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Walker</title><description>Harriett Gilbert talks to iconic African American writer Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'The Color Purple'.</description><itunes:subtitle>Harriett Gilbert talks to iconic African American writer Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'The Color Purple'....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Harriett Gilbert talks to iconic African American writer Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'The Color Purple'.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:16:00 +0000</pubDate><itunes:duration>52:18</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20081118-1216a.mp3" length="25169548" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20081118-1216.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20081118-1216a.mp3</link><media:content 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isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080930-1658.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080930-1658a.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080930-1658a.mp3" fileSize="12891780" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1603" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: David Lodge</title><description>Harriett Gilbert talks to one of Britain's most popular comic writers David Lodge, about his prize-winning novel Nice Work.</description><itunes:subtitle>Harriett Gilbert talks to one of Britain's most popular comic writers David Lodge, about his prize-winning novel Nice Work....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Harriett Gilbert talks to one of Britain's most popular comic writers David Lodge, about his prize-winning novel Nice Work.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:38:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>26:44</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080827-1138.mp3" length="12897224" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080827-1138.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080827-1138.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080827-1138.mp3" fileSize="12897224" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1604" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: Chinua Achebe</title><description>To mark the 50th anniversary of the first publication of the acclaimed African novel ‘Things Fall Apart’, we are repeating the memorable World Book Club with bestselling Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.</description><itunes:subtitle>To mark the 50th anniversary of the first publication of the acclaimed African novel ‘Things Fall Apart’, we are repeating the memorable World Book Club with bestselling Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>To mark the 50th anniversary of the first publication of the acclaimed African novel ‘Things Fall Apart’, we are repeating the memorable World Book Club with bestselling Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:25:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>26:53</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080730-1525.mp3" length="12969299" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080730-1525.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080730-1525.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080730-1525.mp3" fileSize="12969299" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1613" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: John Irving</title><description>American author John Irving discusses his bestselling novel 'The World According to Garp', the tragicomic lifestory of the author TS Garp.</description><itunes:subtitle>American author John Irving discusses his bestselling novel 'The World According to Garp', the tragicomic lifestory of the author TS Garp....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>American author John Irving discusses his bestselling novel 'The World According to Garp', the tragicomic lifestory of the author TS Garp.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:01:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>26:51</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080625-1701.mp3" length="12960502" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080625-1701.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080625-1701.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080625-1701.mp3" fileSize="12960502" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1611" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: Khaled Hosseini</title><description>Bestselling writer Khaled Hosseini discusses The Kite Runner, his first novel set in Afghanistan, which has sold 15 million copies.</description><itunes:subtitle>Bestselling writer Khaled Hosseini discusses The Kite Runner, his first novel set in Afghanistan, which has sold 15 million copies....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Bestselling writer Khaled Hosseini discusses The Kite Runner, his first novel set in Afghanistan, which has sold 15 million copies.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 15:54:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>26:46</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080527-1554.mp3" length="12918311" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080527-1554.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080527-1554.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080527-1554.mp3" fileSize="12918311" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1606" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: Sebastian Faulks</title><description>Best-selling English writer Sebastian Faulks talks about his heart-rending novel of love and war, Birdsong.</description><itunes:subtitle>Best-selling English writer Sebastian Faulks talks about his heart-rending novel of love and war, Birdsong....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Best-selling English writer Sebastian Faulks talks about his heart-rending novel of love and war, Birdsong.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:50:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>26:42</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080502-1050.mp3" length="12886819" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080502-1050.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080502-1050.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080502-1050.mp3" fileSize="12886819" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1602" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: Jane Smiley</title><description>Best-selling American author Jane Smiley discusses A Thousand Acres, her ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear transposed onto an Iowan farmstead, which won the Pulitzer Prize.</description><itunes:subtitle>Best-selling American author Jane Smiley discusses A Thousand Acres, her ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear transposed onto an Iowan farmstead, which won the Pulitzer Prize....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Best-selling American author Jane Smiley discusses A Thousand Acres, her ambitious reimagining of Shakespeare's King Lear transposed onto an Iowan farmstead, which won the Pulitzer Prize.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:59:00 +0100</pubDate><itunes:duration>26:42</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080401-1459.mp3" length="12884171" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080401-1459.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080401-1459.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080401-1459.mp3" fileSize="12884171" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1602" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: Patricia Cornwell</title><description>American crime writer Patricia Cornwell talks about Post Mortem, the first novel in her celebrated Kay Scarpetta series.</description><itunes:subtitle>American crime writer Patricia Cornwell talks about Post Mortem, the first novel in her celebrated Kay Scarpetta series....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>American crime writer Patricia Cornwell talks about Post Mortem, the first novel in her celebrated Kay Scarpetta series.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:10:00 +0000</pubDate><itunes:duration>26:52</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080228-1710.mp3" length="12965046" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080228-1710.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080228-1710.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080228-1710.mp3" fileSize="12965046" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1612" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: Edna O'Brien</title><description>Irish writer Edna O'Brien discusses The Country Girls, her novel about adolescence set in 1950's Ireland.</description><itunes:subtitle>Irish writer Edna O'Brien discusses The Country Girls, her novel about adolescence set in 1950's Ireland....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Irish writer Edna O'Brien discusses The Country Girls, her novel about adolescence set in 1950's Ireland.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:07:00 +0000</pubDate><itunes:duration>26:53</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080131-1107.mp3" length="12975265" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080131-1107.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080131-1107.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20080131-1107.mp3" fileSize="12975265" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1613" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: Umberto Eco</title><description>Italian author Umberto Eco discusses his novel 'The Name of the Rose', set in a 14th century Franciscan monastery.</description><itunes:subtitle>Italian author Umberto Eco discusses his novel 'The Name of the Rose', set in a 14th century Franciscan monastery....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Italian author Umberto Eco discusses his novel 'The Name of the Rose', set in a 14th century Franciscan monastery.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:41:00 +0000</pubDate><itunes:duration>26:52</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20071225-1641.mp3" length="12962802" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20071225-1641.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20071225-1641.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20071225-1641.mp3" fileSize="12962802" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1612" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: Sara Paretsky</title><description>American crime writer Sara Paretsky talks to Harriett Gilbert about her detective novel 'Indemnity Only'.</description><itunes:subtitle>American crime writer Sara Paretsky talks to Harriett Gilbert about her detective novel 'Indemnity Only'....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>American crime writer Sara Paretsky talks to Harriett Gilbert about her detective novel 'Indemnity Only'.</itunes:summary><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:35:00 +0000</pubDate><itunes:duration>26:47</itunes:duration><enclosure url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20071128-1535.mp3" length="12923711" type="audio/mpeg" /><guid isPermaLink="false">http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20071128-1535.mp3</guid><link>http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20071128-1535.mp3</link><media:content url="http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/wbc/wbc_20071128-1535.mp3" fileSize="12923711" type="audio/mpeg" medium="audio" expression="full" duration="1607" /><itunes:author>BBC World Service</itunes:author></item><item><title>WBC: Michael Ondaatje</title><description>A special fifth-anniversary edition of the World Book Club with the Sri Lankan-born, Canadian author Michael Ondaatje who 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