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Harriett Gilbert @harriettsg.bsky.social · 2d

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...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Sarah Waters and Walter Murch

Novelist Sarah Waters and film editor Walter Murch share favourite books.

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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · 2d

Looking for some book inspiration? A Good Read @BBCRadio4 is back - with a riveting roster of readers. Today, novelist Sarah Waters & film editor Walter Murch join @harriettsg.bsky.social to talk bears, fanaticism & Irish women. 3pm Mon 13 Oct. Producer Maggie Ayre. 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.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Harriett Gilbert @harriettsg.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI Perfect for Halloween @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social chats with @silviamg.bsky.social about her fun, creepy novel Mexican Gothic www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

BBC World Service - World Book Club, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.

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BBC World Book Club @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social · 15d

You can hear Silvia Moreno-Garcia talk about 'Mexican Gothic' on World Book Club this Saturday, meanwhile here's a taster for you. Speaking of taste, I now want to try those pastes so badly...
#booksky #gothic #horror #mexicangothic #silviamorenogarcia #wbc #bbc #history

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Harriett Gilbert @harriettsg.bsky.social · Sep 11

@sherlockholmesmag.co.uk ICYMI Some great chat about Holmes, Watson, the Baskerville Hound and more with fans from around the world

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BBC World Service - World Book Club, Arthur Conan Doyle - The Hound of the Baskervilles

Join Harriett for a special episode exploring the legacy of Sherlock Holmes.

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Sue Librarian Ph.D. @suelibrarian.bsky.social · Sep 6

The recent Arthur Conan Doyle episode of the wonderful BBC World Book Club was so marvelous! It was live at a bookshop in Edinburgh - the panelists were superb, the questions from around the world were excellent, and the Baskerville hound was just as terrifying as ever! Thx @harriettsg.bsky.social

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Harriett Gilbert @harriettsg.bsky.social · Sep 4

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B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · Aug 5

#Books A Good Read
@BBCRadio4 #OnDemand
RUNNING WITH SCISSORS by Augusten Burroughs, chosen by @robrinder.bsky.social‬
THE ODD WOMAN AND THE CITY by Vivian Gornick, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social‬
EARTHLINGS by Sayaka Murata, chosen by @junodawson.bsky.social‬
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Rob Rinder and Juno Dawson

The barrister and the writer discuss books they feel passionate about.

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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Aug 4

Fiction from Japan, a #memoir of adolescence & essays on New York life in today’s A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 The barrister & writer @robrinder.bsky.social & author @junodawson.bsky.social talk #books with @harriettsg.bsky.social Producer Sally Heaven #fiction www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Rob Rinder and Juno Dawson

The barrister and the writer discuss books they feel passionate about.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Harriett Gilbert @harriettsg.bsky.social · Aug 4

A totally weird Japanese novel; thoughts from NY; Augusten Burroughs' memoir: intriguing book suggestions from Rob Rinder & Juno Dawson on A Good Read, @BBCRadio4 3pm today; online thereafter. Come and join us

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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Aug 1

By the first of August
the invisible beetles began
to snore and the grass was
as tough as hemp and was
no color — no more than
the sand was a color and
we had worn our bare feet
bare since the twentieth
of June

- Anne Sexton #poetry

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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Jul 28

Zadie Smith & Colm Tóibín join @harriettsg.bsky.social for today’s A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 A devoted father in Colombia, a modern-day picaresque through London, and a languid summer romance. Produced by Eliza Lomas #books #fiction #memoir www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Zadie Smith and Colm Tóibín

Two authors join Harriett Gilbert to share favourite books.

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B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · Jul 20

#Books A Good Read
Mon 15:00
BBC Radio 4
THE TRUCE by Primo Levi, chosen by @horatioclare.bsky.social‬
THE SUN DOES SHINE by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin, chosen by @joannahs.bsky.social‬
SULA by Toni Morrison, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social‬
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Joanna Hardy-Susskind and Horatio Clare

Writer Horatio Clare joins barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind to discuss favourite books.

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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Jul 21

Need some summer #reading inspiration? Join writer @horatioclare.bsky.social criminal defence barrister @joannahs.bsky.social & presenter @harriettsg.bsky.social to hear about the #books that have inspired them. A Good Read 3pm Mon 21 July @BBCRadio4 or @BBCSounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Joanna Hardy-Susskind and Horatio Clare

Writer Horatio Clare joins barrister Joanna Hardy-Susskind to discuss favourite books.

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Sue Librarian Ph.D. @suelibrarian.bsky.social · Jul 15

@harriettsg.bsky.social + A Good Read have done it again! While I often have little interest in the books or topics, the guests and the discussions are unfailingly riveting, and I always learn so much! I listen to over 40 podcasts and this is one of the absolute best. Can't wait for each one. Thx!

Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Jul 14

Female desire, the challenges of monogamy and whether life is over at 45. A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 @harriettsg.bsky.social is joined by filmmaker Desiree Akhavan & writer comedian @rosiewilby.bsky.social on the programme that is polyamorous for books #fiction #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Desiree Akhavan and Rosie Wilby

The film-maker and the comedian propose favourite books.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · Jul 14

The late Fleur Adcock's 2010 collection #DragonTalk will be discussed on A Good Read today, 14 July, chosen by host @harriettsg.bsky.social. Harriett Gilbert is joined by Desiree Akhavan & @rosiewilby.bsky.social.

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 📻 at 3pm or listen later.
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The cover of the late Fleur Adcock's collection Dragon Talk is pictured on the left and features a colourful picture of dragon. On the right hand side is the cover of her Collected Poems which features a photo of Fleur Adcock as a young woman taken by Les Hanson. The portrait of Fleur in the middle of the panel was taken by Jemimah Kuhfeld.

All the poems in Dragon Talk are included in Fleur Adcock's 2024 Collected Poems, but Dragon Talk remains available as a separate edition.

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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Jul 14

Female desire, the challenges of monogamy and whether life is over at 45. A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 @harriettsg.bsky.social is joined by filmmaker Desiree Akhavan & writer comedian @rosiewilby.bsky.social on the programme that is polyamorous for books #fiction #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Desiree Akhavan and Rosie Wilby

The film-maker and the comedian propose favourite books.

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B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · Jul 7

#Books A Good Read
Today 15:00
BBC Radio 4
@herdyshepherd.bsky.social‬ picks is THE IRON AGE by Arja Kajermo
Kiri Pritchard-McLean picks is A SHORT STAY IN HELL by Steven L Peck
@harriettsg.bsky.social‬ picks STONE YARD DEVOTIONAL by Charlotte Wood
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, James Rebanks and Kiri Pritchard-McLean at the Hay Festival

We're at the Hay Festival talking books we love.

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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Jul 7

A Good Read @hayfestival.bsky.social with guests James Rebanks @herdyshepherd.bsky.social & @kiripritchardmc.bsky.social who join @harriettsg.bsky.social for some lively disagreement about novels set in Finland, Australia - and Hell. 3pm Mon 7 July @BBCRadio4 #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, James Rebanks and Kiri Pritchard-McLean at the Hay Festival

We're at the Hay Festival talking books we love.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Jul 1

To mark 100 years of #MrsDalloway, Fiona Shaw explores Three Transformations of Virginia #Woolf 9am Tues @BBCRadio4 with Michael Cunningham, Mark Haddon @naomialderman.bsky.social Sally Potter & Alexandra Harris. Readings by Gwendoline Christie. Producer Ellie Richold www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Three Transformations of Virginia Woolf, Inner Lives

Fiona Shaw celebrates 100 years of Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway.

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Emma Harding @emmaharding.bsky.social · Jun 30

A Good Read - drummer Budgie & novelist Juhea Kim join @harriettsg.bsky.social to discuss favourite books by #Sartre #EvgenyVodolazkin & #JennyErpenbeck set in #France medieval #Russia & #Berlin 3pm Mon 30 June @BBCRadio4 Producer Maggie Ayre #fiction www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Budgie and Juhea Kim

The drummer and author choose books they love.

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B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · Jun 22

#Books A Good Read
Mon 15:00
BBC Radio 4
WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT by Sarah Winman, chosen by Harry Trevaldwyn
THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho, chosen by Xantoné Blacq
JAMES by Percival Everett, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social‬
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Xantoné Blacq and Harry Trevaldwyn

Composer Xantoné Blacq and actor Harry Trevaldwyn discuss books with Harriett Gilbert.

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B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · Jun 15

#Books A Good Read
Mon 15:00
BBC Radio 4
BIG SWISS by Jen Beagin, chosen by @nussaibah.bsky.social
A HEART SO WHITE by Javier Marías, chosen by Josh Cohen
THE END OF EDDY by Edouard Louis, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social
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BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Josh Cohen and Nussaibah Younis

Two writers join Harriett Gilbert to share favourite books.

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B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · Jun 11

#Books
N.K Jemisin
World Book Club
@harriettsg.bsky.social puts your questions to the mutli-award winning sci-fi author N.K Jemisin, about her novel 'The City We Became'.
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BBC World Service - World Book Club, N.K Jemisin

Harriett Gilbert puts your questions to N.K Jemisin

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