The BBC World Service airs World Book Club with Malorie Blackmanon Sunday, April 6th at 1206 EDT. World Book Club is an unclocked 53 minutes. Stations in automation will need to change their automation. The Arts Hour during the 1200 EDT hour on April 6th will be dropped to accommodate.

Title: World Book Club with Malorie Blackman.

Transmission: Sunday, April 6th at 1206 EDT.

Duration: 53 mins or 59 mins including news bulletins, billboards & promos.

Clock: This program does NOT observe the normal BBC program clock. This program is unclocked. Stations in automation will need to change their automation.

Broadcast window: Evergreen.

Download: This program can also be downloaded from the Arts and Culture section of the BBC World Service Partner Site.

Description: Harriett Gilbert talks to Malorie Blackman in front of a live audience, about her novel Noughts and Crosses.

The story follows Sephy, who is a Cross (a member of the dark – skinned ruling class) and Callum who is a Nought (a colorless member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses).

The two have been friends since early childhood. But that’s as far as it can go until the first steps are taken towards more social equality and a limited number of Noughts are allowed into Cross schools. Against a background of prejudice and distrust – intensely highlighted by violent terrorist activity by Noughts – a romance builds between Sephy and Callum. It is a romance that will lead both of them into terrible danger.