Christopher Fry's guest appearances

Christopher Fry

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980

Friends at the Library

Tennessee Williams

Michael Palin

Grace Bumbry

Margaret Thatcher

Edmund Hillary

Lauren Bacall

Mel Brooks

Maira Kalman

James Cameron

Jacqueline Du

Paul Theroux

Robert Stephens

Sally Rooney

Alexander Chee

Norman Mailer

OwlTail

What does a comfort read mean to you? Jenn Martin and Jennifer Wong discuss what books are on their comfort shelves and explore the reasons why we read for solace, hope or reassurance. Then, Jenn shares a favourite comfort read - an absurdist love story about two people who save each other from life and death. Authors and books mentioned in this episode  The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer Tables for Two, The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/tables-for-two Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith Worstward Ho, Samuel Beckett - "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Mouth Full of Blood by Toni Morrison In the Pink, poems collected by the Raving Beauties Riddley Walker by Russell Hobam Tam Lin by Pamela Dean The Lady’s Not for Burning by Christopher Fry Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel  Reading suggestions for Nicola Nicola loved:  Wilderness series by Sara Donati  Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate We Are Water by Wally Lamb  Jenn’s suggestions:  The House at Riverton by Kate Morton Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve Golden Hill by Francis Spufford Outlander by Diana Gabaldon  Music by Blue Dot Sessions. New episode every Saturday. Join us on Facebook to chat more about books and to get your own reading suggestions from Jenn: facebook.com/friendsatlibrary

What does a comfort read mean to you? Jenn Martin and Jennifer Wong discuss what books are on their comfort shelves and explore the reasons why we read for solace, hope or reassurance. Then, Jenn shares a favourite comfort read - an absurdist love story about two people who save each other from life and death. Authors and books mentioned in this episode <ul> <li>The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron</li> <li>Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer</li> <li>Tables for Two, The New Yorker: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/tables-for-two" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/tables-for-two</a></li> <li>Letters to a Young Artist by Anna Deavere Smith</li> <li>Worstward Ho, Samuel Beckett - "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."</li> <li>Mouth Full of Blood by Toni Morrison</li> <li>In the Pink, poems collected by the Raving Beauties</li> <li>Riddley Walker by Russell Hobam</li> <li>Tam Lin by Pamela Dean</li> <li>The Lady’s Not for Burning by Christopher Fry</li> <li>Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder</li> <li>Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel</li> </ul> Reading suggestions for Nicola Nicola loved: <ul> <li>Wilderness series by Sara Donati </li> <li>Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate</li> <li>We Are Water by Wally Lamb</li> </ul> Jenn’s suggestions: <ul> <li>The House at Riverton by Kate Morton</li> <li>Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris</li> <li>The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve</li> <li>Golden Hill by Francis Spufford</li> <li>Outlander by Diana Gabaldon</li> </ul> Music by Blue Dot Sessions. New episode every Saturday. Join us on Facebook to chat more about books and to get your own reading suggestions from Jenn: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/friendsatlibrary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/friendsatlibrary</a>

Comfort Reads | The Lady’s Not for Burning by Christopher Fry

Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Christopher Fry.Favourite track: Spring Symphony by Benjamin BrittenBook: The Oxford Dictionary of QuotationsLuxury: Rocking chair

Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Christopher Fry. Favourite track: Spring Symphony by Benjamin Britten Book: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Luxury: Rocking chair