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Books and Authors

This podcast features Open Book and A Good Read. Open Book talks to authors about their work. In A G

Episodes

Total: 925

Historian and author Kathryn Hughes and No Such Thing As a Fish presenter Dan Schreiber recommend fa

Open Book - Maggie Nelson

2024/5/26

Octavia Bright talks to Maggie Nelson about Like Love, an anthology of essays which explore art and

Open Book - Sarah Perry

2024/5/19

Sarah Perry talks to Shahidha Bari about her new novel, Enlightenment

Open Book - Hari Kunzru

2024/5/12

Hari Kunzru talks to Shahidha Bari about his new novel, Blue Ruin

Sunjeev Sahota talks to Alex Clark about his new novel, The Spoiled Heart

Sinéad Gleeson is a writer, broadcaster and editor of three anthologies of Irish writing. Her collec

US author Percival Everett talks about his new novel, James - a retelling of Huckleberry Finn, told

Alex Clark talks to Andrew O’Hagan about his new book Caledonian Road. Told over the course of a yea

THE RED PARTS by Maggie Nelson (Vintage), chosen by Carol Morley INVISIBLE CITIES by Italo Calvino

Carys Davies on her new novel, Clear. Plus Annie Ernaux and photography

Alex Clark talks to novelist Jonathan Buckley about his novel, Tell. The story is told as a monologu

JUST KIDS by Patti Smith, chosen by Lindsey Hilsum MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor E. Frankl (tra

CHESS by Stefan Zweig (Faber), chosen by Katy Hessel MAUD MARTHA by Gwendolyn Brooks (Penguin), cho

"Last night I dreamt of Manderley again..." begins Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier one of the most well

ON WRITING by Stephen King, chosen by Kathryn Williams THE BITCH by Pilar Quintana (translated by Li

More books worth reading chosen by well known guests

Kate Davies

2024/2/25

Kate Davies talks to Chris Power about her new novel, Nuclear Family.

An actor and singer and a computer scientist and author pick their favourite books.

Sheila Heti

2024/2/18

Sheila Heti on her new experimental book, Alphabetical Diaries.

The frontman of Idles and the artistic director of Bristol Old Vic share book choices.