Harriett Gilbert and her guests - film critic, Antonia Quirke and actor, Kerry Shale - discuss their favourite books by Craig Thompson, Gavin Maxwell and Simon Armitage. Short and Sweet: 101 Very Short Poems Edited by Simon Armitage Publisher: Faber and Faber Blankets by Craig Thompson Publisher: Top Shelf Productions A Reed Shaken By The Wind: Travels Among The Marsh Arabs of Iraq by Gavin Maxwell Publisher: Eland First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.
Jun 18, 2013•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests – BBC Radio 2’s Vanessa Feltz and performance poet, Elvis McGonagall - discuss books by Javier Marias. AA Milne and Jeff Torrington. A Heart So white by Javier Marias, translated by Margaret Jull Costa Publisher: Vintage Two People by AA Milne Publisher: Capuchin Classics Swing Hammer Swing! by Jeff Torrington Publisher: Vintage First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.
Jun 11, 2013•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary and comedian Shappi Khorsandi - talk to Harriett about their favourite books by GK Chesterton, Sue Townsend and John McGahern. The Napoleon of Notting Hill by GK Chesterton Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend Publisher: Penguin Amongst Women by John McGahern Publisher: Faber and Faber First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.
Jun 04, 2013•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - authors Gervase Phinn and Moni Mohsin - discuss their favourite books by Robert Roberts, Rudyard Kipling and Angela Carter. A Ragged Schooling by Robert Roberts Publisher: Manchester University Press Kim by Rudyard Kipling Publisher: Penguin Books Wise Children by Angela Carter Publisher: Vintage Books First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.
Mar 26, 2013•28 min
Harriett Gilbertt and her guests - ex-Blue Peter presenter, Konnie Huq and Hue and Cry's Pat Kane - discuss books by Patrick Hamilton, Richard Sennett and Herman Koch. The Dinner by Herman Koch Publisher: Atlantic Books Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton Publisher: Penguin The Craftsman by Richard Sennett Publisher: Penguin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.
Mar 19, 2013•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - writer, Bernadine Evaristo and former BBC Business Editor, Robert Peston - discuss their favourite books by Irene Sabatini, Jessica Mitford and Sian Busby. The Boy Next Door by Irene Sabatini Publisher: Hodder The Cruel Mother by Sian Busby Publisher: Short Books Hons & Rebels by Jessica Mitford Publisher: Phoenix Books First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.
Mar 12, 2013•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - poet, Daljit Nagra and radio critic, Susan Jeffrey - discuss their favourite books by Edna O'Brien, Margery Allingham and an anonymous author. A Woman in Berlin (Anon) Publisher: Little Brown The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien Publisher: Phoenix Coroner's Pidgin by Margery Allingham Publisher: Random House First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.
Mar 05, 2013•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - TV presenter, Alistair Appleton and Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of the department of Psychiatry at Cambridge - discuss favourite books by Patrick Gayle, Ian McEwan and Michael Innes. Notes From an Exhibition by Patrick Gale Publisher: Harper Collins Enduring Love by Ian McEwan Publisher: Vintage Operation Pax by Michael Innes Publisher: House of Stratus First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
Feb 26, 2013•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - writers, Sarah Moss and Francis Spufford. - discuss their favourite books by Dorothy Wordsworth, TH White and Penelope Fitzgerald. The Grasmere Journals by Dorothy Wordsworth Publisher: Oxford University Press Mistress Masham's Repose by TH White Publisher: Random House Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald Publisher: Harper Collins First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
Feb 19, 2013•28 min
Harriett Gilbert is joined by her guests - writer, Meg Rosoff and comedian, Sara Pascoe - to discuss favourite books by Lynn Barber, Yasunari Kawabata and Ayn Rand. Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata Publisher: Penguin Classics The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Publisher: Penguin An Education by Lynn Barber Publisher: Penguin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2013.
