Artists at Work

Artists at Work

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  • PD James

    P.D. James joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss her novel 'Original Sin'. Presenter: Harriett Gilbert.

    27 min
  • Paulo Coelho - The Alchemist

    Writer Paulo Coelho talks about his book The Alchemist which has been translated into dozens of languages and has sold over 27 million copies worldwide. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.

    (Photo: Paulo Coelho, 2010)

    (Credit: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

    24 min
  • Kazuo Ishiguro

    Kazuo Ishiguro joins Harriett Gilbert and an audience of World Service listeners to discuss his classic novel The Remains Of The Day.

    (Photo: Kazuo Ishiguro. Credit: Jeff Overs/BBC)

    27 min
  • Anita Desai - Fasting, Feasting

    Anita Desai joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss her 1999 novel 'Fasting, Feasting'. Presented by Harriett Gilbert. Broadcast in September 2004.

    (Photo: Anita Desai)

    (Credit: Jerry Bauer)

    27 min
  • Amoz Oz

    Amos Oz joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss his novel 'My Michael'. Presented by Harriett Gilbert at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

    27 min
  • Gillian Slovo

    South African novelist, Gillian Slovo talks about her novel 'Red Dust'. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.

    27 min
  • Tracy Chevalier

    Tracy Chevalier joins an audience of World Service listeners to discuss her novel 'Girl With A Pearl Earring'.

    Image: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, Credit: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images

    27 min
  • AS Byatt - Possession
    English author A. S Byatt talks to an audience about her novel 'Possession'. First broadcast in March 2004
    (Photo: A S Byatt. Credit:BBC)
    27 min
  • Martin Cruz Smith

    Author Martin Cruz Smith talks about his novel Gorky Park. Presented by Harriett Gilbert from California in a special co-production with San Francisco radio station KALW

    27 min

About Artists at Work

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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.…

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