Podcasts by Category
- 1478 - Open Book - Sunjeev SahotaSun, 28 Apr 2024
- 1477 - Open Book - Sinéad Gleeson
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 debut novel, Hagstone.
Hagstone is set on a remote island of the coast of Ireland, it tells the story of Nell an artist whose work takes inspiration from the landscape and folklore. When she receives an invitation to create a piece of art from the Inions, a reclusive commune of women living sustainably on the island, things begin to unravel. Sinead discusses the precarity of living as an artist, the folklore which infuses Hagstone and dedicating the book to the late activist and artist Sinead O' Connor.
The Book Makers by Adam Smyth is a celebration of five hundred and fifty years of the printed book, told through the lives of eighteen extraordinary people. The printers and binders, publishers and artists, paper-makers and library founders - who took the book in radical new directions. We hear about the binder who created Shakespeare's First Folio, a 16th century Dutch printer who created bestsellers on Fleet Street and the Cut and Paste Bible sisters who made art from the gospels.
And Kick the Latch author Kathryn Scanlan discusses her love of Moyra Davey’s Long Life: Cool White, Photographs and Essays.
Book List – Sunday 21 March
Hagstone by Sinéad Gleeson The Long Gaze Back: An Anthology of Irish Women Writers by Sinéad Gleeson The Glass Shore edited by Sinéad Gleeson Constellations: Reflections from Life by Sinéad Gleeson Kick the Latch by Kathryn Scanlan Long Life Cool White: Photographs by Moyra Davey The Book Makers by Adam Smyth
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 - 1476 - Open Book - Percival Everett
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 to two authors who have done just that, in the short story form: Naomi Wood, winner of the BBC Short Story Award, and author of a new collection, This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things, and to Helen Simpson who has written stories about motherhood in books such as Motherhood, and Hey Yeah Right Get A Life over 20 years previously.
Presenter: Shahidha Bari Producer: Emma Wallace
Sun, 14 Apr 2024 - 1475 - Literary Norwich SpecialSun, 20 Oct 2019
- 1474 - Poorna Bell and Tony LawTue, 15 Oct 2019
- 1473 - Emma Donoghue, Spy Fiction, Harper Lee's Unpublished True Crime NovelSun, 13 Oct 2019
- 1472 - Edith Bowman and Harry BakerTue, 08 Oct 2019
- 1471 - Colin Greenwood and Joanne McNallyTue, 01 Oct 2019
- 1470 - Dana Czapnik, Black Death novels, Imani Perry on Corregidora by Gayl Jones.Sun, 29 Sep 2019
- 1469 - A special American-themed edition with Ann Patchett and rising star Jia Tolentino.Sun, 22 Sep 2019
- 1468 - Robert HarrisSun, 15 Sep 2019
- 1467 - Deborah Levy, therapists in fiction, India's richest literary prize, Lorca's symbolismSun, 08 Sep 2019
- 1466 - What are young people writing and reading?Sun, 25 Aug 2019
- 1465 - Benjamin Myers, Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Valeria LuiselliSun, 18 Aug 2019
- 1464 - Colm Tóibín on Wilde, Yeats and Joyce, Mary Beth Keane, the best novels of 1979Sun, 11 Aug 2019
- 1463 - David Nicholls discusses his latest novel Sweet SorrowSun, 28 Jul 2019
- 1462 - A Good Read: Pam Hogg and Mark Billingham talk favourite booksTue, 23 Jul 2019
- 1461 - Open Book: Ocean Vuong; Bauhaus novels; Sudan literary postcardSun, 21 Jul 2019
- 1460 - A Good Read: Dolly Alderton and Clare Mackintosh talk favourite booksTue, 16 Jul 2019
- 1459 - On the centenary of her birth Open Book celebrates the novels of Iris MurdochSun, 14 Jul 2019
- 1458 - A Good Read: Dom Joly and Kate Hamer talk favourite booksTue, 09 Jul 2019
- 1457 - A Good Read: Mathew Baynton and Aasmah Mir talk favourite booksTue, 02 Jul 2019
- 1456 - Will Eaves on Alan Turing; The Moon in Fiction and Poetry; AfrofuturismSun, 30 Jun 2019
- 1455 - A Good Read: Nicci Gerrard and Gary Younge talk favourite booksTue, 25 Jun 2019
- 1454 - Open Book: Kevin Barry, queer nature writing, turning podcasts into books
Irish author Kevin Barry, winner of the Impac Award and the Goldsmiths Prize, discusses his new novel Night Boat to Tangier, a dark comedy billed as Waiting For Godot meets In Bruges.
