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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Dark Academia with Katy Hays, RF Kuang and Kate Weinberg. Plus Saba Sams' Book I'd Never Lend
Sun 29 Jan 2023
Chris Power discusses one of the most talked about trends in publishing
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Really Good, Actually
Sun 22 Jan 2023
Monica Heisey talks to Johny Pitts about her debut novel about divorce in your twenties
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Jane Smiley, and writing gay lives from the past with Tom Crewe and Nell Stevens
Sun 15 Jan 2023
Jane Smiley, and writing gay lives from the past with Tom Crewe and Nell Stevens
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Katherine Mansfield
Sun 8 Jan 2023
Chris Power explores the writing of Katherine Mansfield on the centenary of her death.
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Agatha Christie at Christmas
Boxing Day 2022
Johny Pitts explores the Queen of Crime's connection to the festive season
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Katherine Rundell
Sun 18 Dec 2022
Chris Power talks to the author of The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasures.
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Looking back at 2022 and (re)discovering Bruno Schulz Open Book
Mon 12 Dec 2022
Chris Power discusses a year in books with Ellah Wakatama and Kate Mosse.
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A Good Read: Frank Turner and Ellie Gibson
Tue 29 Nov 2022
Books about tidying, music and addiction, and a desire to write are this week's choices.
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A Good Read: Shaparak Khorsandi and Anne Hegerty
Tue 22 Nov 2022
A disgraced university tutor, a dysfunctional family, and a love-letter to literature.
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A Good Read: Philippa Forrester and Dwayne Fields
Tue 15 Nov 2022
Two very-different memoirs and a tale of two women on an adventure feature this week.
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Barbara Kingsolver, plus the "Social Novel" with John Lanchester and Ayisha Malik
Sun 13 Nov 2022
Barbara Kingsolver, plus the "Social Novel" with John Lanchester and Ayisha Malik
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A Good Read: Heidi Regan & Neil Delamere
Tue 8 Nov 2022
Comedians Heidi Regan and Neil Delamere discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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A Good Read: Ria Lina & Otegha Uwagba
Tue 1 Nov 2022
A comedian and a writer chat favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Colm TΓ³ibΓn essays, Revisiting Shirley Hazzard
Sun 30 Oct 2022
Chris Power talks to Colm TΓ³ibΓn about his essays on illness, religion and literature
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A Good Read: Patience Agbabi and Andy Miller
Tue 25 Oct 2022
The poet and the writer choose their favourite books.
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A Good Read: Damian Barr and Ben Fergusson
Tue 18 Oct 2022
The writers choose the books they love to read.
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A Good Read: John Wilson and Chloe Petts
Tue 11 Oct 2022
The broadcaster and the comedian choose books they love
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Celeste Ng
Sun 9 Oct 2022
Celeste Ng and Grief and modern masculinity with Bobby Palmer and Michael Pedersen
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A Good Read: Duncan Campbell and Mark Hokinson
Tue 4 Oct 2022
Two writers who cover crime, football and music share their favourite books with Harriett
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Maggie O'Farrell, Graphic Novels with Lizzy Stewart and Posy Simmonds, plus Anuradha Roy
Sun 18 Sep 2022
Maggie O'Farrell, Graphic Novels with Lizzy Stewart and Posy Simmonds, plus Anuradha Roy
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Alex Clark on novels - past, present and future - about summer and change
Sun 28 Aug 2022
Alex Clark on novels - past, present and future - about summer and change
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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?
