A Good Read

By BBC Radio 4

Find reading inspiration with favourite books chosen by our guests.

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The podcast currently has 363 episodes available.

A Good Read episodes:

June 14, 2011 Bill Paterson and Dea Birkett
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actor Bill Paterson and travel writer Dea Birkett - discuss favourite paperback books by Bernhard Schlink, John Steinbeck and Richard Holme.
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Publisher: Phoenix
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics
Footsteps by Richard Holmes
Publisher Harper Press
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
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29min
June 07, 2011 Chris Smith and Mavis Cheek
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - politician, Lord Chris Smith and novelist, Mavis Cheek - discuss their favourite books by Robert Macfarlane, Frances Kay and Jackie Kay.
Trumpet by Jackie Kay
Publisher: Picador
The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane
Publisher: Granta Books

Micka by Frances Kay
Publisher: Picador
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
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28min
May 31, 2011 James Walton and Lindsey Davis
Journalist and critic James Walton and Lindsey Davis, creator of the ancient Roman detective Falco join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Richard Hughes, Nicholson Baker and Georgette Heyer.
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Publisher: Vintage Classics
James Walton's choice
The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
Publisher: Pocket Books
Royal Escape by Georgette Heyer
Publisher: Arrow Books
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.
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28min

FAQs about A Good Read:

How many episodes does A Good Read have?

The podcast currently has 363 episodes available.