Novelist and journalist Molly Flatt, who writes about culture and technology for the Bookseller, discusses a growing trend for book versions of successful podcasts.
25 years since the death of Derek Jarman, Mariella is joined by writers Philip Hoare and Mike Parker to explore queer nature writing, a genre concerned with the push and pull of the natural world, from a queer perspective.
Sun, 23 Jun 2019 - 1453 - A Good Read: Cathy Newman and Jeffery Deaver talk favourite booksTue, 18 Jun 2019
- 1452 - Open Book: Carolina Setterwall, Re-reading and what it offers, Shadowplay reviewed, Ahmad Danny RamadanSun, 16 Jun 2019
- 1451 - A Good Read: Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Hannah Peel talk favourite booksWed, 12 Jun 2019
- 1450 - Pajtim Statovci, Gerald Murnane discussed, Roxane Gay's favourite book, Benjamin DreyerSun, 09 Jun 2019
- 1449 - A Good Read: Stephen Morris and Pippa Evans talk favourite booksTue, 04 Jun 2019
- 1448 - Mia Couto and Wayétu Moore, Mr B's Bookshop, Claire AlexanderSun, 26 May 2019
- 1447 - Ben Smith and Julia Blackburn on Doggerland; Ghana's literary scene; Rosie PriceSun, 19 May 2019
- 1446 - Open Book: Bernardine Evaristo, Victorian showmen in fiction, Graeme Simsion, Faber at 90Sun, 12 May 2019
- 1445 - Open Book considers the rich heritage and bright future of working class writingSun, 28 Apr 2019
- 1444 - Ali Smith, Easter Eggs in fiction and Cate Blanchett's books to live bySun, 21 Apr 2019
- 1443 - Damian Barr on his novel, You Will Be Safe Here and Candice Carty Williams' debut, QueenieSun, 14 Apr 2019
- 1442 - Open Book: Taylor Jenkins Reid, Older Characters in Fiction, Baseball booksSun, 31 Mar 2019
- 1441 - A Good Read: Nicola Walker and Sarah Ann Kennedy talk favourite booksTue, 26 Mar 2019
- 1440 - Siri Hustvedt, Witches in Fiction, British Library's Erotica CollectionSun, 24 Mar 2019
- 1439 - A Good Read: Martin Rowson and Ayesha Hazarika talk favourite books
Harriett Gilbert talks favourite books with the comedian and broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika and the cartoonist-author Martin Rowson. Ayesha chooses a novel from Italy: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante. Martin picks Let's Kill Uncle by Rohan O'Grady, and Harriett's choice is In The Skin of A Lion by Michael Ondaatje.
Producer: Eliza Lomas
Tue, 19 Mar 2019 - 1438 - Max Porter, Folk resurgence in literature, Angie Thomas on Hip HopSun, 17 Mar 2019
- 1437 - A Good Read: Russell Tovey and Sarah Hadland talk favourite books
The actors Sarah Hadland (Miranda, That Mitchell and Webb Look) and Russell Tovey (Being Human, The History Boys) recommend favourite books to presenter Harriett Gilbert. Sarah's choice is French hit The Elegance of The Hedgehog. Russell's is Close Range: Brokeback Mountain, made into a film with Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal and Harriett's is The Naked Civil Servant.
