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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Damian Le Bas & Amy Liptrott
Tue 12 Nov 2019
The Romany writer and broadcaster Damian Le Bas and author Amy Liptrot choose a good read
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Kathy O'Shaughnessy, George Eliot, Literary Magazines and Jason Reynolds
Sun 10 Nov 2019
Kathy O'Shaughnessy talks to Mariella about her novel charting the life of George Eliot.
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Stewart Lee & Dave Haslam
Tue 5 Nov 2019
Comedian Stewart Lee and DJ author Dave Haslam choose their good reads
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Lisa Jewell & Aditya Chakrabortty
Wed 30 Oct 2019
Lisa Jewell and Aditya Chakrabortty talk all about books with Harriett Gilbert.
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John Gordon Sinclair and Kerry Ellis
Tue 29 Oct 2019
Books worth reading chosen by actor John Gordon Sinclair and singer Kerry Ellis
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Andrew Michael Hurley, best novels of 1995, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Sun 27 Oct 2019
Andrew Michael Hurley talks to Mariella Frostrup about new folk horror novel Starve Acre
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Literary Norwich Special
Sun 20 Oct 2019
The University of East Anglia's Creative Writing MA turns 50.
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Poorna Bell and Tony Law
Tue 15 Oct 2019
Poorna Bell and Tony Law join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books.
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Emma Donoghue, Spy Fiction, Harper Lee's Unpublished True Crime Novel
Sun 13 Oct 2019
Emma Donoghue discusses her new novel Akin, plus a discussion of the best fiction spies.
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Edith Bowman and Harry Baker
Tue 8 Oct 2019
Edith Bowman and Harry Baker discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Colin Greenwood and Joanne McNally
Tue 1 Oct 2019
Radiohead's bassist Colin Greenwood and comedian Joanne McNally recommend great books.
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Dana Czapnik, Black Death novels, Imani Perry on Corregidora by Gayl Jones.
Sun 29 Sep 2019
Dana Czapnik discusses her debut The Falconer and two writers talk about the Black Death.
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A special American-themed edition with Ann Patchett and rising star Jia Tolentino.
Sun 22 Sep 2019
Ann Patchett, Jia Tolentino and USA book picks with Jonathan Lee and Zack Graham.
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Robert Harris
Sun 15 Sep 2019
Robert Harris discusses his new novel and reflects on 30 years of writing fiction.
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Deborah Levy, therapists in fiction, India's richest literary prize, Lorca's symbolism
Sun 8 Sep 2019
Deborah Levy on her bestselling new novel, The Man Who Saw Everything.
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What are young people writing and reading?
Sun 25 Aug 2019
A special edition of Open Book from the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
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Benjamin Myers, Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Valeria Luiselli
Sun 18 Aug 2019
Benjamin Myers on his latest The Offing, and Proust's In Search of Lost Time discussed.
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Colm T贸ib铆n on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce, Mary Beth Keane, the best novels of 1979
Sun 11 Aug 2019
Colm T贸ib铆n reflects on the fathers of Irish greats and US bestseller Mary Beth Keane
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David Nicholls discusses his latest novel Sweet Sorrow
Sun 28 Jul 2019
David Nicholls on his new novel Sweet Sorrow and a reader's guide to Elizabeth Hardwick
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A Good Read: Pam Hogg and Mark Billingham talk favourite books
Tue 23 Jul 2019
Pam Hogg and Mark Billingham choose their books worth reading.
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Open Book: Ocean Vuong; Bauhaus novels; Sudan literary postcard
Sun 21 Jul 2019
Award-winning poet Ocean Vuong discusses his debut novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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A Good Read: Dolly Alderton and Clare Mackintosh talk favourite books
Tue 16 Jul 2019
Dolly Alderton and Clare Mackintosh talk about books they love to Harriett Gilbert.
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On the centenary of her birth Open Book celebrates the novels of Iris Murdoch
Sun 14 Jul 2019
On the centenary of her birth Open Book celebrates the novels of Iris Murdoch
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A Good Read: Dom Joly and Kate Hamer talk favourite books
Tue 9 Jul 2019
Harriett Gilbert talks to Dom Joly and Kate Hamer about their favourite books.
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A Good Read: Mathew Baynton and Aasmah Mir talk favourite books
Tue 2 Jul 2019
Mathew Baynton and Aasmah Mir choose favourite books to recommend to Harriett Gilbert.
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Will Eaves on Alan Turing; The Moon in Fiction and Poetry; Afrofuturism
Sun 30 Jun 2019
Will Eaves discusses Murmur, his award-winning novel about Alan Turing
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A Good Read: Nicci Gerrard and Gary Younge talk favourite books
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Nicci Gerrard and Gary Younge join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books.
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Open Book: Kevin Barry, queer nature writing, turning podcasts into books
Sun 23 Jun 2019
Irish writer Kevin Barry, plus Philip Hoare and Mike Parker on queer nature writing
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A Good Read: Cathy Newman and Jeffery Deaver talk favourite books
Tue 18 Jun 2019
Cathy Newman and Jeffery Deaver discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Open Book: Carolina Setterwall, Re-reading and what it offers, Shadowplay reviewed, Ahmad Danny Ramadan
Sun 16 Jun 2019
Carolina Setterwall and the pleasures of re-reading. With Mariella Frostrup.
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?