Feb 12, 2013•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - comedian, Miles Jupp and singer, Barb Jungr - discuss their favourite books by Jonathan Franzen, Michael Frayn and Andrey Kurko. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Publisher: 4th Estate Spies by Michael Frayn Publisher: Faber Death And The Penguin by Andrey Kurkov Publisher: Vintage First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
Feb 05, 2013•28 min
Harriet Gilbert and her guests - General Secretary Designate of the TUC, Frances O'Grady and historian, Ruth Richardson – discuss their favourite books by Anne Enright, TS Eliot and John Masefield. Booker prize-winning 'The Gathering' by Anne Enright Publisher: Vintage 'Four Quartets' by TS Eliot Publisher: Bloomsbury ‘The Box of Delights’ by John Masefield. Publisher: HarperCollins First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2011.
Nov 27, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - acclaimed children's author, Michelle Paver and medical journalist, Ben Goldacre - discuss their favourite books by Tove Jansson, Sybille Bedford and Imogen Evans. The Summer Book by Tove Jansson Publisher: Sort Of Books Testing Treatments by Imogen Evans, Hazel Thornton and Iain Chalmers Publisher: Pinter & Martin Jigsaw by Sybille Bedford Publisher: Eland Producer: Mark Smalley First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012....
Nov 20, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - Broadcaster, Peter White and Satirist and Prankster, Heydon Prowse discuss their favourite books by Duncan Hamilton, Nicholas Shaxson and Georgette Heyer. Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 years With Brian Clough by Duncan Hamilton. Publisher: HarperCollins Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and The Men Who Stole The World by Nicholas Shaxson Publisher: Vintage Faro's Daughter by Georgette Heyer Publisher: Cornerstone First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2012....
Nov 13, 2012•28 min
Actor Neil Pearson and Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, the self-described "Black Farmer" join Harriet Gilbert to discuss favourite books by George Orwell, Olaudah Equiano and James Baldwin. Coming Up For Air by George Orwell Publisher: Penguin Classics The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings by Olaudah Equiano Publisher: Penguin Classics Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Publisher: Penguin Classics Producer: Beth O'Dea First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2011....
Nov 06, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - Cabin Pressure star and writer, John Finnemore and columnist and author, Peter Hitchens - discuss their favourite books by Michael Frayn, Josephine Tey and Michael Simkins. 'The Daughter of Time' by Josephine Tey Publisher: Cornerstone 'A Landing on the Sun' by Michael Frayn Publisher: Faber & Faber 'What's My Motivaton?' by Michael Simkins Publisher: Ebury First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012.
Oct 30, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - broadcaster, Justin Webb and novelist, Frances Fyfield - discuss favourite books by Wallace Stegner, Iain Pears and Fred Vargas. Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Publisher: Penguin Stone's Fall by Iain Pears Publisher: Vintage Books Seeking Whom He May Devour by Fred Vargas Publisher: Random House First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012.
Oct 23, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - businessman, Sir Michael Darrington and entrepreneur, Terri Duhon - discuss John Grisham, Suzanne Collins and Marguerite Duras. The Litigators by John Grisham Publisher: Hodder The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Publisher: Scholastic The Lover by Marguerite Duras - translated by Barbara Bray Publisher: Harper Perennial First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012.
Oct 16, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - British mountaineer, Andy Cave and journalist and amateur climber, Ed Douglas to discuss favourite books by Lionel Terray, Nan Shepherd and Patricia Highsmith. Conquistadores of the Useless by Lionel Terray (Translated by Geoffrey Sutton) Publisher: Batten Wickes The Living Mountain - A Celebration of the Cairngorm Mountains of Scotland - by Nan Shepherd Publisher: Canongate The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Publisher: Vintage First broadcast on BBC R...
Oct 09, 2012•27 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - crime writer, Val McDermid and comedian and neologist, Alex Horne - diccuss favourite books by Andre Agassi, Jeanette Winterson and David Malou. Why be Happy When you Could be Normal by Jeanette Winterson Publisher: Vintage Remembering Babylon by David Malouf Publisher: Vintage Open by Andre Agassi Publisher: Harper Collins First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2012.
Oct 02, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - journalist, Kevin Maguire and columnist, Lucy Mangan - discuss their favourite books by Florence King, Peter Ackroyd and Simon Gray.. Lucy Mangan's choice: 'Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady' by Florence King Publisher: Virago Kevin Maguire's choice: 'The Clerkenwell Tales' by Peter Ackroyd Publisher: Random House Harriett Gilbert's choice: 'The Smoking Diaries' by Simon Gray Publisher: Granta First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra in July 2012....
