Books and Authors Podcast
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.
Episodes to download
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A Good Read: Ruby Tandoh and Jake Yapp on favourite books by Ren茅 Goscinny, Nora Ephron and Ian McEwan
Tue 6 Feb 2018
Ruby Tandoh and Jake Yapp on favourite books by Ren茅 Goscinny, Nora Ephron and Ian McEwan
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A Good Read: Stephen Fry and Alan Davies discuss dystopian visions, childhood traumas and tips for writers.
Wed 31 Jan 2018
Stephen Fry and Alan Davies discuss favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert.
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Dirk Kurbjuweit discusses his new book, The Fear and Nicola Sturgeon's favourite reads
Sun 28 Jan 2018
Dirk Kurbjuweit on his book, The Fear, Nicola Sturgeon discusses her love of reading.
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Leila Slimane on her book Lullaby and translating Turkish and Russian literature
Sun 21 Jan 2018
Leila Slimane discusses her new novel and the iimportance of translating foreign fiction
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Celebrating Muriel Spark and writing about post traumatic stress
Sun 14 Jan 2018
William Boyd and Alan Taylor discuss the work of Muriel Spark.
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Dystopian Fiction
Sun 31 Dec 2017
Mariella Frostrup and guests ask if we are entering a golden age of dystopian fiction.
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David Walliams talks to Mariella Frostrup
Thu 28 Dec 2017
In a special programme David Walliams talks about his life as a children鈥檚 writer.
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Christmas literary gifts and Hunter Davies on his late wife, Margaret Forster and her diaries.
Sun 17 Dec 2017
A selection of Christmas literary gifts, Hunter Davies and crowd funding for books.
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Lionel Shriver and celebrating the 100th birthday of Finland
Sun 10 Dec 2017
Lionel Shriver on her new book and a celebration of Nordic writing.
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A Good Read 28 November 2017: Nish Kumar and Katy Brand
Tue 28 Nov 2017
Comedians Nish Kumar and Katy Brand tell Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
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The Great American Novel and the merits of reading aloud
Sun 26 Nov 2017
Stephanie Merrit and Benjamin Markovits discuss the idea of the Great American Novel.
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A Good Read 21 November 2017: Alexei Sayle and Meg Rosoff
Tue 21 Nov 2017
Comedian Alexei Sayle and novelist Meg Rosoff trade favourite books with Harriett Gilbert
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A Good Read 14 November 2017: Jon McGregor and Cathy Rentzenbrink
Tue 14 Nov 2017
Writers Jon McGregor and Cathy Rentzenbrink talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read 7 November 2017: Rick Edwards & George Lamb
Tue 7 Nov 2017
Presenters Rick Edwards and George Lamb join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books.
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A Good Read 31 October 2017: Jenny Colgan & Steven Camden (Polarbear)
Tue 31 Oct 2017
Jenny Colgan & Steven Camden (Polarbear) talk about brilliant books with Harriett Gilbert
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Graeme Macrae Burnet on his 'fiction within a fiction', The Accident on the A35
Sun 29 Oct 2017
Graeme Macrae Burnet joins Alex Clark to discuss his novel The Accident on the A35
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A Good Read 24 October 2017: Alice Lowe and Andrew Hunter Murray
Tue 24 Oct 2017
Alice Lowe and Andrew Hunter Murray talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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40 years In Patagonia, Nathan Englander and Sandi Toksvig's new children's novel
Sun 22 Oct 2017
Mariella Frostrup celebrates the 40th anniversary of the classic travel book In Patagonia
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A Good Read 17 October 2017: Owen Jones & Georgia LA
Tue 17 Oct 2017
Owen Jones and Georgia LA discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Omar El Akkad's new novel American War and Nordic short stories
Sun 15 Oct 2017
Omar El Akkad's debut novel American War has won rave reviews in the states.
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A Good Read 10 October 2017: Jonathan Harvey & Sally Lindsay
Tue 10 Oct 2017
Sally Lindsay and Jonathan Harvey talk about the books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
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Alan Hollinghurst on his new novel, The Sparsholt Affair.
Sun 8 Oct 2017
Alan Hollinghurst on his new novel and Denise Mina and Max Porter discuss ghost stories.
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A Good Read 3 October 2017: Toby Young & Sarah Vine
Thu 5 Oct 2017
Toby Young and Sarah Vine talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Clare Messud on The Burning Girl and theatrical memoirs
Sun 24 Sep 2017
Clare Messud on her latest novels and theatrical memoirs.
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Helen Sedgwick, the York Writer's Festival and up and coming writers from Australia
Sun 17 Sep 2017
Helen Sedgwick discusses her new novel The Growing Season; Australian writers to watch.
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Daryl Gregory and the importance of John Donne's love poems
Sun 10 Sep 2017
Daryl Gregory discusses his latest novel Spoonbenders and a manual on being a writer
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Revisiting Greek myths with Kamila Shamsie and David Vann
Sun 27 Aug 2017
Kamila Shamsie and David Vann discuss their own interpretations of classic Greek myths.
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Preti Taneja and Mohammed Hanif discuss the 70th anniversary of Partition and Peter Stamm's new novel, To the Back of Beyond
Sun 20 Aug 2017
Partition, Peter Stamm on his new novel and libraries in fiction
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Celebrating reading and the 100 novels that have shaped our world.