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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

Barbara Kingsolver, plus the "Social Novel" with John Lanchester and Ayisha Malik

Comedians Heidi Regan and Neil Delamere discuss their favourite all-time books with Harriett Gilbert

The comedian Ria Lina - who's appeared on the BBC’s Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You and

Chris Power talks to Colm Tóibín about his essays on illness, religion and literature

The poet and the writer choose their favourite books.

Writing Nature

2022/10/23

A special recording of Open Book at the Southbank in London. Johny Pitts and Octavia Bright are join

The writers choose the books they love to read.

William Boyd

2022/10/16

William Boyd discusses his new novel, The Romantics.

The broadcaster and the comedian choose books they love

Celeste Ng

2022/10/9

Celeste Ng and Grief and modern masculinity with Bobby Palmer and Michael Pedersen

Two writers who cover crime, football and music share their favourite books with Harriett

Orhan Pamuk

2022/9/29

Orhan Pamuk, Patterson Joseph and Torrey Peters.

Maggie O'Farrell, Graphic Novels with Lizzy Stewart and Posy Simmonds, plus Anuradha Roy

Ian McEwan

2022/9/11

Chris Power talks to Ian McEwan about his new book, Lessons.

Alex Clark on novels - past, present and future - about summer and change

Mary Renault's Greek Myths

Ross Raisin

2022/8/14

Octavia Bright talks to Ross Raisin about his new book, A Hunger.

The Ethics of Writing Crime

Writer Salena Godden chooses Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys, a book she's re-read many times an

Tess Gunty on The Rabbit Hutch; Jackie Kay on the writing of Jamaica Kincaid