A Good Read

By BBC Radio 4Arts Books

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A Good Read episodes

July 12, 2016 Joann Fletcher and Damian Barr
Writer Damian Barr and Egyptologist Joann Fletcher join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books by Alice Walker, RE Witt and Leonora Carrington..
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Isis in the Ancient World by RE Witt
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
Publisher: Penguin
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.
28 min
July 10, 2016 Writing From Wales, a special programme recorded at Cardiff Library
Open Book with Mariella Frostrup, recorded at Cardiff Central Library
28 min
July 05, 2016 Alex Jones and Victoria Hislop
BBC One Show presenter Alex Jones, and writer Victoria Hislop, join Harriet Gilbert to talk about books they love by Lisa Jewell, Michael Cunningham and Elena Ferrante.
The Girls by Lisa Jewell
Publisher: Arrow
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante
Publisher: Europa Editions
[Translator: Ann Goldstein]
Producer: Sally Heaven
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2016.
28 min
June 28, 2016 Martin Lewis and Tanita Tikaram
Martin Lewis, founder of MoneySavingExpert.com and singer-songwriter Tanita Tikaram join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by CJ Sansom, Mick Herron and Anita Loos.
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Publisher: John Murray
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos
Publisher: Liveright
Shardlake by CJ Sansom
Publisher: Pan Books
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.
28 min
June 26, 2016 Open Book - Ruth Gilligan, Vietnam novels, Kenneth Baker
Mariella Frostrup talks to Ruth Gilligan about Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan
28 min
June 21, 2016 Professor David Nutt and Philippa Perry
Professor David Nutt and psychotherapist Philippa Perry join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Aldous Huxley, Bernardine Evaristo and Mary Midgley.
Island by Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Vintage
Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Animals and Why They Matter by Mary Midgley
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.
28 min
June 19, 2016 Annie Proulx on her new novel Barkskins; Close Reading of Toni Morrison's Beloved
Mariella Frostrup talks to Annie Proulx about her new novel Barkskins
28 min
June 14, 2016 Judge Rinder and Stella Duffy
Barrister Robert Rinder (TV's Judge Rinder), novelist Stella Duffy and Harriett Gilbert discuss favourite books by Jessica Mitford, Irvin D Yalom and Andrey Kirkov.
Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford
Publisher: Phoenix
Staring at The Sun: Overcoming the Dread of Death by Irvin D Yalom
Publisher: Piatkus
A Matter of Death and Life by Andrey Kurkov
Translated by George Bird
Publisher: Vintage
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.
28 min
June 12, 2016 Open Book - Historical Fiction, Icelandic writer Sjon
Mariella Frostrup discusses historical fiction and talks to Icelandic writer Sjon
28 min
June 07, 2016 Trevor McDonald and Jon Snow
Former TV newscasters, Sir Trevor McDonald and Jon Snow join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Robert A Caro, Graham Swift and Bill Bryson.
Master of The Senate by Robert A Caro
Publisher: Pimlico
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
Publisher: Scribner
Notes From A Small Island by Bill Bryson
Publisher: Black Swan
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.
28 min