A Good Read

By BBC Radio 4Arts Books

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A Good Read episodes

April 20, 2014 Open Book: Kamila Shamsie; young feminist writing
Kamila Shamsie discusses her latest novel A God in Every Stone; Laura Bates and Emer O'Toole discuss books aimed at young feminists; and John Crace on the art of the Digested Read.
28 min
April 13, 2014 Open Book: Niall Williams and Armistead Maupin
Niall Williams talks about his latest novel History of the Rain, Armistead Maupin on the book he'd never lend and Mariella Frostrup discusses contemporary Chinese literature.
28 min
March 30, 2014 Open Book: Damon Galgut on Arctic Summer
Medium Acclaimed South African writer Damon Galgut on his novel Arctic Summer, plus Kate Colquhoun and Judith Flanders on Victorian true crime, and AL Kennedy roadtests new writing apps.
28 min
March 25, 2014 Annie Mac and Kathy Lette
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - DJ Annie Mac and author Kathy Lette - discuss their favourite books by John Green, WM Thackeray and Penelope Fitzgerald.
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Publisher: Penguin
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
Publisher: Fourth Estate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
29 min
March 23, 2014 Anita Shreve, Rebecca Mead, Middlemarch
Anita Shreve discusses her latest novel The Lives of Stella Bain and we take a look at the enduring appeal of George Eliot's Middlemarch with writers Rebecca Mead and Rebecca Stott
28 min
March 18, 2014 Julie Burchill and Fred MacAulay
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - writer, Julie Burchill and broadcaster, Fred MacAulay - discuss their favourite books by Harriet Lane, JD Salinger and Elmore Leonard.
Alys, Always by Harriet Lane
Publisher: Phoenix
Catcher in the Rye by J D Salinger
Publisher: Penguin
Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
Publisher: Phoenix
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
28 min
March 16, 2014 Open Book: Mary Lawson on her new novel Road Ends
Mary Lawson on her latest novel Road Ends, Amir Cheheltan and Ali May discuss modern Iranian literature and 50 years on - the correspondence between A.S Byatt and Cecil Day Lewis.
28 min
March 11, 2014 Lorraine Kelly and Romesh Gunesekera
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - TV presenter, Lorraine Kelly and writer, Romesh Gunesekera - discuss their favourite books by Jack Kerouac, George Mackay Brown and Molly Keane.
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Publisher: Penguin
Greenvoe by George Mackay Brown
Publisher: Polygon
Good Behaviour by Molly Keane
Publisher: Virago
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
29 min
March 09, 2014 Open Book: Tobias Hill on his new book What Was Promised
Tobias Hill on his latest novel What was Promised and Tibor Fischer on Stefan Zweig.
28 min
March 04, 2014 Penelope Lively and Will Smith
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - novelist, Dame Penelope Lively and comedy writer, Will Smith - discuss their favourite books by John Kennedy Toole, Barry Lopez and Kingsley Amis.
‘A Confederacy of Dunces’ by John Kennedy Toole
Publisher: Penguin
‘Arctic Dreams’ by Barry Lopez
Publisher: Penguin
‘Lucky Jim’ by Kingsley Amis
Publisher: Harvill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2014.
28 min