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 4 October 2016: Ann Widdecombe & Vince Cable
Thu 29 Sep 2016
Harriett Gilbert talks books with Ann Widdecombe and Vince Cable.
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Open Book - Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on Sex and Death
Fri 23 Sep 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs about stories of Sex and Death
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Open Book with Donal Ryan
Fri 16 Sep 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Donal Ryan about All We Shall Know
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Open Book on Jonathan Safran Foer
Thu 8 Sep 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to author Jonathan Safran Foer
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Open Book in Edinburgh - Crime Writing with Val McDermid, Abir Mukherjee and Lucy Ribchester
Fri 26 Aug 2016
A special edition of Open Book from Edinburgh, devoted to crime writing
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Open Book at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
Fri 19 Aug 2016
Mariella Frostrup with Raja Alem, Richard T Kelly and Benjamin Markovits and Nick Barley
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Open Book - Reading Europe
Fri 29 Jul 2016
Mariella Frostrup explores contemporary literature from Italy
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A Good Read 26 July 2016: Christopher Biggins & Jenny Eclair
Mon 25 Jul 2016
Christopher Biggins and Jenny Eclair chat about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
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Open Book - Evelyn Waugh, DBC Pierre, a literary postcard from Sweden
Fri 22 Jul 2016
Open Book - Evelyn Waugh, DBC Pierre, a literary postcard from Sweden
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A Good Read 19 July 2016: Lloyd Langford & Francesca Simon
Fri 15 Jul 2016
Francesca Simon and Lloyd Langford talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert
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Open Book - Awesome Authors: Children's Literature with Frank Cottrell Boyce and Bali Rai
Fri 15 Jul 2016
Mariella Frostrup on Children's Literature with Frank Cottrell Boyce and Bali Rai
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A Good Read 12 July 2016: Joann Fletcher & Damian Barr
Mon 11 Jul 2016
Joann Fletcher and Damian Barr join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books.
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Writing From Wales, a special programme recorded at Cardiff Library
Fri 8 Jul 2016
Open Book with Mariella Frostrup, recorded at Cardiff Central Library
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A Good Read 5 July 2016: Alex Jones & Victoria Hislop
Fri 1 Jul 2016
Alex Jones and Victoria Hislop talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read 28 June 2016: Martin Lewis & Tanita Tikaram
Fri 24 Jun 2016
Martin Lewis and Tanita Tikaram join Harriett Gilbert to talk about books they love.
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Open Book - Ruth Gilligan, Vietnam novels, Kenneth Baker
Fri 24 Jun 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Ruth Gilligan about Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan
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A Good Read 21 June 2016: David Nutt and Philippa Perry
Fri 17 Jun 2016
Professor David Nutt and Philippa Perry join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
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Annie Proulx on her new novel Barkskins; Close Reading of Toni Morrison's Beloved
Fri 17 Jun 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Annie Proulx about her new novel Barkskins
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A Good Read 14 June 2016: Robert "Judge" Rinder & Stella Duffy
Fri 10 Jun 2016
Robert "Judge" Rinder and Stella Duffy talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
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Open Book - Historical Fiction, Icelandic writer Sjon
Fri 10 Jun 2016
Mariella Frostrup discusses historical fiction and talks to Icelandic writer Sjon
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A Good Read 7th June 2016: Trevor McDonald & Jon Snow
Fri 3 Jun 2016
Trevor McDonald and Jon Snow talk about the books they love with Harriett Gilbert.
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Colombian literary superstar Juan Gabriel Vasquez, new stories by Radclyffe Hall, creative non-fiction from African writers
Fri 27 May 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Juan Gabriel Vasquez about his novel Reputations
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Open Book with Kit de Waal
Fri 20 May 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Kit de Waal, Researching novels, Counter-factual fiction.
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Open Book with Alan Cartwright on Iron Towns
Sun 15 May 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Alan Cartwright about Iron Towns
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Open Book with Allan Ahlberg
Sun 8 May 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to children's author Allan Ahlberg
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David Szalay on All That Man Is
Fri 22 Apr 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to David Szalay and Ted Hodgkinson about being a man
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Open Book - Barney Norris on Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain
Fri 15 Apr 2016
Playwright Barney Norris on his first novel Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plain.
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Open Book - Kate Tempest on The Bricks that Built the Houses
Fri 8 Apr 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Kate Tempest.
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Open Book - Reader, I Married Him - Stories inspired by Jane Eyre
Thu 24 Mar 2016
Mariella Frostrup explores an anthology of short stories inspired by Jane Eyre
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?
