Broadcaster Mark Radcliffe and playwright Patricia Cumper join Harriett Gilbert to nominate their favourite book by Toni Morrison, Elizabeth Strout and Helene Hanff. From 2020.Beloved by Toni Morrison
Publisher: VintageOlive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Publisher: Viking 84 Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff
Publisher: Virago First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2020.
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Folge vom 20.10.2020Mark Radcliffe & Patricia Cumper
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Folge vom 13.10.2020Johny Pitts & Charlotte ProudmanWriter Johny Pitts and barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman join Harriett to discuss their favourite books by Claude McKay, CA MacKinnon and Mary GaitskillRomance in Marseilles by Claude McKay Pub: Penguin Butterfly Politics by Catharine A MacKinnon Pub: Belknap PressThis is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill Pub: Serpents Tail First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2020.
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Folge vom 06.10.2020Ruth Jones & Dominic CookeWriter, actor and Gavin and Stacey creator Ruth Jones and theatre and film director Dominic Cooke join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Kate Atkinson, Siri Hustvedt and John LahRuth and Dominic are old friends, but did they enjoy one another's books? And what happened to Ruth's pottery robot in her third set art class?Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson Publisher: Black SwanWhat I Loved by Siri Hustvedt Publisher: Sceptre Prick Up Your Ears, John Lahr's biography of Joe Orton. Publisher: BloomsburyFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2020.
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Folge vom 28.07.2020Nicholas Lezard & Gwyneth WilliamsJournalist and author Nicholas Lezard and former BBC Radio 4 controller Gwyneth Williams join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Samuel Beckett, Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa and Sigrid Nunez. Nicholas chooses Watt by Samuel Beckett Publisher: FaberGwyneth chooses: The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa Publisher: VintageHarriett champions The Friend by Sigrid Nunez Publisher: ViragoFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2020.