Books and Authors
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: Robert Peston and Bernardine Evaristo 12 Mar 2013
Robert Peston chooses, 'The Cruel Mother', written by his late ...
Robert Peston chooses, 'The Cruel Mother', written by his late wife, Sian Busby. Bernardine Evaristo chooses, 'The Boy Next Door' by Irene Sabatini and Harriett Gilbert's choice this week is 'Hons and Rebels' by Jessica Mitford....
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Open Book: A L Kennedy, JM Coetzee Readers' Guide
Novelist A L Kennedy talks to Mariella Frostrup about her ...
Novelist A L Kennedy talks to Mariella Frostrup about her book On Writing which is based on her Guardian blog. Pankaj Mishra and Sri Lankan novelist Roma Tearne discuss how much literature can play a role in exposing human rights violations. And...
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A Good Read: Daljit Nagra and Susan Jeffreys 05 Mar 13
Harriett Gilbert is joined by poet Daljit Nagra and journalist ...
Harriett Gilbert is joined by poet Daljit Nagra and journalist and radio critic Susan Jeffreys.This week's recommended books are by Edna O'Brien, Margery Allingham and the anonymous author of a controversial memoir, A Woman in Berlin....
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A Good Read: Alistair Appleton and Simon Baron-Cohen 26 Feb 13
TV presenter Alistair Appleton and psychologist Professor Simon Baron-discuss their ...
TV presenter Alistair Appleton and psychologist Professor Simon Baron-discuss their favourite paperbacks with Harriett Gilbert: Notes From An Exhibition by Patrick Gale, Enduring Love by Ian McEwan and Operation Pax by Michael Innes....
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Open Book: Maggie O'Farrell, obesity in fiction & WH Smith
Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her new novel ...
Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her new novel Instructions For A Heatwave, set during the drought of 1976 when it didn't rain in the UK for 16 weeks. With over a quarter of adults in the UK officially classed as obese, writers Jami...
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A Good Read: Francis Spufford and Sarah Moss 19 Feb 2013
Harriett's guests this week are Sarah Moss and Francis Spufford. ...
Harriett's guests this week are Sarah Moss and Francis Spufford. Sarah suggests The Grasmere Journals by Dorothy Wordsworth and Francis picks Mistress Masham's Repose by T. H. White. Harriet has been reading Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald....
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Open Book: David Baddiel & Naomi Alderman and Jim Crace
Mariella Frostrup discusses what defines a Jewish novel with stand ...
Mariella Frostrup discusses what defines a Jewish novel with stand up comedian, tv presenter & novelist David Baddiel and writer & broadaster Naomi Alderman, as Jewish Book week begins in London. Jim Crace talks about his new novel Harvest, which will...
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A Good Read: Meg Rosoff and Sara Pascoe. 12 Feb 2013
Harriett Gilbert is joined by writer Meg Rosoff and comedian ...
Harriett Gilbert is joined by writer Meg Rosoff and comedian Sara Pascoe to talk about the books they love - which in Sara's case is controversial: The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. Meg chooses the lyrically beautiful Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata....
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Open Book: The Bell Jar, Christopher Brookmyre & original fiction
Mariella Frostrup talks to Ali Smith about Sylvia Plath's ground ...
Mariella Frostrup talks to Ali Smith about Sylvia Plath's ground breaking novel The Bell Jar, fifty years after it was first published. With the announcement of the Goldsmiths Prize for writers of boldly, original fiction - writer and broadcaster Alex...
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A Good Read: Miles Jupp & Barb Jungr
Comedian Miles Jupp and singer Barb Jungr talk to Harriett ...
Comedian Miles Jupp and singer Barb Jungr talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books they love. Barb brings The Corrections: Jonathan Franzen's critically acclaimed blockbuster. Miles - who plays Nigel the lay reader in Rev - plumps for Spies by Michael...
