A Good Read

Author and journalist Kamal Ahmed and naturalist and presenter Brett Westwood join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by by Michael Faber, James Baldwin and Ruth Rendell.

Under the Skin by Michel Faber

Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

The Keys to the Street by Ruth Rendell.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2019.

Writer and activist Scarlett Curtis and comedian Catherine Bohart join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Maggie Nelson, Anna Burns and Sayaka Murata.

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson

Milkman by Anna Burns

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2019.

Chloe Aridjis, Adam Foulds and Leo Benedictus, Gay's the Word Bookshop at 40

A special programme celebrating the breadth and power of writing from the Caribbean

Oyinkan Braithwaite, Books as clutter, Kafka's legacy, True crime in fiction

Open Book explores the legacy of the American writer John Steinbeck

Festive short stories, Hangovers in fiction, Christmas novels, Book choices for 2019

Joyce Carol Oates, Wind in the Willows, October Books and orphans in literature

Donald S Murray, Lyrics and poetry, publishing in Iceland and Greenland

Gráinne Maguire, John Higgs and Harriett Gilbert discuss favourite books by Jeremy Lent, Elaine Dundy and Beryl Bainbridge.

The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy

The Patterning Instinct by Jeremy Lent

The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2018.