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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Madeleine Gray
Sun 11 Feb 2024
Madeleine Gray on her witty, heartbreaking novel, Green Dot, about a young woman's affair
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A Good Read: Rachel Brown-Finnis and Anna Bogutskaya
Tue 6 Feb 2024
a former professional footballer and a film critic pick their favourite books.
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A Good Read: Ian Rankin & Colin MacIntyre
Tue 30 Jan 2024
The crime writer and the singer aka Mull Historical Society choose favourite books
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Michael Cunningham
Sun 28 Jan 2024
Michael Cunningham speaks to Johny Pitts about his new novel, Day.
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Hisham Matar
Sun 14 Jan 2024
Pulitzer Prize winning author, Hisham Matar, discusses his new novel My Friends.
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Endings and New Beginnings
Sun 31 Dec 2023
Chris Power is joined by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Aminatta Forna & Lucy Caldwell
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The Year in Fiction
Christmas Day 2023
Chris Power shares some of the highlights of the year on Open Book.
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Janice Hallett
Sun 17 Dec 2023
Johny Pitts speaks to Janice Hallett about her new book, The Christmas Appeal.
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A Good Read: Chantal Joffe and S茅amas O'Reilly
Tue 28 Nov 2023
An artist and a writer pick their favourite books.
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A Good Read: Janet Ellis & Jason Arday
Tue 21 Nov 2023
The presenter and the sociologist share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read: India Knight and Emma Dabiri
Tue 14 Nov 2023
The journalist and the writer talk to Harriett about favourite books.
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Teju Cole
Sun 12 Nov 2023
Chris Power talks to Teju Cole about his wide-ranging and powerful new novel, Tremor.
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A Good Read Nigel Kennedy and Clare Perkins
Tue 7 Nov 2023
Good books chosen by well known guests as reading recommendations
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A Good Read Cressida Cowell & Romy Gill
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Books worth reading chosen by Harriett Gilbert and guests
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A Good Read: Anneka Rice and Maureen Freely
Tue 24 Oct 2023
The TV presenter and the writer share favourite books with Harriett.
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Karl Ove Knausg氓rd
Sun 22 Oct 2023
Chris Power speaks to Karl Ove Knausg氓rd about his new book, The Wolves of Eternity
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A Good Read: Cornelia Parker and Jeremy Lee
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Artist Cornelia Parker and chef Jeremy Lee join Harriett Gilbert to talk favourite books.
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A Good Read: Rhys Stephenson and Esther Manito
Tue 10 Oct 2023
The children's TV presenter and stand up comedian advocate for favourite books.
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Ben Lerner and Anne Enright on poetry and fiction
Sun 17 Sep 2023
Ben Lerner and Anne Enright on poetry and fiction
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Zadie Smith
Sun 10 Sep 2023
Elizabeth Day talks to the novelist Zadie Smith about her new novel, The Fraud.
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Ayelet Gundar-Goshen speaks to Johny Pitts about her new book, The Wolf Hunt
Sun 20 Aug 2023
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen speaks to Johny Pitts about her new book, The Wolf Hunt
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?