Producer: Eliza Lomas
Tue, 12 Mar 2019 - 1436 - What Makes a Jewish Book; Colm Tóibín on Natalia Ginzburg; Censorship in KuwaitSun, 10 Mar 2019
- 1435 - A Good Read: Lemn Sissay and Mick Herron talk favourite booksTue, 05 Mar 2019
- 1434 - A Good Read: Kate Bottley and Ken Cheng talk favourite booksTue, 26 Feb 2019
- 1433 - Whitney Scharer, Fashion in fiction, Novels by Iraq War veteransSun, 24 Feb 2019
- 1432 - A Good Read: Tracey Thorn and Maggie O' Farrell talk favourite booksTue, 19 Feb 2019
- 1431 - Niklas Natt Och Dag on his debut novel, The Wolf and the WatchmanSun, 17 Feb 2019
- 1430 - A Good Read: Lucy Porter and Frank Cottrell-Boyce talk favourite books
Comedian Lucy Porter and writer Frank Cottrell-Boyce talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
Lucy Porter's voice will be well-known to Radio 4 listeners as a regular on the News Quiz, the Now Show and The Unbelievable Truth. On TV she has appeared on Live at the Apollo, QI, Mock the Week, Have I Got News For You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. She is also a successful comedy writer. Frank Cottrell-Boyce's credits as screenwriter include Welcome to Sarajevo, Hilary and Jackie and 24 Hour Party People. He is also an award-winning author of novels for children, including Millions, Framed and Cosmic.
Their good reads are Letters from a Lost Uncle by Mervyn Peake, Truckers by Terry Pratchett and Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett.
Producer: Mair Bosworth.
Tue, 12 Feb 2019 - 1429 - Kristen Roupenian, Javier Cercas, Quakers in fictionTue, 12 Feb 2019
- 1428 - A Good Read: Brett Westwood and Kamal Ahmed talk favourite booksTue, 05 Feb 2019
- 1427 - A Good Read: Scarlett Curtis and Catherine Bohart talk favourite booksTue, 29 Jan 2019
- 1426 - Chloe Aridjis, Adam Foulds and Leo Benedictus on fictional stalkers, Gay's the Word Bookshop at 40Sun, 27 Jan 2019
- 1425 - Caribbean Writing with Claire Adam, Jamaica Kincaid and Jacob RossSun, 20 Jan 2019
- 1424 - Oyinkan Braithwaite, Books as clutter, Kafka's legacy, True crime in fictionSun, 13 Jan 2019
- 1423 - John SteinbeckWed, 02 Jan 2019
- 1422 - Festive short stories, Hangovers in fiction, Christmas novels, Book choices for 2019Sun, 23 Dec 2018
- 1421 - Joyce Carol Oates, Wind in the Willows and Orphans in literatureWed, 19 Dec 2018
- 1420 - Donald S Murray, Lyrics and poetry, publishing in Iceland and GreenlandSun, 09 Dec 2018
- 1419 - A Good Read: Gráinne Maguire and John Higgs talk favourite books
Comedian Gráinne Maguire and alternative history author John Higgs talk to presenter Harriett Gilbert about books they really love. Gráinne chooses Elaine Dundy’s first novel The Dud Avocado, the delightfully funny adventures of a young woman in 1950s Paris. John picks The Patterning Instinct by Jeremy Lent, a history of the world in cultural ideas which offers a brand new way of understanding civilisation and the future. Harriett’s choice is dark wartime novel The Dressmaker by Beryl Bainbridge.
Producer: Beth O'Dea
Tue, 27 Nov 2018 - 1418 - Lee Child on his latest book, Past TenseSun, 25 Nov 2018
- 1417 - A Good Read: George the Poet and Andy McNab talk favourite booksTue, 20 Nov 2018
- 1416 - Barbara Kingsolver on her new novel, Unsheltered.Mon, 19 Nov 2018
- 1415 - Open Book: Barbara Kingsolver, Northern Irish writing, India’s gay fictionSun, 18 Nov 2018
- 1414 - A Good Read: Kamila Shamsie and Jeffrey Archer talk favourite booksTue, 13 Nov 2018
- 1413 - Open Book: Fiction following the Armistice; Beowulf reimagined; James Daunt
Exploring literary responses to the Great War in the immediate aftermath of the Armistice. The University of Leicester's Victoria Stewart, and biographer Jean Moorcroft Wilson, discuss the ways that fiction reflected the horror of war in the decade after 1918.