Jul 24, 2012•28 min
Harriet Gilbert and her guests - comedy producer, Jon Plowman and publisher, Tim Coates - discuss favourite books by James Christie, Tobias Wolff and Patrick deWitt. Tim Coates' choice: 'Dear Miss Landau' by James Christie Jon Plowman's choice: 'Old School' by Tobias Wolff Harriett Gilbert's choice: 'The Sisters Brothers' by Patrick deWitt First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2012.
Jul 17, 2012•28 min
Fairtrade entrepreneur Sophi Tranchell, Radio Times television critic Alison Graham, and presenter Harriett Gilbert discuss their favourite reads. BOOKS FEATURED IN THE PROGRAMME Sophi Tranchell's choice: 'The Man from Beijing' by Henning Mankell Alison Graham's choice: 'The Rain Before it Falls' by Jonathan Coe Harriett Gilbert's choice: 'Our Man in Havana' by Graham Greene Producer: John Byrne First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.
Jul 10, 2012•28 min
Harriet Gilbert and her guests - historian, Helen Castor and sustainability activist, Rob Hopkins, - discuss their favourite books by John Stewart Collis, William Golding and Marcelo Figeras. Rob Hopkins' choice: 'The Worm Forgives the Plough' by John Stewart Collis Publisher: Random House Helen Castor's choice: 'The Spire' by William Golding Publisher: Faber and Faber Harriett Gilbert's choice: Kamchatka by Marcelo Figeras Publisher: Atlantic Books Producer Christine Hall First broadcast on BBC...
Jul 03, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - former barrister, Constance Briscoe and science journalist, Angela Saini - discuss favourite books by Jill Paton Walsh, Isaac Asimov and Muriel Spark. Constance's choice: 'Knowledge Of Angels' by Jill Paton Walsh Publisher: Black Swan Angela's choice: 'Foundation' by Isaac Asimov Publisher: Harper Collins Harriett's choice: 'Curriculum Vitae' by Muriel Spark Publisher: Carcanet First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.
Jun 26, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert' and her guests - actor, Larry Lamb (Gavin & Stacey) and writer, Ian Marchant.- discuss favourite books by Tim Winton, Alain Mabanckou and JL Carr. Larry Lamb's choice: ‘Dirt Music’ by Tim Winton Ian Marchant's choice: ‘How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the FA Cup’ by JL Carr Harriett Gilbert's choice: ‘African Psycho’ by Alain Mabanckou. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.
Jun 19, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - columnist and author, Michele Hanson and Director of External Affairs at the Science Museum Group, Roger Highfield - discuss their favourite books by Tobias Smollett, Siddhartha Mukherjee and John Le Carre. Michele Hanson's choice: 'Humphry Clinker' by Tobias Smollett Roger Highfield's choice: 'The Emperor of All Maladies' by Siddhartha Mukherjee Harriett Gilbert's choice: 'A Murder of Quality' by John le Carré First broadcast on Radio 4 in June 2012....
Jun 12, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests - space scientist, Maggie Aderin-Pocock and music producer, William Orbit - discuss favourite books by John Wyndham, Janice Galloway and Tom Stoppard. 'Chocky' by John Wyndham Publisher: Penguin 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' by Tom Stoppard Publisher: Faber and Faber 'Trick Is To Keep Breathing' by Janice Galloway Publisher: Vintage First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2012.
Jun 05, 2012•28 min
Deadly 60 presenter Steve Backshall and Editor of Gransnet Geraldine Bedell discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. Geraldine picks 'The Idea of Perfection' by Kate Grenville, a touching romance between two people in the eccentric little backwater of Karakarook, Australia. Steve opts for a chilling ghost-story set around a scientific expedition to the Arctic Circle in 1937 - 'Dark Matter' by Michelle Paver. Harriett's choice is 'In the Country of Men' by Hisham Matar, a tender comin...
May 29, 2012•28 min
Harriett Gilbert and her guests – comedian Isy Suttie and opera singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys - discuss favourite books by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Ian McEwan and Daniel Keyes. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, which Beverly describes as a "love letter to literature." Isy picks The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan, a sinister tale of two couples in an unnamed European town, which she admits does not have a particularly happy ending. Harriett chooses the story of a young man wi...
Mar 27, 2012•28 min
