A Good Read

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - film critic, Antonia Quirke and actor, Kerry Shale - discuss their favourite books by Craig Thompson, Gavin Maxwell and Simon Armitage.Short and Sweet: 101 Very Short Poems Edited by Simon Armitage Publisher: Faber and FaberBlankets by Craig Thompson Publisher: Top Shelf ProductionsA Reed Shaken By The Wind: Travels Among The Marsh Arabs of Iraq by Gavin Maxwell Publisher: ElandFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests – BBC Radio 2’s Vanessa Feltz and performance poet, Elvis McGonagall - discuss books by Javier Marias. AA Milne and Jeff Torrington. A Heart So white by Javier Marias, translated by Margaret Jull Costa Publisher: VintageTwo People by AA Milne Publisher: Capuchin ClassicsSwing Hammer Swing! by Jeff Torrington Publisher: VintageFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary and comedian Shappi Khorsandi - talk to Harriett about their favourite books by GK Chesterton, Sue Townsend and John McGahern.The Napoleon of Notting Hill by GK Chesterton Publisher: Hendrickson PublishersAdrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend Publisher: PenguinAmongst Women by John McGahern Publisher: Faber and FaberFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - authors Gervase Phinn and Moni Mohsin - discuss their favourite books by Robert Roberts, Rudyard Kipling and Angela Carter. A Ragged Schooling by Robert Roberts Publisher: Manchester University PressKim by Rudyard Kipling Publisher: Penguin BooksWise Children by Angela Carter Publisher: Vintage BooksFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.

Harriett Gilbertt and her guests - ex-Blue Peter presenter, Konnie Huq and Hue and Cry's Pat Kane - discuss books by Patrick Hamilton, Richard Sennett and Herman Koch.The Dinner by Herman Koch Publisher: Atlantic Books Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton Publisher: PenguinThe Craftsman by Richard Sennett Publisher: PenguinFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - writer, Bernadine Evaristo and former BBC Business Editor, Robert Peston - discuss their favourite books by Irene Sabatini, Jessica Mitford and Sian Busby.The Boy Next Door by Irene Sabatini Publisher: Hodder The Cruel Mother by Sian Busby Publisher: Short Books Hons & Rebels by Jessica Mitford Publisher: Phoenix BooksFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - poet, Daljit Nagra and radio critic, Susan Jeffrey - discuss their favourite books by Edna O'Brien, Margery Allingham and an anonymous author. A Woman in Berlin (Anon) Publisher: Little BrownThe Country Girls by Edna O'Brien Publisher: PhoenixCoroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham Publisher: Random HouseFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - TV presenter, Alistair Appleton and Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of the department of Psychiatry at Cambridge - discuss favourite books by Patrick Gayle, Ian McEwan and Michael Innes. Notes From an Exhibition by Patrick Gale Publisher: Harper CollinsEnduring Love by Ian McEwan Publisher: VintageOperation Pax by Michael Innes Publisher: House of StratusFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - writers, Sarah Moss and Francis Spufford. - discuss their favourite books by Dorothy Wordsworth, TH White and Penelope Fitzgerald.The Grasmere Journals by Dorothy Wordsworth Publisher: Oxford University PressMistress Masham's Repose by TH White Publisher: Random HouseHuman Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald Publisher: Harper CollinsFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.

Harriett Gilbert is joined by her guests - writer, Meg Rosoff and comedian, Sara Pascoe - to discuss favourite books by Lynn Barber, Yasunari Kawabata and Ayn Rand.Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata Publisher: Penguin ClassicsThe Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Publisher: PenguinAn Education by Lynn Barber Publisher: PenguinFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.