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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 Good Read Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite books.

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John Gordon Sinclair and Kerry Ellis

John Gordon Sinclair and Kerry Ellis

Books worth reading chosen by actor John Gordon Sinclair and singer Kerry Ellis

29 Oct 2019

28mins

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A Good Read: Syima Aslam & Stig Abell

A Good Read: Syima Aslam & Stig Abell

Harriett Gilbert talks to Syima Aslam and Stig Abell about books they love - all classics

4 Feb 2020

28mins

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Lee Child on his first book of non-fiction, The Hero

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Lee Child and Pat Barker explore the heroic protagonist. Hanne Orstavik's novel, Love

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Gail Honeyman & Mavis Cheek

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A Good Read: Helen Lederer & Angela Barnes

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Helen Lederer and Angela Barnes nominate books they consider to be a good read.

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Tayari Jones, Jane Eyre, John Freeman

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Emma Donoghue, Spy Fiction, Harper Lee's Unpublished True Crime Novel

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Poorna Bell and Tony Law

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Poorna Bell and Tony Law join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books.

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