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Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new novel Mister, Mister
Sarah Phelps and Dane Baptiste talk to Harriett Gilbert about books they love.
Nick Hornby and Carlo Rovelli tell Harriett Gilbert about the books they love the most.
Stephen Fry and Alan Davies reunite in the studio to debate their all-time favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert. Expect philosophical musings and a fair bit of silliness from these comedy polymaths and former QI partners in crime. Fe
Books worth reading chosen by actor Richard Harrington and comedian Njambi McGrath
VOICES IN THE EVENING by Natalia Ginzburg (trans. DM Low), chosen by Tessa HadleyTHE ZONE OF INTEREST by Martin Amis (trans. Jessica Moore), chosen by Sebastian FaulksEASTBOUND by Maylis de Kerangal, chosen by Harriett GilbertTwo authors pick
Recorded at the Hay FestivalSHUGGIE BAIN by Douglas StewartON THE BLACK HILL by Bruce ChatwinAGAINST NATURE by Joris-Karl HuysmansHarriett Gilbert takes to the stage in the BBC Marquee at the Hay Festival for a special edition of the programm
Shahidha Bari discusses EM Forster's A Passage to India with Neel Mukherjee, Elizabeth Lowry and Dr Chris Mourant.
ABSENT IN THE SPRING by Agatha Christie (writing as Mary Westmacott) (HarperCollins), chosen by Simon BrettIN THE GARDEN OF THE FUGITIVES by Ceridwen Dovey (Penguin), chosen by Denise MinaHIDE MY EYES by Margery Allingham (Penguin), chosen by
Johny Pitts talks to Kevin Barry about his new novel, The Heart in Winter
QUARTET IN AUTUMN by Barbara Pym, chosen by Samantha HarveyMRS CALIBAN by Rachel Ingalls, chosen by Harriett GilbertPHARMACOPOEIA: A DUNGENESS NOTEBOOK by Derek Jarman, chosen by Darran AndersonTwo award-winning writers share books they love
Historian and author Kathryn Hughes and No Such Thing As a Fish presenter Dan Schreiber recommend favourite books to Harriett Gilbert. Kathryn chooses Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes, an exploration of the French writer's life in the form of
Octavia Bright talks to Maggie Nelson about Like Love, an anthology of essays which explore art and friendship and criticism. And a new prize for climate fiction.Presenter: Octavia BrightProducer: Nicola Holloway
Sarah Perry talks to Shahidha Bari about her new novel, Enlightenment
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 collection of essays, Constellations: Reflections from Life won Non Fiction Book of the Year at the 2019 Irish Book Awards, and now publishes her debu
US author Percival Everett talks about his new novel, James - a retelling of Huckleberry Finn, told from the point of view of runaway slave, Jim.Plus, writing openly about the challenges of motherhood, and doing so with humour. Shahidha talks t
Alex Clark talks to Andrew O’Hagan about his new book Caledonian Road. Told over the course of a year, Caledonian Road follows art historian and public intellectual Campbell Flynn as a friendship with a young student calls into question the com
THE RED PARTS by Maggie Nelson (Vintage), chosen by Carol Morley INVISIBLE CITIES by Italo Calvino (Vintage), chosen by Will Hislop ORDINARY PEOPLE by Diana Evans (Vintage), chosen by Harriett Gilbert Film director Carol Morley chooses a memo
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 monologue by an unnamed narrator, the gardener of self-made businessman and would-be art collector, Curtis Doyle. Doyle has gone missing from his Scotti
JUST KIDS by Patti Smith, chosen by Lindsey HilsumMAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor E. Frankl (trans. Ilse Lasch), chosen by Christopher EcclestonTOWARDS THE END OF THE MORNING by Michael Frayn, chosen by Harriett GilbertThe television journ
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