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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Year of the Women Writers
Sun 22 Dec 2013
In a special programme Ellah Allfrey, Sally Gardner, Sarah Hall, Lennie Goodings and...
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Open Book: Jill Paton Walsh; John Freeman; Kate Mosse
Sun 15 Dec 2013
Jill Paton Walsh and Sarah Crown on the enduring appeal Lord Peter Wimsey; John on a...
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Open Book: Norse Myths; Penelope Lively; Suzanne Berne
Sun 8 Dec 2013
David Vann and Stuart Kelly on Norse myths, Penelope Lively on where she writes and of...
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A Good Read: Fern Britton and Katherine Grainger
Tue 3 Dec 2013
TV presenter Fern Britton and Olympic gold medalist rower Katherine Grainger talk to...
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A Good Read: Mark Ravenhill and Nihal Arthanayake
Tue 26 Nov 2013
Harriett Gilbert talks to playwright Mark Ravenhill and DJ Nihal Arthanayake about the...
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Open Book: Bernard MacLaverty on a literary life
Sun 24 Nov 2013
Bernard MacLaverty on a literary life.
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Open Book: Scott Turow on new novel Identical
Thu 21 Nov 2013
Scott Turow talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new thriller Identical; Paul Bailey...
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A Good Read: Michael Dobbs and Katie Puckrik
Tue 19 Nov 2013
Michael Dobbs, author of House of Cards, and broadcaster Katie Puckrik talk to Gilbert...
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A Good Read: Kate Silverton and Johnnie Walker
Tue 12 Nov 2013
R2 presenter Johnnie Walker and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ newsreader Kate Silverton talk about their books...
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Margaret Drabble and Sebastian Faulks
Sun 10 Nov 2013
Margaret Drabble on her novel The Pure Gold Baby; Sebastian Faulks and Helen Dunmore...
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A Good Read: John Inverdale and Rachel Cook
Tue 5 Nov 2013
From Everest's peak to a 1930s London bedsit, and a painfully funny portrait of a in...
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A Good Read: Eve Pollard and Julie Bindel
Tue 29 Oct 2013
Harriett Gilbert talks to guests about their favourite books. Eve Pollard chooses by...
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Open Book: Justin Cartwright on his novel Lion Heart
Sun 27 Oct 2013
Justin Cartwright on his novel Lion Heart; Joe Sacco on his graphic novel of The Great...
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A Good Read: Brendan O'Neill and Gabriel Gbadamosi
Tue 22 Oct 2013
Harriett Gilbert talks to Brendan O'Neill and Gabriel Gbadamosi about their favourite...
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Open Book: Conn Iggulden, Autumn in Literature
Sun 20 Oct 2013
Conn Iggulden on Stormbird, the first in his new series set during the Wars of the and...
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A Good Read: Arlene Phillips and Jocelyn Jee Esien
Tue 15 Oct 2013
Arlene Phillips, choreographer and Strictly Come Dancing judge, and Jocelyn Jee Esien,...
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Open Book: Philip Pullman and Jung Chang
Sun 13 Oct 2013
Philip Pullman discusses the great Soviet children's classics of the 1920s and 30s, on...
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A Good Read: Alex Polizzi and Peter Robinson
Tue 8 Oct 2013
In the first of a new series, Alex Polizzi, presenter of TV's The Hotel Inspector and...
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Open Book: Sathnam Sanghera - Marriage Material
Sun 29 Sep 2013
Sathnam Sanghera on his novel Marriage Material and not just the land of football, and...
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Open Book: Victoria Hislop on editing The Story
Sun 22 Sep 2013
Victoria Hislop has edited a new anthology of women's short stories called The Story.
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Open Book: Jo Nesbo on his thriller Police
Sun 15 Sep 2013
Jo Nesbo on his new Harry Hole thriller Police, we go in search of buried gems as and...
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Open Book: Jhumpa Lahiri on The Lowland
Fri 13 Sep 2013
Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer prize winning novelist on her latest book The Lowland, and the...
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Open Book: Glenn Patterson on Belfast
Sun 25 Aug 2013
Glenn Patterson takes Mariella Frostrup around Belfast - the city that has inspired...
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Cornwall with Patrick Gale
Sun 18 Aug 2013
Patrick Gales takes Mariella Frostrup around the Cornish landscape that has inspired...
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Open Book: The Lake District with Sarah Hall
Sun 11 Aug 2013
Open Book’s summer series on Literary Landscapes begins at the Haweswater Dam.
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A Good Read: Lynne Truss and Diran Adebayo
Tue 30 Jul 2013
Writers Lynne Truss and Diran Adebayo discuss their book choices with Harriett Gilbert.
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Open Book: Grace McCleen on The Professor of Poetry
Sun 28 Jul 2013
Mariella Frostrup talks to Grace McCleen about her new novel The Professor of Poetry...
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A Good Read: Meera Syal and Stephen Grosz
Tue 23 Jul 2013
Writer, comedian and actor Meera Syal and psychoanalyst and author Stephen Grosz books...
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Open Book: Rilla Askew on Kind of Kin
Sun 21 Jul 2013
Rilla Askew on her latest novel Kind of Kin; Horatio Clare and Justin Cartwright on by...
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Open Book: Denise Mina on The Red Road
Fri 19 Jul 2013
Denise Mina talks to Mariella Frostrup about her latest crime novel The Red Road; jobs...
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?
