Thomas Watters

Tom's Book Club

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Tom’s Book Club is a weekly books podcast featuring in-depth conversations with leading contemporary authors. Each episode features a focused, in-depth conversation with the authors behind the most talked-about new fiction, exploring the ideas, craft, and real-world questions that shape their work. Recent guests include Booker Prize winners George Saunders and Howard Jacobson, alongside bestselling writers and emerging voices from across the literary world. Subscribe for thoughtful author interviews, new book recommendations, and a closer look at the stories everyone’s talking about. Hosted on...

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Thomas Watters

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George Saunders on Vigil 03.02.2026 19:40

Booker Prize-winning novelist George Saunders joins Tom’s Book Club to talk about his new novel Vigil and his long-standing fascination with the space between life and death. In this extended conversation, Saunders discusses writing Vigil, a novel that follows the final hours of KJ Boone, a powerful oil tycoon and architect of climate-change denial, as he’s visited by a se...

Tom's Book Club Trailer 29.01.2026 0:38

Tom’s Book Club is a weekly podcast featuring conversations with some of the most interesting writers working today. Hosted by Tom Watters, each episode offers an in-depth interview with an author about their latest book, looking at how it came to be written, what it’s trying to say, and the world it reflects. It's a space for writers to talk about their work, their influences, and the ideas behin...