Lynne Reid Banks, Justine Picardie, Barry Humphries, and Lee Child
4. 4 4. Episode 42010-11-04Philippa Gregory, author of The Other Boleyn Girl; Val McDermid; and Michael Frayn
5. 5 5. Episode 52010-11-11Iain M Banks on his latest sci-fi novel Surface Detail, Michelle Paver on why she finds the arctic such a scary place in her new novel Dark Matter, and Bernard Cornwell on how nece
6. 6 6. Episode 62010-11-18Helen of Troy in jeans Bettany Hughes, travel writer Tim Butcher, and satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. Plus, Alison Weir on The Write Place and Ken Follett's bedside reads.
7. 7 7. Episode 72010-11-25India Knight talks about Comfort & Joy, Nicholas Evans on The Brave, and Amanda Foreman on A World on Fire
8. 8 8. Episode 82010-12-02Conn Iggulden, Michael Holroyd, and Dawn French on their latest books and what every 21 year old should be reading. Plus a look inside Philip Kerr's study, Peter Carey's favourite
9. 9 9. Episode 92010-12-09Sir Michael Parkinson talks about lasting fame as Emu's interviewer and being grumpy, Edmund de Waal shows off his family heirlooms, and PD James on turning real life detective. Pl
10. 10 10. Episode 102010-12-16Nigella Lawson, Kevin McCloud, and Kate Morton
11. 11 11. Episode 112011-01-20Biographer Sarah Bakewell, spin doctor and diarist Alistair Campbell, and cult film director John Waters
12. 12 12. Episode 122011-01-27Lindsey Davis, Daisy Goodwin, and Raymond Khoury
13. 13 13. Episode 132011-02-03Guest authors Matthew Parris, Leila Aboulela, and writer/director Rowan Joffé. Also Armistead Maupin on his Bedside Reads, Jonathan Safran Foer reads us his Fine Line, Colin Dexter
14. 14 14. Episode 142011-02-10Linda Grant, Simon Sebag Montefiore, and Jane Shilling. Plus Belle de Jour's bedside reads, Mark Mills' Book Club, and Steve Bell's study.
15. 15 15. Episode 152011-02-17Wendy Holden, Anthony Quinn, and Edna O'Brien as well as a trip to Paris to see Victor Hugo's study, as well as Rebecca Hunt's bedside reads and Philip Kerr's Book Club selection.
16. 16 16. Episode 162011-02-24Allison Pearson, Helen Dunmore, and Francesca Beauman. Plus: Hugh Bonneville on his book club choice, Kate Mosse on The Write Place, and Alexander McCall Smith reveals his bedside
17. 17 17. Episode 172011-03-03Bath Literature Festival (1/2): Howard Jacobson, Colin Thubron, and Kim Edwards
18. 18 18. Episode 182011-03-10Bath Literature Festival (2/2): Kazuo Ishiguro, David Starkey, and Aminatta Forna
19. 19 19. Episode 192011-03-17Words by the Water: Jackie Kay, Valerie Grove, and Joanna Trollope
20. 20 20. Episode 202011-03-24Ways With Words Festival: Salley Vickers, Manju Kapur, and Chris Mullin
21. 21 21. Episode 212011-03-31Noughts and Crosses writer Malorie Blackman, Costa-nominated author Louise Doughty, and controversial historian Niall Ferguson.
22. 22 22. Episode 222011-04-07Melvyn Bragg, Emma Donoghue, and Wendy Cope
23. 23 23. Episode 232011-04-14Biographer Hugo Vickers tells all about Wallis Simpson, bestselling rom-com author Jenny Colgan serves up a feast, and Jennifer Egan tells us about her novel A Visit From The Goon
24. 24 24. Episode 242011-04-21Philip Hensher, Peter Ackroyd, and Sara Paretsky
25. 25 25. Episode 252011-04-28Stefanie Powers, Monica Ali,and Paula McLain
26. 26 26. Episode 262011-05-05Simon Winchester, Esther Freud, and Eoin Colfer
27. 27 27. Episode 272011-05-12Bestseller Wilbur Smith, Sky News' presenter turned novelist Kay Burley, and John Julius Norwich gives us an audience when he discusses his new book The Popes.
28. 28 28. Episode 282011-05-19Jodi Picoult discusses her latest, Sing You Home. Caradoc King, literary agent turned writer, discusses his powerful memoir Problem Child. Irish novelist Paul Murray talks about hi
29. 29 29. Episode 292011-05-26Stella Tillyard, Douglas Kennedy, and Edward St Aubyn
30. 30 30. Episode 302011-05-28The Book Show at Hay (1/4): Paul Theroux, Jeffery Deaver, and Cerys Matthews - who also entertains us with a song from her new album.
31. 31 31. Episode 312011-05-29The Book Show at Hay (2/4): Professor Brian Cox, Henning Mankell, and Mark Logue
32. 32 32. Episode 322011-05-30The Book Show at Hay (3/4): David Baddiel, Elif Shafak, and David Bailey
33. 33 33. Episode 332011-05-31The Book Show at Hay (4/4): Victor Gregg, Adam Nicolson, and Marcus Sedgwick
34. 34 34. Episode 342011-06-02Terry Jones on his Animal Tales and new film, author Rosamund Lupton with her latest, and Deborah Moggach pays tribute to Beryl Bainbridge's career
35. 35 35. Episode 352011-06-09Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, and John Boyne
36. 36 36. Episode 362011-06-16Colm Toibin, Liz Lochhead, and author/director Rebecca Miller (last episode of this series)