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 29 March 2016
Wed 23 Mar 2016
Peter Lord and Russell Kane talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read 22 March 2016
Tue 22 Mar 2016
Marian Keyes and Nikki Bedi talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Open Book - Ayelet Gundar-Goshen on Waking Lions
Fri 18 Mar 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Ayelet Gundar-Goshen about Waking Lions
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A Good Read 15 March 2016
Tue 15 Mar 2016
Dame Evelyn Glennie & Prof. Sarah Churchwell talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert
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Open Book - Javier Marias on Thus Bad Begins
Fri 11 Mar 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Javier Marias on Thus Bad Begins
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A Good Read 8 March 2016
Tue 1 Mar 2016
Writers John O'Farrell and Joe Dunthorne recommend great books to Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read 1 March 2016
Tue 1 Mar 2016
Harriett Gilbert asks Deborah Bull and Sam Leith about the books they've always loved.
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Open Book - Graham Swift on Mothering Sunday
Fri 26 Feb 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Graham Swift about Mothering Sunday
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A Good Read 23 February 2016
Mon 22 Feb 2016
Natalie Haynes and David Greig join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
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Open Book - Meg Rosoff on Jonathan Unleashed
Fri 19 Feb 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Meg Rosoff about Jonathan Unleashed
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A Good Read 16 February 2016
Tue 16 Feb 2016
Samantha Bond and Jason Cowley join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books.
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Open Book - Elizabeth Strout on My Name is Lucy Barton
Fri 12 Feb 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Elizabeth Strout about My Name is Lucy Barton
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A Good Read 9 February 2016
Tue 9 Feb 2016
Jake Arnott and Rebecca Root nominate their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read 2 February 2016
Tue 2 Feb 2016
Vanessa Feltz and David Hepworth debate their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Open Book - Patrick Flanery on I Am No One
Fri 29 Jan 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Patrick Flanery about I Am No One
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Open Book - Gail Jones on A Guide to Berlin
Fri 22 Jan 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Gail Jones about A Guide to Berlin
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Open Book - Janice Y K Lee on The Expatriates
Fri 15 Jan 2016
Mariella Frostrup talks to Janice Y K Lee about The Expatriates
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Open Book - Francesca Kay on The Long Room; Twins in Literature
Fri 8 Jan 2016
Alex Clark talks to Francesca Kay about The Long Room
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Open Book - Look Back at the Year in Books
Wed 23 Dec 2015
Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss the literary trends of the last twelve months
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Open Book - Samuel Bjork
Fri 18 Dec 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to Samuel Bjork about I'm Travelling Alone.
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Open Book - Tom Drury
Fri 11 Dec 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to American novelist Tom Drury about The Driftless Area
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A Good Read 8 December 2015
Tue 1 Dec 2015
Dr Christian Jessen and James Wong nominate their favourite books, with Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read 24 November 2015
Tue 24 Nov 2015
Harriett Gilbert debates favourite books with Shirley Williams and Margaret Drabble.
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Open Book - William Boyd on Sweet Caress
Fri 20 Nov 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to William Boyd about his novel Sweet Caress
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A Good Read 17 November 2015
Tue 17 Nov 2015
Niall Ferguson and Tracy Chevalier talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Open Book - Edna O'Brien on The Little Red Chairs
Fri 13 Nov 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to Edna O'Brien about The Little Red Chairs
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A Good Read 10 November 2015
Tue 10 Nov 2015
Short Jonathan Coe and Gemma Cairney join Harriett Gilbert to recommend favourite books.
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Open Book - Jeremy Gavron, Kate Grenville and Eugene Vodolazkin
Fri 6 Nov 2015
Mariella Frostrup talks to Jeremy Gavron, Kate Grenville and Eugene Vodolazkin
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A Good Read 3 November 2015
Tue 3 Nov 2015
Krishnan Guru-Murthy and crime writer Ann Cleeves talk about books with Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read 20 October 2015
Wed 28 Oct 2015
Spectator editor Fraser Nelson & critic Adam Mars-Jones talk books with Harriett Gilbert.
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?
