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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.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.4 • 7 Ratings

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.

    Claire Messud

    Claire Messud

    Claire Messud, Kafka and Jiaming Tang

    • 27 min
    A Good Read: Samantha Harvey and Darran Anderson

    A Good Read: Samantha Harvey and Darran Anderson

    QUARTET IN AUTUMN by Barbara Pym, chosen by Samantha Harvey
    MRS CALIBAN by Rachel Ingalls, chosen by Harriett Gilbert
    PHARMACOPOEIA: A DUNGENESS NOTEBOOK by Derek Jarman, chosen by Darran Anderson
    Two award-winning writers share books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
    Produced by Mair Bosworth for BBC Audio

    • 27 min
    A Good Read: Dan Schreiber and Kathryn Hughes

    A Good Read: Dan Schreiber and Kathryn Hughes

    Historian and author Kathryn Hughes and No Such Thing As a Fish presenter Dan Schreiber recommend favourite books to Harriett Gilbert. Kathryn chooses Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes, an exploration of the French writer's life in the form of a novel. Dan's choice is very different - John Higgs taking on the conceptual artists and chart toppers The KLF. Harriett has gone for Michael Ondaatje's novel Warlight, set in a murky and mysterious post-war London.
    Presenter: Harriett Gilbert
    Producer for BBC Audio Bristol: Sally Heaven

    • 27 min
    Open Book - Maggie Nelson

    Open Book - Maggie Nelson

    Octavia Bright talks to Maggie Nelson about Like Love, an anthology of essays which explore art and friendship and criticism. And a new prize for climate fiction.
    Presenter: Octavia Bright
    Producer: Nicola Holloway

    • 27 min
    Open Book - Sarah Perry

    Open Book - Sarah Perry

    Sarah Perry talks to Shahidha Bari about her new novel, Enlightenment

    • 27 min
    Open Book - Hari Kunzru

    Open Book - Hari Kunzru

    Hari Kunzru talks to Shahidha Bari about his new novel, Blue Ruin

    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

4.4 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

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A Good Listen

A Good Read: I like the presenter and 2 guest book recommendation and discussion format. Harriet Gilbert runs it very well and it's a reliable guide to worthwhile books.

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