Books and Authors
Summary: This podcast features Open Book and A Good Read. In Open Book, Mariella Frostrup talks to leading authors about their work. A Good Read features Harriett Gilbert discussing a range of favourite titles with guests.
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Podcasts:
Comedian Richard Herring and actor Tracy-Ann Oberman discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. Richard chooses Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. Tracy-Ann's choice is another dystopian novel: Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack. And Harriett makes them both laugh with Vanished Years, the second volume of Rupert Everett's memoirs. Produced by Beth O'Dea
Literary reviews - do women get a fair deal? Musician Ben Watt on his memoir about his parents and South African Crime Writer Mike Nicol on his latest book 'Of Cops and Robbers'.
Journalist Daniel Finkelstein, and writer Jill Paton Walsh, reveal their favourite books to presenter Harriett Gilbert. Daniel Finkelstein, recommends Influence: the Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B Cialdini. Jill Paton Walsh's choice is What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J. Sandel. And Harriett Gilbert's pick is The Van by Roddy Doyle. Produced by Beth O'Dea
Adam Foulds on his latest novel In the Wolf's Mouth; David Park and Naomi Wood discuss the experiences of the wives of great writers; and Lindsey Davis on Quick Reads.
Mervyn King, former Governor of the Bank of England, and Arabella Weir, comic actor and writer, reveal their favourite books to presenter Harriett Gilbert. Mervyn's choice is The Prince by Machiavelli. Arabella's is A Short Gentleman by Jon Canter, and Harriett chooses Love and War in the Apennines by Eric Newby. Produced by Beth O'Dea
Deborah Levy revisits her early work; Kapka Kassabova and Miroslav Penkov discuss Bulgarian literature; and the literary pick of publisher Jamie Byng.
Novelists Horatio Clare and Christopher Nicholson discuss the influence of the season of winter in literature.
Carlos Acosta shares his Five of the Best Books and Victoria Hislop on where she writes.
Malorie Blackman, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Rosen discuss the role of the Children's Laureate, how they put their own stamp on it and its on-going legacy.
In a special programme Ellah Allfrey, Sally Gardner, Sarah Hall, Lennie Goodings and James Runcie discuss with Mariella Frostrup why 2013 has been the Year of the Women Writers.
Jill Paton Walsh and Sarah Crown on the enduring appeal Lord Peter Wimsey; John Freeman on a career in books and author Kate Mosse on the book she would never lend.
David Vann and Stuart Kelly on Norse myths, Penelope Lively on where she writes and Suzanne Berne talks about her latest novel The Dogs of Littlefield.
TV presenter Fern Britton and Olympic gold medalist rower Katherine Grainger talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. They include The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill, The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Produced by Beth O'Dea
Harriett Gilbert talks to playwright Mark Ravenhill and DJ Nihal Arthanayake about the books they love, including American Tabloid by James Ellroy, July's People by Nadine Gordimer and Elective Affinities by JW Goethe. Produced Beth O'Dea
Bernard MacLaverty on a literary life.
