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Hosted by Mariella Frostrup and James Naughtie, this podcast features Open Book and Bookclub - conversations with leading authors about their work.

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    A Good Read Sean Lock & Roisin Conaty

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    Comedians Sean Lock and Roisin Conaty discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

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    Open Book: Mal Peet on The Murdstone Trilogy

    Mariella Frostrup talks to Mal Peet about his latest book ...

    Mariella Frostrup talks to Mal Peet about his latest book The Murdstone Trilogy, his...

    Nov 30, 2014 Read more
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    A Good Read Dawn O'Porter & Graham Fellows

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    Dawn O'Porter and Graham Fellows, AKA John Shuttleworth, talk with Harriett Gilbert of...

    Nov 25, 2014 Read more
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    Open Book: Mirza Waheed on The Book of Golden Leaves

    Mirza Waheed is a Kashmiri novelist whose new book, The ...

    Mirza Waheed is a Kashmiri novelist whose new book, The Book of Gold Leaves, is a and...

    Nov 23, 2014 Read more
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    A Good Read Doon Mackichan & Jack Monroe

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    Harriett Gilbert is joined by food blogger Jack Monroe and comic actor Doon MacKichan...

    Nov 18, 2014 Read more
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    Open Book: Marilynne Robinson on Lila

    Pulitzer prize winning author Marilynne Robinson on her new book ...

    Pulitzer prize winning author Marilynne Robinson on her new book Lila, the third novel...

    Nov 16, 2014 Read more
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    A Good Read Roy Foster & Andrew Roberts

    Harriett Gilbert discusses great books with historians Roy Foster and ...

    Harriett Gilbert discusses great books with historians Roy Foster and Andrew Roberts,...

    Nov 11, 2014 Read more
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    Open Book: Jane Smiley; Africa 39

    The Pulitzer prize winning novelist Jane Smiley talks to Mariella ...

    The Pulitzer prize winning novelist Jane Smiley talks to Mariella Frostrup about her a...

    Nov 9, 2014 Read more
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    A Good Read: Eliza Manningham-Buller and Elif Shafak

    Former M15 head Eliza Manningham-Buller and Turkish author and commentator ...

    Former M15 head Eliza Manningham-Buller and Turkish author and commentator Elif Shafak...

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    A Good Read Janet Street Porter & Martina Cole

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    Janet Street Porter and crime writer Martina Cole discuss their good reads with...

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