A Good Read

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Laura Solon and Fleur Adcock Jun 27, 2011

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Harriett Gilbert discusses favourite paperbacks with writer Fleur Adcock and comedian Laura Solon. Their choices include a modern classic by Evelyn Waugh and two coming-of-age novels, one set in France and the other in the north of England.

Harriett Gilbert's choice: The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden Publ. Pan

Laura Solon's choice: Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh Publ. Penguin Modern

Fleur Adcock's choice: Bilgewater by Jane Gardam Publ. Abacus Books

Producer: Christine Hall

Bill Paterson and Dea Birkett Jun 14, 2011

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Harriett Gilbert and her guests - actor Bill Paterson and travel writer Dea Birkett - discuss favourite paperback books by Bernhard Schlink, John Steinbeck and Richard Holme.

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink Publisher: Phoenix

Cannery Row by John Steinbeck Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics

Footsteps by Richard Holmes Publisher Harper Press

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.

Chris Smith and Mavis Cheek Jun 07, 2011

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Harriett Gilbert and her guests - politician, Lord Chris Smith and novelist, Mavis Cheek - discuss their favourite books by Robert Macfarlane, Frances Kay and Jackie Kay.

Trumpet by Jackie Kay Publisher: Picador

The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane Publisher: Granta Books Micka by Frances Kay Publisher: Picador

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.

James Walton and Lindsey Davis May 31, 2011

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Journalist and critic James Walton and Lindsey Davis, creator of the ancient Roman detective Falco join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Richard Hughes, Nicholson Baker and Georgette Heyer.

A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes Publisher: Vintage Classics

James Walton's choice The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker Publisher: Pocket Books

Royal Escape by Georgette Heyer Publisher: Arrow Books

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2011.