Books And Authors
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- Duration: 423:00:32
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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
18/07/2023 Duration: 27minMore book recommendations from actor Niamh Cusack and author Elly Griffiths
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Megan Nolan, plus crime summer reading recommendations from Vaseem Khan, Laura Wilson and Val McDermid
16/07/2023 Duration: 27minJohny Pitts speaks to Megan Nolan about her new novel, Ordinary Human Failings. The book explores the demonization of an Irish family and tabloid journalism in nineties London following a shocking tragedy. Plus what is the best crime fiction out there this summer? Vaseem Khan, incoming chair of the Crime Writers Association, and critic Laura Wilson give their tips, from hot new psychological thrillers to reissued classics. And Val McDermid chooses a very modern-feeling 1940s whodunit for her Book I'd Never Lend. Book List – Sunday 16 July and Thursday 20 July Ordinary Human Failing by Megan Nolan Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan Grave Expectations by Alice Bell The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson Kill For Me Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh The Wheel of Doll by Jonathan Ames Alchemy by SJ Parris The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff Uncle Paul by Celia Fremlin The Drowning Pool by Ross Macdonald Death of a Lesser God by Vaseem Khan Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey
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Richard Ford talks to Alex Clark about his latest novel, Be Mine - a father and son road trip across America.
09/07/2023 Duration: 27minRichard Ford talks to Alex Clark about his latest novel, Be Mine.
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A Good Read: Andi Osho and Nikita Gill
04/07/2023 Duration: 27minThe actor-comedian and the poet advocate for their favourite books
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A Good Read: Merlin Sheldrake and Jo Marchant
27/06/2023 Duration: 27minBiologist and author Merlin Sheldrake (of 'Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures') is joined by the science journalist Jo Marchant (of 'Human Cosmos' and 'Cure') and presenter Harriett Gilbert. Merlin picks 'The Age of Wonder' by Richard Holmes, a biographical portrait of scientific innovators in the late 18th century. In this historical book. Holmes explores the scientific ferment that swept across Britain, and how it became an age of great discovery. Jo's choice, 'You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto', is by computer scientist and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier. In this prescient book from 2010, Jaron delves into the digital world, examining what went wrong in its development, and how we might fix these problems. And Harriett recommends the classic, magical children's novel, 'The Sword In The Stone' by T. H. White, which she argues merits re-reading as an adult. Produced by Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio, Bristol. Comment on Instagram @agoodreadbbc
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Jenny Erpenbeck talks about her novel Kairos and discuses Siblings by Brigitte Reimann with translator Lucy Jones.
25/06/2023 Duration: 27minJenny Erpenbeck talks to Octavia Bright about her novel Kairos
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A Good Read: Hal Cruttenden and Daisy Buchanan
20/06/2023 Duration: 27minThe comedian and the writer talk to Harriett about favourite books, including one of Orwell's less well known novels, Coming Up for Air, chosen by Hal after he played the central character in a one man show. Daisy has gone for Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin, and Harriett loves Jenny Diski's Stranger on a Train, a travel memoir by someone who is not too keen on travel. Producer Sally Heaven
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Tragicomic Writing - Paul Murray talks to Alex Clark about his latest tragicomedy novel, The Bee Sting
18/06/2023 Duration: 27minTragicomic Writing with Paul Murray plus guests Josie Long, Katherine Heiny & Jen Beagin
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A Good Read: Zing Tsjeng and Yomi Ṣode
13/06/2023 Duration: 27minJournalist, broadcaster and author Zing Tsjeng and poet Yomi Ṣode join presenter Harriett Gilbert to talk about the books they love. Zing chooses a book set in the heart of New York City's queer community. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters is centred on the lives of Reece, a trans woman, her ex Ames, and her ex's new lover, Katrina. Yomi recommends Caleb Azumah Nelson's debut book, Open Water, a lyrical romance story set in South East London. And Harriett's choice is Intimacies, a novel by Katie Kitamura, where the main character is an interpreter at the International Court in The Hague, where unease bubbles below the surface of the novel's cool narration. Comment on instagram: @agoodreadbbc Produced by Eliza Lomas
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Leila Slimani, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Kalaf Epalanga
11/06/2023 Duration: 27minLeila Slimani, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Kalaf Epalanga
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A Good Read: Gill Hornby and Paul Burston
06/06/2023 Duration: 27minThe two writers talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Guy Gunaratne, plus Literary Thefts with Rebecca Kuang and Andrew Lipstein
28/05/2023 Duration: 27minJohny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new novel Mister, Mister
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Linda Grant talks to Alex Clark about her novel The Story of the Forest
21/05/2023 Duration: 27minLinda Grant, Xiaolu Guo and Alice Vincent
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Deborah Levy, Miranda France and Kate Morton
15/05/2023 Duration: 27minDeborah Levy, Miranda France and Kate Morton
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Stephen Buoro
30/04/2023 Duration: 27minJohny Pitts talks to the debut novelist about The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa
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Best of Young British Novelists 2023
16/04/2023 Duration: 27minOctavia Bright discusses Granta's once in a decade list of new writing talent
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Contemporary Indian Writing in the spotlight
09/04/2023 Duration: 27minContemporary Indian Writing in the spotlight
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A Good Read: Donna Leon and Margaret Heffernan
28/03/2023 Duration: 28minThe author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery series, Donna Leon, is joined by writer-entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan and the presenter Harriett Gilbert. Donna has chosen a book by an author she greatly admires, Ross MacDonald, who she read before she became a writer herself. His 1971 noir novel, The Underground Man, follows a detective as he tries to track down a missing child, whilst a mysterious fire rages through the hills of Southern California. Margaret loves Butcher's Crossing, the lesser-known book by John Williams, the author of Stoner. Set in 1871, this is about a young Harvard drop-out who heads out into the American West to discover a new way of living and which Margaret describes as an 'anti-Western' novel. Meanwhile Harriett's choice is A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam, which follows a mother's struggle to protect her children as Bangladesh fights for independence. Produced by Eliza Lomas. Comment on instagram: @agoodreadbbc