Books And Authors
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 421:53:26
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Synopsis
This podcast features Open Book and A Good Read. In Open Book Mariella Frostrup talks to authors about their work. In A Good Read Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite books.
Episodes
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A Good Read Nigel Kennedy and Clare Perkins
07/11/2023 Duration: 28minGood books chosen by well known guests as reading recommendations
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A Good Read Cressida Cowell & Romy Gill
31/10/2023 Duration: 27minBooks worth reading chosen by Harriett Gilbert and guests
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A Good Read: Anneka Rice and Maureen Freely
24/10/2023 Duration: 27minThe TV presenter and the writer share favourite books with Harriett.
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Karl Ove Knausgård
22/10/2023 Duration: 27minChris Power speaks to Karl Ove Knausgård about his new book, The Wolves of Eternity
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A Good Read: Cornelia Parker and Jeremy Lee
17/10/2023 Duration: 27minArtist Cornelia Parker is with the chef Jeremy Lee and presenter Harriett Gilbert, to pick their all-time favourite books. Cornelia chooses South by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the story of his extraordinary journey to Antarctica. Jeremy is a fan of the food writer Elizabeth David, and recommends her book of essays, Omelette and a Glass of Wine. Finally Harriett Gilbert suggests the novel Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie, centred on two American academics' escapades in London. Cornelia has recently had solo shows at the Tate Britain and the Metropolitan Museum of New York; Jeremy is chef-proprietor of Quo Vadis restaurant in Soho and author of Cooking: Simply and Well, for One or Many. Comment on instagram: @agoodreadbbc Produced by Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio
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Daniel Mason
15/10/2023 Duration: 27minThe US author and psychiatrist on his new novel, North Woods
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A Good Read: Rhys Stephenson and Esther Manito
10/10/2023 Duration: 27minThe children's TV presenter and stand up comedian advocate for favourite books.
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A Good Read Vaseem Khan and Lucy Winkett
03/10/2023 Duration: 27minTwo guests choose their favourite books
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Ben Lerner and Anne Enright on poetry and fiction
17/09/2023 Duration: 27minBen Lerner and Anne Enright on poetry and fiction
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Zadie Smith
10/09/2023 Duration: 27minElizabeth Day talks to the novelist Zadie Smith about her new novel, The Fraud.
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Ayelet Gundar-Goshen speaks to Johny Pitts about her new book, The Wolf Hunt
20/08/2023 Duration: 27minAyelet Gundar-Goshen speaks to Johny Pitts about her new book, The Wolf Hunt
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Ann Patchett, plus Magical Historical Fiction with S. J. Parris and Laura Shepherd-Robinson
13/08/2023 Duration: 27minOctavia Bright talks to Ann Patchett about her captivating new novel. Tom Lake is the story of a young actor Lara under the spell of a future Hollywood star, but it is also about how she retells that story in later life to her adult daughters, and the power of storytelling itself. Two masters of historical fiction, Laura Shepherd-Robinson and S. J. Parris (aka Stephanie Merritt) discuss the allure of magic and mysticism in their latest books set either side of the Enlightenment. Plus Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah recalls the enchanting tale behind the book he'd never lend. Producer: Ciaran Bermingham
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Johny Pitts explores Birmingham's literary heritage and contemporary writing scene.
30/07/2023 Duration: 27minJohny Pitts explores Birmingham's literary heritage and contemporary writing scene.
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A Good Read: Olivia Laing and Charlie Porter
25/07/2023 Duration: 28minAuthor and cultural critic Olivia Laing, whose books include The Lonely City, Funny Weather and Everybody, is joined by fashion writer and curator Charlie Porter, of What Artists Wear and Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion, and presenter Harriett Gilbert, to talk about the books they love. Olivia recommends Bad Blood by literary critic Lorna Sage - a memoir of her eccentric childhood and adolescence in 1940s rural Wales. Charlie loves Honey From A Weed by Patience Gray, a cookbook which exalts local knowledge and seasonal cooking, taking readers to a time and place far removed from modern life. And Harriett brings The English Understand Wool, a 2022 novella by American author Helen DeWitt, which takes unexpected twists and turns and which Harriett argues, merits reading more than once. Comment on instagram: @agoodreadbbc Produced by Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio
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Elizabeth Day celebrates the centenary year of the writer Elizabeth Jane Howard
23/07/2023 Duration: 27minElizabeth Day celebrates the centenary year of the writer Elizabeth Jane Howard
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A Good Read
18/07/2023 Duration: 27minMore book recommendations from actor Niamh Cusack and author Elly Griffiths
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