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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a great round up - with different presenter every week. Well worth bookmarking!

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 2d

Great programme John!

James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 3d

Love to see it! Light Years in particular is excellent

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 3d

My PICK OF THE WEEK!
Mexican gothic, railways, distortion, immortalists, unfolding landscapes & JMW Turner ft @petroc.bsky.social, @silviamg.bsky.social, @kermodemovie.bsky.social, @johnrobbofficial.bsky.social, @alekskrotoski.bsky.social, @adamrutherford.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Pick of the Week, James Crawford

James Crawford presents a selection of the best bits of audio across the BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 9d

This week on #TakeFourBooks on BBC Radio 4 I was talking to William Boyd about his new spy novel 'The Predicament' and 3 influences Lawrence Durrell, Len Deighton and John Le Carre - also with guest @louisewelsh00.bsky.social - listen now!
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www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks John! Recordings are often a lot longer (Andrew was done at Hay and lasted almost an hour) - schedule slot is c28mins, but we’re looking at longer cuts for Sounds/podcasts (see recent Ian McEwan for instance which has extra 5 mins or so…)

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 17d

Coming up later today on BBC Radio 4 I'm talking to Graham Norton on #TakeFourBooks about his latest novel Frankie, along with 3 influences - Elizabeth Bowen, Armistead Maupin & Gabrielle Zevin (and bonus influence Charlie Brown!) - at 4pm 👇🎧📚
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social · 18d

Take Four Books
@jdcrawf.bsky.social on R4 Sundays 4pm, always worth listening to. Sunday 14th Sept on Ian McEwan with @damedenisemina.bsky.social on Sounds particularly so.

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 24d

Loved talking to Ian McEwan (& @damedenisemina.bsky.social!) on BBCRadio4
#TakeFourBooks about climate, memory & the way the past haunts the present in his new @jonathancape.bsky.social novel WHAT WE CAN KNOW with 3 influences incl the epic
Footsteps by Richard Holmes
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Dr Margaret Prior @drmargaretprior.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks to Radio 4's Take Four Books I'm re-reading The Bone People (Keri Hulme) about forty years after the first (and second) time. And it's still absolutely brilliant, so thank you for reminding me, Melissa Lucashenko and @jdcrawf.bsky.social

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 25d

Great to hear Margaret - that’s exactly what the programme is all about!

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Aug 31

Listen now to my chat with Melissa Lucashenko on Radio4's #TakeFourBooks about her latest @oneworldbooks.bsky.social novel 'Edenglassie' and 3 influences incl Keri Hulme & Sebastian Barry (recorded with @rodgeglass.bsky.social & live audience at @edbookfest.bsky.social) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Aug 24

Listen to my chat with Sarah Hall on #TakeFourBooks on BBC Radio4 discussing new @faberbooks.bsky.social novel HELM (the first book to have a wind as its main character?) & 3 influences incl George Saunders & Angela Carter. With Alan McMunnigall of @thiwurd.bsky.social! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Aug 17

Listen now on BBC Radio4 to my chat with Rachel Kushner and live audience @edbookfest.bsky.social for #TakeFourBooks - talking about Creation Lake and 3 influences including Nabokov's Pale Fire and radical 1970s French crime noir! Also with @andrewmeehanesq.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Aug 10

Listen now to @irvinewelsh.bsky.social on #TakeFourBooks on BBC Radio 4 - talking Trainspotting sequel 'Men In Love' and his 3 influences, no less than James Joyce, Marcel Proust and Bill Shakespeare! Also with guest @kirstininnes.bsky.social
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www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Aug 4

Come and be part of a live Take Four Books audience this Saturday at Edinburgh International Book Festival - I’m talking to Rachel Kushner about her Booker-shortlisted Creation Lake and 3 influences! Book your FREE tickets here 👇 www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

BBC at Edinburgh International Book Festival | Edinburgh International Book Festival

Information on how you can get involved in BBC radio recordings happening at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

www.edbookfest.co.uk

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Jul 28

A joy to commission this from Graeme Macrae Burnet - and fantastic to now see it making its way out into the world…

Blake Friedmann Literary Agency @blakefriedmann.bsky.social · Jul 28

COVER REVEAL: ‘It is dark now and my window onto the world is a small one. I do not know how much longer I will be here…’

Introducing BENBECULA by Graeme Macrae Burnet – out in the UK on 2 October 2025 from @birlinn.bsky.social 📚 🌑🌕🌑✨

Pre-order now: www.waterstones.com/book/benbecu...

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Denise Mina @damedenisemina.bsky.social · Jul 27

This was great fun and includes a short history of the great journalist Dorothy Thompson (‘Who Goes Nazi’) who was the 1st journalist expelled from Germany by Hitler

James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Jul 27

Listen now to our Radio4 #TakeFourBooks chat with @damedenisemina.bsky.social about new novel ‘The Good Liar’, and 3 influences - 1984, Obedience to Authority and the Dorothy Thompson’s essay ‘Who Goes Nazi?’ - also with Kim Sherwood! 👇🎧📻📚
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Jul 27

Listen now to our Radio4 #TakeFourBooks chat with @damedenisemina.bsky.social about new novel ‘The Good Liar’, and 3 influences - 1984, Obedience to Authority and the Dorothy Thompson’s essay ‘Who Goes Nazi?’ - also with Kim Sherwood! 👇🎧📻📚
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Publishing Scotland @publishingscotland.bsky.social · Jul 22

We are excited to be partnering with the @edbookfest.bsky.social to bring a super panel of international publishers together, chaired by the fabulous @jdcrawf.bsky.social to discuss 'Books that Travel'.
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival... part of the Global Ink Industry series, Tuesday 12 August.

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Jul 20

Listen now to my chat on Radio4 with Gurnaik Johal on his debut @serpents-tail.bsky.social novel Saraswati on #TakeFourBooks: where a lost river re-emerges in contemporary India. His 3 influences include @amitav.bsky.social, Joseph Conrad and poet Natalie Diaz! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Helen O'Sullivan @helenosullivan.bsky.social · Jul 16

A long train journey means starting another pick from Take Four Books with @jdcrawf.bsky.social Looking forward to this one.

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Jul 13

Listen now to my chat with Colm Toibin on #TakeFourBooks on Radio 4 - talking about Long Island (his first sequel!) and three influences, Hardy, Conrad & Wharton - also with @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Jun 29

Listen now to my chat on Radio 4's #TakeFourBooks with Madeleine Thien about her new, time-warping @grantabooks.bsky.social novel of war, exile and refugees, 'The Book of Records' - and her three influences, including the evergreen 'Invisible Cities' by Italo Calvino...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · Jun 22

A joy to talk to @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social about her new, polyphonic novel 'The Benefactors' on #TakeFourBooks, along with 3 influences Chernobyl Prayer, The Slap and @larapawson.bsky.social's This Is The Place to Be - listen now on Radio 4 & BBC Sounds!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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