A Good Read
BBC Radio 4
Find reading inspiration with favourite books chosen by our guests.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jun 28, 2011 • 28min
Hardeep Singh Kohli, Simon Evans
Broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli and comedian Simon Evans talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
Producer Beth O'Dea.
Jun 27, 2011 • 28min
Laura Solon and Fleur Adcock
Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite paperbacks with writer Fleur Adcock and comedian Laura Solon. Their choices include a modern classic by Evelyn Waugh and two coming-of-age novels, one set in France and the other in the north of England.Harriett Gilbert's choice: The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
Publ. Pan Laura Solon's choice: Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
Publ. Penguin Modern Fleur Adcock's choice: Bilgewater by Jane Gardam
Publ. Abacus BooksProducer: Christine Hall
Jun 14, 2011 • 28min
Bill Paterson and Dea Birkett
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actor Bill Paterson and travel writer Dea Birkett - discuss favourite paperback books by Bernhard Schlink, John Steinbeck and Richard Holme.The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Publisher: PhoenixCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin Modern ClassicsFootsteps by Richard Holmes
Publisher Harper PressFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
Jun 7, 2011 • 28min
Chris Smith and Mavis Cheek
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - politician, Lord Chris Smith and novelist, Mavis Cheek - discuss their favourite books by Robert Macfarlane, Frances Kay and Jackie Kay. Trumpet by Jackie Kay
Publisher: PicadorThe Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane
Publisher: Granta Books
Micka by Frances Kay
Publisher: PicadorFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.
May 31, 2011 • 28min
James Walton and Lindsey Davis
Journalist and critic James Walton and Lindsey Davis, creator of the ancient Roman detective Falco join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Richard Hughes, Nicholson Baker and Georgette Heyer. A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Publisher: Vintage ClassicsJames Walton's choice
The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
Publisher: Pocket BooksRoyal Escape by Georgette Heyer
Publisher: Arrow BooksFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.
