906 episodes
Books and Authors BBC Radio 4
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- Society & Culture
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4.4 • 7 Ratings
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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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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 -
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 -
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
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Open Book - Sarah Perry
Sarah Perry talks to Shahidha Bari about her new novel, Enlightenment
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Open Book - Hari Kunzru
Hari Kunzru talks to Shahidha Bari about his new novel, Blue Ruin
Customer Reviews
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.