Sunday 16:00-16:30, repeated Thursday 16:00-16:30, except first Sunday in the month when it is replaced by Book Club.
Open Book spotlights new fiction and non-fiction, picks out the best of the paperbacks, talks to authors and publishers, and unearths lost masterpieces.
This week
Sunday 18th February 2007
Bestsellers Lesley Pearse and Meg Hutchinson join Mariella to discuss the secrets of the saga.
Sagas
Meg Hutchinson and Lesley Pearse are two novelists whose books regularly appear in the bestsellers charts but their chosen genre - saga - is rarely celebrated by the literary establishment.
They join Mariella to reveal the secrets behind their work and the enduring appeal of the rags to riches tale.
For The Love Of A Sister - Meg Hutchinson
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Ties of Love - Meg Hutchinson
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Child of Sin - Meg Hutchinson
Publisher: Coronet
The Wanton Redhead – Meg Hutchinson
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Trust Me – Lesley Pearse
Publisher: Penguin
Camellia – Lesley Pearse
Publisher: Mandarin
Hope – Lesley Pearse
Publisher: Penguin
Gone With The Wind – Margaret Mitchell
Publisher: Pan
The Thorn Birds – Colleen McCullough
Publisher: Time Warner
Internet websites
Internet expert Jason Jenkins guides technophobe literary editor Suzi Feay though the multitude of websites dedicated to books and reading.
And we'd like to hear about the literary websites you use - email us with your favourites.
