Books and Authors Podcast
This podcast features Open Book and A Good Read. Open Book talks to authors about their work. In A Good Read Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite books.
Episodes to download
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A Good Read: Fiona Shaw & Nichola Coughlan
Yesterday
Fiona Shaw and Nicola Coughlan join Harriett Gilbert to talk books
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Charlotte Wood, Travel Writing, Narrative Voice
Sunday
Charlotte Wood, Travel Writing, Narrative Voice
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A Good Read: Nina Sosanya & David Nicholls
Last Tuesday
Nina Sosanya and David Nicholls bring their favourite books to the table
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A Good Read: Laurie Anderson and Stuart Maconie talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert
Tue 30 Jun 2020
American avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson and radio DJ Stuart Maconie talk books.
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Alex Clark speaks to Elizabeth Wetmore about her book Valentine
Sun 28 Jun 2020
Elizabeth Wetmore, Sebastian Barry and a re-working of Mary McCarthy's The Group
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A Good Read: Val McDermid and Martha Lane Fox talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert
Tue 23 Jun 2020
Val McDermid and Martha Lane Fox talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they really love.
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Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Orlando King, Authors and Critics
Sun 21 Jun 2020
Jean-Baptiste Andrea, Orlando King, Authors and Critics
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A Good Read: Pippa Haywood & Felicity Montagu
Tue 16 Jun 2020
Actresses Pippa Haywood and Felicity Montagu talk books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Andrés Neuman, William Boyd on WW2 Novels, Singlit with Elaine Chiew
Sun 14 Jun 2020
Andrés Neuman, William Boyd on WW2 Novels, Singlit with Elaine Chiew
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A Good Read: Melissa Cummings-Quarry and Natalie Carter
Tue 9 Jun 2020
Natalie Carter & Melissa Cummings-Quarry (Black Girls Book Club) talk books with Harriett
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Paul Mendez, Class & Society novels, Thomas Keneally on Dickens
Sun 31 May 2020
Paul Mendez, Class & Society novels, Thomas Keneally on Dickens
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Paul Mendez, Class & Society novels, Thomas Keneally on Dickens
Sun 31 May 2020
Paul Mendez, Class & Society novels, Thomas Keneally on Dickens
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Daniel Mason, Pride and Prejudice, Bob Geldof
Sun 24 May 2020
Daniel Mason discusses new short story collection, A Registry Of My Passage On Earth.
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Curtis Sittenfeld on her new book, Rodham
Sun 17 May 2020
Curtis Sittenfeld, Ian Rankin and Katherine Rundell
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Tayari Jones, Jane Eyre, John Freeman
Sun 10 May 2020
Award winning autor Tayari Jones discusses her novel Silver Sparrow.
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Garth Greenwell
Sun 26 Apr 2020
Garth Greenwell talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new book Cleanness.
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Ingrid Persaud, Short Fiction, Patricia Grace
Sun 19 Apr 2020
Ingrid Persaud, Short Fiction, Patricia Grace
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Evie Wyld, Louise Doughty on Ghostly Narrators, Polly Samson and Leonard Cohen's Hydra
Sun 12 Apr 2020
Mariella Frostrup talks to Evie Wyld about new novel The Bass Rock
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A Good Read: Nazir Afzal and Maggie Gee
Fri 3 Apr 2020
Books worth reading chosen by Nazir Afzal and Maggie Gee.
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Maggie O'Farrell on her new novel, Hamnet
Sun 29 Mar 2020
Maggie O'Farrell Sophie Hannah and Reading in Isolation
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A Good Read: Helen Lederer & Angela Barnes
Tue 24 Mar 2020
Helen Lederer and Angela Barnes nominate books they consider to be a good read.
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Petina Gappah on her new book, Out of Darkness, Shining Light
Sun 22 Mar 2020
Petina Gappah. Plus Henry Porter on adventure writing and the joys of fictional journeys.
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A Good Read:Sharleen Spiteri & Hugh Dennis
Tue 17 Mar 2020
Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri and actor Hugh Dennis choose favourite books.
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Christos Tsiolkas, Mothers and Daughters in fiction, Nairobi books
Sun 15 Mar 2020
Christos Tsiolkas, Mothers and Daughters in fiction, Nairobi books
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Henry Normal & Bobby Seagull
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Harriett Gilbert talks to Henry Normal and Bobby Seagull about their favourite books.
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Kiley Reid on her debut novel, Such a Fun Age
Sun 8 Mar 2020
Kiley Reid, Lucy Foley and Abir Mukherjee, Peter Swanson
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Neil Forsyth & Neil Oliver
Tue 3 Mar 2020
Books worth reading chosen by Neil Oliver and Neil Forsyth.
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Richard Harrington & Njambi McGrath
Tue 25 Feb 2020
Books worth reading chosen by actor Richard Harrington and comedian Njambi McGrath
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Gail Honeyman & Mavis Cheek
Tue 18 Feb 2020
Authors Gail Honeyman and Mavis Cheek talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love.
Books
Celebrating reading and the 100 novels that have shaped our world.
How many of these 100 Novels have you read?
After a passionate debate, our panel has come up with this surprising literary selection.
Finding Your Story
Ten remarkable novels about identity: Which one will help you discover yourself?