Novelist Richard T. Kelly considers the pitfalls of including real people in works of fiction.
Bestselling novelist Maria Dahvana Headley explains why Beowulf felt like the appropriate framework through which to explore race, class and violence in contemporary America.
And Managing Director of Waterstones James Daunt helps Open Book to launch a new series looking at the challenges of making bookselling pay.
Sun, 11 Nov 2018 - 1412 - A Good Read: Katie Derham and Matt Haig talk favourite booksTue, 06 Nov 2018
- 1411 - A Good Read: Sindhu Vee and Phil Wang talk favourite booksTue, 30 Oct 2018
- 1410 - Open Book: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Minette WaltersSun, 28 Oct 2018
- 1409 - A Good Read: Liz Carr and Kate Williams talk favourite booksTue, 23 Oct 2018
- 1408 - Open Book: Liane MoriartySun, 21 Oct 2018
- 1407 - A Good Read: Ben Miller and Danny Wallace talk favourite booksTue, 16 Oct 2018
- 1406 - Open Book: Hector Abad, Horror fictionSun, 14 Oct 2018
- 1405 - A Good Read: Grace Dent and Sian Harries talk favourite booksTue, 09 Oct 2018
- 1404 - A Good Read: Nikesh Shukla and Leone Ross talk favourite books
Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite books with the writers Nikesh Shukla and Leone Ross. Nikesh's choice is Amateur; a real-life account of testing one’s masculinity in the boxing ring by Thomas Page McBee. Leone's is Cane, the largely forgotten African-American classic by Jean Toomer and Harriett's is a divisive modern classic, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.
Producer: Eliza Lomas
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 - 1403 - Mariella and guests Sebastian Faulks, Lisa McInerney, Chibundu Onuzo and Kamila Shamsie celebrate 20 years of Open BookSun, 30 Sep 2018
- 1402 - Open Book: Gail Jones, 1930's crime stories and the Tower of London's RavensTue, 25 Sep 2018
- 1401 - Open Book: Gail Jones, 1930s' crime fiction, Marlowe and Holmes revisitedSun, 23 Sep 2018
- 1400 - Open Book: Lavinia Greenlaw, Venezuelan literature, audio books and graphic novelsSun, 16 Sep 2018
- 1399 - Open Book: John Boyne discusses his new novel, A Ladder to the SkySun, 09 Sep 2018
- 1398 - Open Book: Richard Powers and nature writingTue, 28 Aug 2018
- 1397 - Open Book: Literary Criticism
A special edition exploring book criticism and asking whether using critical tools can make us better readers. Mariella Frostrup is joined on stage at the Edinburgh International Book Festival by critic Alan Taylor, book podcast host Books&Rhymes, novelists Kaite Welsh and Sarah Moss, and Sarah Dillon from Cambridge University to explore the current state of book reviewing, the explosion of conversations about books online and on social media, the role of the professional reviewer and whether we can all learn useful critical tools to help us read well, and enrich our reading experience.
Sun, 19 Aug 2018 - 1396 - Open Book: Claire Fuller, Neil Gaiman and literature in IranMon, 13 Aug 2018
- 1395 - Open Book: Daisy Johnson on her debut novel, Everything UnderThu, 02 Aug 2018
- 1394 - Open Book: Islands in fictionThu, 02 Aug 2018
- 1393 - A Good Read: Anne-Marie Duff and Louise O'Neill
Actor Anne-Marie Duff and author Louise O'Neill join Harriett Gilbert for a discussion about favourite books. Anne-Marie Duff has starred in films including On Chesil Beach, Sufragette and Elizabeth I, and on TV in Shameless and From Darkness. Louise O'Neill's prize-winning novels include Only Ever Yours and Asking for It, and her latest book is a feminist take on The Little Mermaid called The Surface Breaks.
