299 episodes
Books and Authors BBC Radio 4
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- Society & Culture
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4.3 • 312 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: Katherine May and Liz Berry
Author Katherine May and poet Liz Berry talk about their favourite books with Harriett.
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Eleanor Catton
Eleanor Catton talks to Chris Power about her new eco-thriller, Birnam Wood
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A Good Read: Sophie Raworth and Patrick Ness
The newsreader and the writer chat about books with Harriett.
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Margaret Atwood and Sam Selvon
Johny Pitts explores the work of two writers who have combined comedy with tragedy
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A Good Read: Janet Street-Porter and Felicity Ward
The broadcaster and comedian discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read: Philippa Perry and Anil Seth
Psychotherapist writer Philippa Perry and Professor of Neuroscience Anil Seth join Harriett Gilbert to talk about books they love.
Anil Seth, who explores consciousness and the self in his book Being You, recommends Klara and The Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, where our near-future world is seen through the eyes of an Artificial Friend. Philippa Perry's choice is A Stranger City by Linda Grant, a novel with a mystery at its heart and is about how lives interweave in the city. And Harriett Gilbert loves the non-fiction book Being Mortal by American surgeon Atul Gawande, which asks what medicine is for in the face of death.
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Produced by Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio in Bristol
Customer Reviews
Mariella Frostrup the best
Mariella Frostrup is by far the best of the hosts. Always measured, informed and a pleasure to listen to.
The best
A Good Read is the best part of this podcast. Wish there was more of it.
A Good Read…and a great listen
For anyone with a love for books and reading, A Good Read is the best of all possible Podcasts. The book selections and discussions (guided by the always brilliant and articulate Harriett Gilbert) are always wonderful. The guests usually agree…but the discussions are even more interesting when they don’t. I never miss an episode!