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4.3from
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303 episodes
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EnglishPublisher
BBC Radio 4Explicit
No
Date created
2009/09/11
Latest episode
2024/02/25
Average duration
28 min.
Release period
6 days
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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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Kate Davies
2024/02/25
Kate Davies talks to Chris Power about her new novel, Nuclear Family.
A Good Read: Anjana Vasan and Anne-Marie Imafidon
2024/02/20
An actor and singer and a computer scientist and author pick their favourite books.
Sheila Heti
2024/02/18
Sheila Heti on her new experimental book, Alphabetical Diaries.
A Good Read: Joe Talbot and Nancy Medina
2024/02/13
The frontman of Idles and the artistic director of Bristol Old Vic share book choices.
Madeleine Gray
2024/02/11
Madeleine Gray on her witty, heartbreaking novel, Green Dot, about a young woman's affair
A Good Read: Rachel Brown-Finnis and Anna Bogutskaya
2024/02/06
a former professional footballer and a film critic pick their favourite books.
A Good Read: Ian Rankin & Colin MacIntyre
2024/01/30
The crime writer and the singer aka Mull Historical Society choose favourite books
Michael Cunningham
2024/01/28
Michael Cunningham speaks to Johny Pitts about his new novel, Day.
Gerald Murnane
2024/01/21
Gerald Murnane talks to Chris Power about his writing life.
Hisham Matar
2024/01/14
Pulitzer Prize winning author, Hisham Matar, discusses his new novel My Friends.
Endings and New Beginnings
2023/12/31
Chris Power is joined by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Aminatta Forna & Lucy Caldwell
The Year in Fiction
2023/12/25
Chris Power shares some of the highlights of the year on Open Book.
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Gingiaa 2023/11/18
Feeds my Addiction
I enjoy the wide range of books discovered through these discussions. The guests vary so widely in how they interpret what is a a Good Read that I lea...
sextus Pompeius 2022/09/28
Mariella Frostrup the best
Mariella Frostrup is by far the best of the hosts. Always measured, informed and a pleasure to listen to.
twomoonmusic 2023/10/11
Often shallow
A great concept but often the shallowness of the guests is such that they could be talking about television. In fact they are usually TV presenters of...
Brat154 2022/05/24
The best
A Good Read is the best part of this podcast. Wish there was more of it.
A Reader in Tennessee 2021/11/16
A Good Read…and a great listen
For anyone with a love for books and reading, A Good Read is the best of all possible Podcasts. The book selections and discussions (guided by the alw...
malfoxley 2021/06/11
Great show!
The host of the Books and Authors podcast, highlights all aspects of authorship and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer...
WB2MIA 2021/03/06
BBC4 Books
Finding this podcast got me through the worst of the Pandemic. I loved every interview. The hosts are brilliant and so are the guests! It’s a joy!
artsactivist 2021/02/24
Thoughtful & insightful
A great way to discover books and get inside the mind of writers.
Prose Prose 2021/01/11
Delightful
Best of the genre - not too long - not too short - always enjoyable
blimpy froman 2021/01/04
The best
Love this podcast! A favorite in these COVID times.
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