BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Patrick Grant and Mary-Ann Ochota More favourite books with Harriett Gilbert and guests.

From Joe Lycett to Penelope Lively - it’s all on A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 when clothing entrepreneur @patrickgrantism.bsky.social & anthropologist & broadcaster @maryannochota.bsky.social join @harriettsg.bsky.social to recommend #books they love. All eps @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Maryam Moshiri and Doug Naylor The newsreader and the Red Dwarf creator discuss their chosen books with Harriett Gilbert.

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Bridget Jones's DiaryHelen Fielding @bbcmaryam.bsky.social
Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise Katherine Rundell @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social
Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson @harriettsg.bsky.social
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Maryam Moshiri and Doug Naylor The newsreader and the Red Dwarf creator discuss their chosen books with Harriett Gilbert.

Children who burst into flames, a diary-writing singleton & why adults should read children’s books. All on A Good Read 3pm Mon @BBCRadio4 when @harriettsg.bsky.social is joined by @bbcmaryam.bsky.social & @dougrdnaylor.bsky.social Producer Sally Heaven #books #fiction www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Another marvelous discussion! I also enjoyed award-winning #Clear by #CarysDavies (do find interviews where she describes its inspiration). Never a Hemingway fan but these discussions always bring out things you've missed! Thanks to @harriettsg.bsky.social and her fine guests. #BookSky

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Victoria Pile and Julian Baggini Comedy writer Victoria Pile and philosopher Julian Baggini join Harriett Gilbert.

She-devils, giant marlin & the Highland Clearances - comedy writer Victoria Pile and philosopher Julian Baggini talk about favourite #books with @harriettsg.bsky.social A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 Producer Becky Ripley #fiction www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Lolita Chakrabarti and Dr Guy Leschziner A playwright-actor and a neurologist recommend favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

From how to measure a cow to how to have a good death - all on A Good Read 3pm Mon @BBCRadio4 - when playwright & actor @lolitachakrabarti.bsky.social & Professor of Neurology Guy Leschziner join @harriettsg.bsky.social Producer Eliza Lomas #books #reading www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Jung Chang Harriett Gilbert and guests choose favourite books.

The fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen, poetry of Seamus Heaney & a novel by Alan Garner are the choices on today’s A Good Read when writers Jung Chang & @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social join @harriettsg.bsky.social to talk #books 3pm @BBCRadio4 Producer Maggie Ayre www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Martin Edwards and Tom Shakespeare The crime writer and the sociologist talk about books they love with Harriett Gilbert.

Agatha Christie. Flann O’Brien. Claudia Pineiro. Your regular helping of A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 @harriettsg.bsky.social is joined by writers @tomshakespeare.bsky.social & @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social to discuss much-loved #books Producer Sally Heaven www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

‘Last year I read 137 books’: could setting targets help you put down your phone and pick up a book? BookTok influencer Jack Edwards motivates himself with reading goals – and he’s not alone. Authors and avid readers discuss the rise of metrics, and reveal how many books they finished last year

Interesting, open-minded piece about reading habits and aspirations (despite off-putting headline and pic) www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Maria Balshaw and Léa Ypi The director of Tate and the political philosopher swap books they love.

Fiction by #OctaviaEButler #Gogol & Lissa Evans - all on A Good Read, Mon 3pm @BBCRadio4 Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate art museums & galleries & Léa Ypi, professor of politics & philosophy at LSE swap books they love with @harriettsg.bsky.social Producer @elizalomas www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Drama in Schools: An Unfolding Tragedy? The actor Christopher Eccleston investigates the decline in drama education in schools.

Drama in Schools: an unfolding tragedy? Actor Christopher Eccleston investigates the decline in #drama education in schools in England. 4pm Tues 10 Feb @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Producer @robinmarkwell.bsky.social #education #schools www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Robin Ince and Philip Hensher The comedian and the writer share good books with Harriett Gilbert.

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Water Shall Refuse Them by Lucie McKnight Hardy, chosen by comedian @robinince.bsky.social
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social
Esther Waters by George Moore, chosen by writer @philiphensher.bsky.social
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Robin Ince and Philip Hensher The comedian and the writer share good books with Harriett Gilbert.

Looking for reading inspiration in this #NationalYearOfReading2026 ? A Good Read is back 3pm @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds with eclectic suggestions. Today, writer @philiphensher.bsky.social & comedian @robinince.bsky.social join @harriettsg.bsky.social with favourite #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Gwyneth Lewis and Annabel Abbs Poet Gwyneth Lewis and author Annabel Abbs join Harriett to talk favourite books.

