All Programmes

A Good Read Kiri Pritchard-McLean & Hannah Peel

Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Hannah Peel share the books they love with Harriett Gilbert.

BBC Radio 4

Talking Books Hay Festival 2019: Kapka Kassabova

Novelist and poet Kapka Kassabova talks about growing up behind the Iron Curtain

BBC World Service

Book of the Week The Moon, Episode 5

Science writer Oliver Morton explores the likelihood of a human return to the moon.

BBC Radio 4

Book at Bedtime Gorsky, Episode 10

10/10 Chelski: a London home for Russian wealth. Gorsky: a story about beauty, money and books.

BBC Radio 4

Book of the Week Antony Sher - Year of the Fat Knight, Episode 5

5/5 After a year of rehearsing Falstaff, Antony Sher's fat knight is revealed to the public.

BBC Radio 4

BOOKtalk Chris Mullin

Mark D'Arcy in discussion with author and former MP Chris Mullin. (R)

Today 15:30

BBC Parliament

Open Book Carolina Setterwall; Re-reading and what it offers; Shadowplay reviewed; Ahmad Danny Ramadan

Carolina Setterwall discusses her debut novel and we explore the pleasures of re-reading

Today 16:00

BBC Radio 4 FM

Harry Potter: A History of Magic

JK Rowling reveals the real-life counterparts to her fantastical world. (R)

Today 16:30

CBBC

Poetry Extra No Coward Soul by Emily Bronte

Daljit Nagra introduces Adventures in Poetry - No Coward Soul by Emily Bronte. From 2001.

Today 17:00

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Words and Music Bloomsday

Stanley Townsend and Kathy Keira Clarke read from James Joyce's Ulysses and other works.

Today 17:30

BBC Radio 3

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