Please note the schedule change due this Sunday 19 April at 1000 ET for a special World Book Club on Gunter Grass the distinguished German writer and Nobel literature prize winner.

Important: This program is running as an unclocked hour – 53’00”minute edition, please make all necessary arrangements for credit-lifting.

World Book Club: Gunter Grass
http://www.bbc.co.uk/partners/english/programme-slot/worldbookclub

First aired: Sunday 19 April
Broadcast window: at any time that suits your schedule
Number of episodes: 1
Programme duration: 53 minutes or 59 minutes including news bulletins, billboards & promos
Download availability on www.bbc.co.uk/partners: from Sunday 19 April 10:30 GMT

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On Monday, Guenter Grass, German Nobel literature prize winner and author of The Tin Drum, died aged 87. Before his death he had been described as ‘the world’s most important living writer’.

We look back to 2009 when Gunter Grass invited World Book Club into his home in Germany to put listener’s questions to him about his internationally-celebrated novel The Tin Drum.

Bitter and impassioned, The Tin Drum charts the rise and fall of Nazism through the mischievous eyes of Oskar Matzerath, a dwarf who decided to stop growing at the age of three. First published half a century ago, The Tin Drum was re-published in new translations all over the world to mark its 50th birthday in 2009.

First broadcast on 3 October 2009.

Please note this program does not follow the usual BBC program clock

BBC broadcast times:
APM | Sun 10:06 EDT (Sun 14:06 GMT )