Witches, wilderness & wit. A trio of classics on A Good Read today. Poet Gwyneth Lewis & author @annabelabbs.bsky.social join @harriettsg.bsky.social with books by Sylvia Townsend Warner, Nan Shepherd & #JaneAusten. 3pm Mon 8 Dec @BBCRadio4 Producer Maggie Ayre www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Gwyneth Lewis and Annabel Abbs Poet Gwyneth Lewis and author Annabel Abbs join Harriett to talk favourite books.

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Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner chosen by the poet Gwyneth Lewis
The LIving Mountain by Nan Shepherd picked by author Annabel Abbs
Emma by Jane Austen chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social
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A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 The interior design master, Michelle Ogundehin & novelist Lisa St Aubin de Terán join @harriettsg.bsky.social to discuss some of their favourite #books. Lisa's choice is Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix which... 🧵https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002n06h

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Roma Agrawal and Kate Lister A structural engineer and a historian of sex share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

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WEDLOCK: HOW GEORGIAN BRITAIN'S WORST HUSBAND MET HIS MATCH Wendy Moore Kate Lister
GRAYSON PERRY: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG GIRL Wendy Jones @harriettsg.bsky.social
PLASTIC EMOTIONS by Shiromi Pinto @romatheengineer.bsky.social
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Yup. Likewise with me.

Hey, for the first time ever, I’ve got more than you. 4/10. btw I hope all’s well with you.

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Richard Benson and Amy Sackville Two writers talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books

Writers Amy Sackville & Richard Benson join @harriettsg.bsky.social on A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 to champion books they love by Annie Ernaux, Sylvia Townsend Warner & Ferdinand von Schirach. Produced by Sally Heaven. Find many more book recommendations @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Yes, do listen. It’s a great discussion.

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Julia Shaw and Hayaatun Sillem Psychologist Julia Shaw and engineer Hayaatun Sillem discuss favourite books with Harriett

A comedy about radical Islam (seriously); our manufactured world; a motherhood mystery: an eclectic selection of book suggestions from @drjuliashaw.bsky.social Hayaatun Sillem & me on today’s A Good Read, 3pm on BBC Radio 4; online thereafter @nussaibah.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Julia Shaw and Hayaatun Sillem Psychologist Julia Shaw and engineer Hayaatun Sillem discuss favourite books with Harriett

A daring comedy debut about de-radicalisation, an investigation of manufacturing & an unsettling novella. Psychologist @drjuliashaw.bsky.social engineer @HayaatunSillem & @harriettsg.bsky.social recommend #books they love. A Good Read 3pm Mon @BBCRadio4 #BBC www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Thank you.

BBC World Service - World Book Club, Oyinkan Braithwaite - My Sister, The Serial Killer Harriett talks to Oyinkan Braithwaite about My Sister, The Serial Killer.

Especially if you’re an elder sister, a great episode of @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social with Oyinkan Braithwaite chatting with readers about My Sister the Serial Killer www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Tom Cox and Sophie Scott Neuroscientist Sophie Scott and writer Tom Cox discuss favourite books with Harriett.

Books by Carol Shields, Umberto Eco & Abdulrazak Gurnah are the choices of @harriettsg.bsky.social & her A Good Read guests, neuroscientist Sophie Scott and writer Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social 3pm @BBCRadio4 & @BBCSounds Producer Becky Ripley www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Tennis, spies and Sonic Youth: the usual wild variety of book suggestions from Chris Tarrant, author Mike Gayle and me on A Good Read 3pm today @BBCRadio4 Come join us

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Chris Tarrant and Mike Gayle The broadcaster and writer nominate favourite books.

#Books Chris Tarrant and Mike Gayle
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Chris Tarrant nominates OPEN by Andre Agassi
Mike Gayle has gone for SONIC YOUTH SLEPT ON MY FLOOR by Dave Haslam
@harriettsg.bsky.social‬ selects THE SECRET HOURS by Mick Herron
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Two memoirs and a thriller today on A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds as TV presenter Chris Tarrant & writer Mike Gayle join @harriettsg.bsky.social to champion #books they love. Tennis, DJing & espionage. Producer Sally Heaven www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Sarah Waters and Walter Murch Novelist Sarah Waters and film editor Walter Murch share favourite books.

Cannibal mothers; sex; fanaticism: novelist Sarah Waters and filmmaker Walter Murch introduce the usual heterogeneous mix of books on #agoodread @BBCRadio4 3pm today, online thereafter www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...