Anne-Marie chooses Nights At The Circus, the classic feminist novel by Angela Carter (Vintage), Louise puts forward a memoir about seventeen brushes with death by Irish author Maggie O'Farrell; I Am I Am I Am (Tinder Press), and Harriett recommends Conversations With Friends (Faber), a critically-acclaimed debut novel by another Irish author, Sally Rooney.
Producer: Eliza Lomas
Tue, 24 Jul 2018 - 1392 - Open Book: Daisy Johnson on her debut novel, Everything UnderSun, 22 Jul 2018
- 1391 - A Good Read: Samira Ahmed and Elis James
Harriett Gilbert and guests talk favourite books, including Arnold Bennett's The Card, Dylan Thomas' Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog and Daniyal Mueenuddin's In Other Rooms, Other Wonders. Her guests are journalist, broadcaster and documentary-maker Samira Ahmed, presenter of BBC1's Newswatch and Radio 4's Front Row. And comedian Elis James, known for starring in the BBC3 sitcoms Crims and Josh and a familiar face on panel-shows such as Mock the Week and 8 out of 10 Cats.
Producer: Becky Ripley.
Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 1390 - Open Book: Michael Donker on his novel, Hold and poet Jackie Kay on the work of Audre LordeSun, 15 Jul 2018
- 1389 - A Good Read: Isy Suttie and Lolly Adefope talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert
Harriett Gilbert and guests talk favourite books in an all-female line-up, including Meg Wolitzer's The Wife, Ottessa Moshfegh's Eileen and Carol Ann Duffy's collection Meantime. Her guests are comedy actress and writer Isy Suttie, series regular on Peep Show and Shameless and author of a memoir called The Actual One. And comedian Lolly Adefope, the Observer's "rising star of comedy" whose TV work includes Loaded, Taskmaster and, along with Isy, Channel 4's sitcom Damned.
Producer: Becky Ripley.
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 - 1388 - Open Book: A M Homes on her new short story collection Days of AweMon, 09 Jul 2018
- 1387 - A Good Read: Loyd Grossman & SkinTue, 03 Jul 2018
- 1386 - A Good Read: Juno Dawson & Pandora SykesTue, 26 Jun 2018
- 1385 - Exploring the lives of Beiruti women and Ceridwen DoveySun, 24 Jun 2018
- 1384 - A Good Read: Tony Parsons and Olly Mann talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert
Harriett Gilbert and guests talk favourite books, including Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, Never Mind by Edward St Aubyn (the first in his Patrick Melrose series) & The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Her guests are the journalist and broadcaster Tony Parsons, who started his career at the NME and went on to write Man and Boy and later the bestselling DC Max Wolfe thriller series. And Olly Mann, presenter of award-winning podcasts and radio programmes including Answer Me This!, The Modern Mann and BBC Radio 4's The Male Room and Four Thought.
Producer: Mair Bosworth
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 - 1383 - Michael Ondaatje on his new novel, Warlight.Sun, 17 Jun 2018
- 1382 - A Good Read: Adam Kay and Farrah Jarral talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert
Two former doctors join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books. Adam Kay is a writer and comedian whose first book, This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, was published to great acclaim in 2017. Farrah Jarral is a writer and broadcaster who was, until recently, a London GP.
The good reads up for discussion are Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris and I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson.
Producer: Mair Bosworth.
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 - 1381 - Cressida Connolly on her new book After the PartySun, 10 Jun 2018
- 1380 - A Good Read: Robert Webb and Hugo Rifkind
Comic actor and writer Robert Webb and award-winning journalist Hugo Rifkind talk about favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert. Robert's choice is East Anglican based fictional tale Waterland by Graham Swift. Hugo picks the Douglas Adams classic Life, The Universe and Everything, and Harriett brings Sam Miller's Fathers to the table. Producer Beth O'Dea.
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 - 1379 - Fiona Kidman, children's non fiction and celebrating 30 years of the Lambda Literary AwardSun, 27 May 2018
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