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: Rob Newman & Sarfraz Manzoor
Tue 21 Jun 2022
The comedian and the writer discuss favourite books
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Time and Time Travel with Emily St. John Mandel, Carlo Rovelli and Audrey Niffenegger
Sun 19 Jun 2022
Johny Pitts discusses time with three writers who have explored it in very different ways
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A Good Read: Dreda Say Mitchell & Emma Gannon
Tue 14 Jun 2022
The novelist and the podcaster propose favourite books for discussion
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Elif Batuman and Book Influencers
Sun 12 Jun 2022
Johny Pitts talks to author of Either/Or, sequel to the 2017 bestseller The Idiot
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Johny Pitts talks to Benjamin Myers about his new book, The Perfect Golden Circle.
Sun 29 May 2022
Johny Pitts talks to Benjamin Myers about his new book, The Perfect Golden Circle.
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Atticus Lish, Jean Rhys, Maggie Shipstead
Sun 22 May 2022
Chris Power talks to Atticus Lish about his new novel, The War for Gloria.
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About A Son; Book Banning; The Water Statues
Sun 8 May 2022
Elizabeth Day talks to David Whitehouse about his new creative nonfiction
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Julian Barnes; How Words Get Good; Bangkok Postcard
Sun 24 Apr 2022
Julian Barnes; How Words Get Good; Bangkok Postcard
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Forbidden love with Douglas Stuart; Oxford’s influence on interwar writers
Sun 17 Apr 2022
Forbidden love with Douglas Stuart; Oxford’s influence on interwar writers
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A Good Read Julie Hesmondalgh and Elaine C Smith
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Two actors choose their favourite books
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A Good Read Julie Hesmondalgh and Elaine C Smith
Wed 30 Mar 2022
The two actors choose books they love
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Here Again Now, Readers Guide to Gogol, Lessons in Chemistry
Sun 27 Mar 2022
Here Again Now, Readers Guide to Gogol, Lessons in Chemistry
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A Good Read: Joanna Scanlan and Sabine Durrant
Tue 22 Mar 2022
The actor and the thriller writer chat about books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Karen Joy Fowler on the infamous Booth family, Michel the Giant, Lisa Taddeo on Fever Dream
Sun 20 Mar 2022
Karen Joy Fowler on the infamous Booth family, Michel the Giant and Lisa Taddeo
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A Good Read: Jessica Fostekew and Molly Naylor
Tue 15 Mar 2022
The comedian and the writer talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read: Alistair Petrie and Alex Wheatle
Tue 8 Mar 2022
The actor and the writer debate books with Harriett Gilbert
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A Good Read: Katie Thistleton and Suzannah Lipscomb
Tue 1 Mar 2022
Katie Thistleton and Suzannah Lipscomb bring their favourite books to the table.
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A Good Read: Lauren Mayberry and Rob Deering
Tue 22 Feb 2022
CHVRCHES frontwoman Lauren Mayberry and comedian Rob Deering share their favourite books.
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When We Were Birds and Tayari Jones on Toni Morrison's only short story, Recitatif.
Sun 20 Feb 2022
Johny Pitts talks to author Ayanna Lloyd Banwo about her debut novel, When We Were Birds.
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A Good Read - Gillian Burke and Dee Caffari
Tue 15 Feb 2022
The natural world, leadership styles aboard a submarine and sibling rivalry in Scotland.
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The ‘new boom’ of feminist Spanish-language literature.
Sun 13 Feb 2022
The ‘new boom’ of feminist Spanish-language literature.
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A Good Read: Katherine Rundell and Nathan Filer
Tue 8 Feb 2022
Writers Katherine Rundell and Nathan Filer bring their favourite books to the table.
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A Good Read: Alan Titchmarsh and Amanda Owen
Tue 1 Feb 2022
The gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh and the Yorkshire shepherdess choose books
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?
