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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Fredrick Backman, Outriders and writing to music
Sun 13 Aug 2017
Fredrik Backman discusses his new novel, The Scandal.
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The Chalke Valley History Festival
Sun 30 Jul 2017
Tom Holland, Tracy Borman and Olivette Otele talk about who is writing history today.
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A Good Read 25 July 2017: John Niven & Sali Hughes
Tue 25 Jul 2017
Author John Niven and journalist Sali Hughes talk books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
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Fiona Melrose, transgender characters in fiction and the book Susan Hill would never end
Sun 23 Jul 2017
Fiona Melrose discusses her new book, Johannesburg and Kaite Welsh on transgender fiction
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Elizabeth Day, Patrick Ness and the Bradford Literary Festival
Sun 16 Jul 2017
Elizabeth Day discusses her new book, The Party and Patrick Ness's Queer Icon.
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A Good Read 11 July 2017: Stacey Dooley & Gaia Vince
Tue 11 Jul 2017
Harriett Gilbert talks to Stacey Dooley and Gaia Vince about their favourite books.
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Matt Haig, Val McDermid and a postcard from Argentina
Sun 9 Jul 2017
Matt Haig on time travel and Val McDermid discusses Virginia Woolf's Orlando.
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A Good Read 4 July 2017: Kathy Burke & Tom Allen
Tue 4 Jul 2017
Kathy Burke and comedian Tom Allen talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert
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A Good Read 27 June 2017: Bill Paterson & Tom Chatfield
Tue 27 Jun 2017
Actor Bill Paterson and writer Tom Chatfield talk about beloved books to Harriett Gilbert
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Mark Haddon on Virginia Woolf and Ruth Ware discusses her new novel, The Lying Game
Sun 25 Jun 2017
Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press and Misha Glenny on The Master and Margarita
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A Good Read 20 June 2017: Verity Sharp & Matthew Syed
Tue 20 Jun 2017
Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with Verity Sharp and Matthew Syed.
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Thomas Keneally, Meike Ziervogel and pet peeves in books
Sun 18 Jun 2017
Thomas Keneally discusses his latest novel, Crimes of the Father
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A Good Read 13 June 2017: Nathan Caton & Adam Rutherford
Tue 13 Jun 2017
Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with Nathan Caton and Adam Rutherford.
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A Good Read 6 June 2017 Ed Byrne & Hardeep Singh Kohli
Fri 9 Jun 2017
Harriett Gilbert talks to Ed Byrne and Hardeep Singh Kohli about their favourite books.
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Tim Winton
Sun 28 May 2017
Tim Winton on his new book The Boy Behind The Curtain 鈥� Notes from an Australian Life
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Gail Honeyman and Nell Stevens
Sun 21 May 2017
Gail Honeyman, Nell Stevens and Angie Thomas on the Book She'd Never Lend
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Writers' memoirs, the libraries of Timbuktu and George Eliot
Sun 14 May 2017
Richard Beard and Bella Pollen discuss their memoirs and a discussion on George Eliot.
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Paula Hawkins and F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sun 30 Apr 2017
The Girl on the Train writer Paula Hawkins talks about her new novel Into The Water
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Lisa McInerney, regional writing and a postcard from Cuba
Sun 23 Apr 2017
Lisa McInerney on her new novel, Blood Miracles and a discussion on regional writing
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Luiza Sauma and Easter reading
Sun 16 Apr 2017
Luiza Sauma on her book Flesh and Bone and Water and books for Easter.
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Open Book:Jon McGregor
Mon 10 Apr 2017
Mariella Frostrup talks to writer Jon McGregor and explores WH Auden's life in Scotland.
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A Good Read 28 March 2017: Will Self & Rachel Johnson
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Will Self and Rachel Johnson talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Balli Kaur Jaswal, Alison Macleod and Ra Page
Sun 26 Mar 2017
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows and Elan Mastai on literary soothsaying.
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A Good Read 21 March 2017: Chris & Xand Van Tulleken
Tue 21 Mar 2017
Doctor twins Chris and Xand van Tulleken talk to Harriett Gilbert about favourite books.
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George Saunders discusses his new book Lincoln in the Bardo
Sun 19 Mar 2017
George Saunders, Nina Lorez Collins, Harper Collins archives and favourite books
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A Good Read 14 March 2017: Harriet Harman & Pete Paphides
Tue 14 Mar 2017
Harriet Harman and Pete Paphides champion their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Helen Dunmore and Fiona Kidman on the Book I'd Never Lend
Sun 12 Mar 2017
Helen Dunmore discusses her new book, Birdcage Walk.
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A Good Read 7 March 2017: Tony Robinson & Andi Oliver
Tue 7 Mar 2017
Tony Robinson and Andi Oliver recommend great books to presenter Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read 28 February 2017: Craig Brown & Pippa Evans
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Harriett Gilbert talks great books with Craig Brown and Pippa Evans.
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Mohsin Hamid, North Korean literature and Editor's Pick
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Mohsin Hamid discusses his new book, Exit West and North Korean short stories
Books
Celebrating reading and the 100 novels that have shaped our world.
How many of these 100 Novels have you read?
After a passionate debate, our panel has come up with this surprising literary selection.
Opening Lines
John Yorke unpacks the themes behind the stories in Radio 4's weekend afternoon dramas.
Finding Your Story
Ten remarkable novels about identity: Which one will help you discover yourself?
