A Good Read

By BBC Radio 4Arts Books

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A Good Read episodes

July 09, 2018 Open Book: A M Homes on her new short story collection Days of Awe
Plus the Wellcome Collection's Kirty Topiwala on how fiction has approached the NHS
28 min
July 03, 2018 Loyd Grossman and Skin
Food lover Loyd Grossman and singer Skin from rock band Skunk Anansie join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by W Somerset Maugham, Colston Whitehead and Kapka Kassabova.
Cakes and Ale by W Somerset Maugham
Publisher: Vintage
The Underground Railroad by Colston Whitehead
Publisher: ‎Fleet
Twelve Minutes of Love: A Tango Story by Kapka Kassabova.
Publisher: Portobello Books
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2018.
28 min
June 26, 2018 Juno Dawson and Pandora Sykes
Writers Juno Dawson and Pandora Sykes join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Francoise Sagan, William Gibson and Laura Barnett.
Bonjour Tristesse by Francoise Sagan
Publisher: Penguin
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Publisher: Gollancz
The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.
28 min
June 24, 2018 Exploring the lives of Beiruti women and Ceridwen Dovey
Hanan Al-Shaykh and Nada Awar Jarrar on writing about Beirut close up and from a distance
28 min
June 19, 2018 Tony Parsons and Olly Mann
Journalist and broadcaster Tony Parsons and podcast presenter Olly Mann join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Liane Moriarty, Edward St Aubyn and Norton Juster.
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Publisher: Penguin
Never Mind by Edward St Aubyn
Publisher: Picador
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Publisher: Harper Collins
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.
29 min
June 17, 2018 Michael Ondaatje on his new novel, Warlight.
Michael Ondaatje, Nell Dunn on her book, Talking to Women and a postcard from Croatia.
28 min
June 12, 2018 Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral
Two former doctors, Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral, join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books by David Sedaris, Per Petterson and Mohsin Hamid.
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Publisher: Abacus
I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson
Publisher: Vintage
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Publisher: Penguin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.
28 min
June 10, 2018 Cressida Connolly on her new book After the Party
Cressida Connolly, posthumous short stories and a literary postcard from Iraq.
28 min
June 05, 2018 Robert Webb and Hugo Rifkind
Comic actor and writer Robert Webb and award-winning journalist Hugo Rifkind join Harriett Gilbert to discuss some favourite books by Graham Swift, Douglas Adams and Sam Miller.
Waterland by Graham Swift.
Publisher: Picador
Life, The Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams
Publisher: Pan Books
Fathers to the table by Sam Miller
Publisher: Vintage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2018.
29 min
May 27, 2018 Fiona Kidman, children's non fiction and celebrating 30 years of the Lambda Literary Award
Fiona Kidman discusses her new book, All Day at the Movies.
28 min