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

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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#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 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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...

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

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

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...

#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 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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...

@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!

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. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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...

#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 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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...

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...

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...

#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 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#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 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#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'. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

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Great to meet @harriettsg.bsky.social and Desiree Akhavan to record a conversation about female sexuality, desire, Miranda July’s book All Fours and much more for Radio 4’s A Good Read. Listen out for it on July 14 📚 📻 🧠 ❤️ #books #sex #allfours

‘And I thought - yes, that's how it is going to be from now on: The hare of his soul always there, when I least expect it Popping up out of nowhere, sitting still.’ Very sad to hear that the great Irish poet Paul Durcan has died. This is quite a poem. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Down the road someone is practising scales, The notes like little fishes vanish with a wink of tails. Man's heart expands to tinker with his car For this is Sunday morning, Fate's great bazaar - Sunday Morning, #LouisMacNeice #poetry

On World Book Club this month @harriettsg.bsky.social sits down with Nobel Laureate, Abdulrazak Gurnah, to discuss his novel ‘Paradise’ - @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

From the archive, 11 years ago: #Top10 Last Sentences of Novels independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

I’m an idiot. Apparently this is AI created. What is it they say? If it sounds/looks too good to be true, it probably is

The young Beatrix Potter with pet rabbit Peter. What an terrific artist she was

ICYMI: Penguin Books has announced it will install a series of book boxes, which it is calling "90 Little Book Stops", in communities across the UK.👇 #BookSky

#Books Michelle De Kretser World Book Club Sat 5 Apr 2025 12:06 Local time BBC World Service @harriettsg.bsky.social talks with Michelle De Kretser about her 8th novel, and winner the 2023 Rathbones Folio Fiction Prize 'Scary Monsters'. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

Books, books, books: today Douglas Stuart & Sian Eleri discuss books they love on A Good Read. The American West; a Yugoslav prison island; somewhere, some time in the future.... Join us after the 3pm news on BBC Radio 4 or any time thereafter via BBC Sounds www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#Books A Good Read Today 15:00 BBC Radio 4 EVERYONE BRAVE IS FORGIVEN by Chris Cleave, chosen by Lucy Speed THE HUMAN FACTOR by Graham Greene, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social 253 by Geoff Ryman, chosen by @sazzymills.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

A Good Read - The Archers actor Lucy Speed & comedian @sazzymills.bsky.social join @harriettsg.bsky.social to discuss favourite novels about the Blitz, spies and the London Underground 3pm Mon 24 March @BBCRadio4 Producer Sally Heaven #fiction #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Three (almost) entirely different books, each terrific in its own way. Make it a date

Lire 15 minutes par jour ? Oui pour le cerveau, oui surtout pour trouver un refuge loin de l’ouragan mondial. Un billet de Sabrina Champenois :

Some original writing from William Boyd for Radio 4 - set on the Isle ofJura, it’s a whodunnit for George Orwell fans. #BBCRadio4 #thejuraaffair #orwell #booksky - all episodes on BBC Sounds:

#Books A Good Read Today 15:00 BBC Radio 4 MOON TIGER by Penelope Lively, chosen by Sara Collins NUMBER GO UP: INSIDE CRYPTO'S WILD RISE AND STAGGERING FALL by Zeke Faux, chosen by Oliver Burkeman LORD JIM AT HOME by Dinah Brooke, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

One of my favourite novels - Penelope Lively’s #MoonTiger is discussed on today’s A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 when @harriettsg.bsky.social is joined by @saracollinsauthor.bsky.social & @oliverburkeman.com Also - books about crypto & childhood. Producer Mair Bosworth www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Looking forward to this new @BBCRadio4 dramatisation of doppelgänger thriller Brat Farrar by #JosephineTey dramatised by Claudine Toutoungi and starring Levi Brown. 3pm Sun 9 March, directed by Gemma Jenkins @BBCSounds #fiction #audiodrama www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Of all the monsters in ‘Scary Monsters’ the one we don’t have many questions about yet is capitalism. We’d love a few thoughts on how Lili and Lyle confront the themes of wealth and inequality in their stories. Dm or email [email protected] :) #booksky #wbc #michelledekretser @harriettgilbert

Hello again WorldBookClub listeners, we're thrilled to announce that Michelle De Kretser will be our next author! We’ll be talking about her dual novel ‘Scary Monsters’ and would love to hear your questions, so email us @ [email protected] by March 11th :) #booksky #MichelleDeKretser

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A haunting programme today, what with Hamlet's father in the West Bank and a ghost writer in London. Also, the double face of science. Join playwright Inua Ellams & South Bank head of literature Ted Hodgkinson on A Good Read, BBC Radio4, 3pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Hey guys! Our interview with Ottessa Moshfegh goes out on the 1st! It was a really fun interview thanks to all the questions you guys sent on, and I hope you’ll all enjoy listening www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #wbc #booksky #ottessamoshfegh @harriettsg.bsky.social

A Good Read - authors Julia Bradbury & Ramita Navai join @harriettsg.bsky.social to recommend favourite books by #MattHaig #RohintonMistry & #ElizabethvonArnim Listen in at 3pm @BBCRadio4 or catch up with recent episodes @BBCSounds Producer Beth O’Dea #books www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#Books A Good Read Julia Bradbury & Ramita Navai Mon 15:00 BBC Radio 4 How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, chosen by Julia Bradbury A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, chosen by Ramita Navai An Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, chosen by @harriettsg.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Hey listeners, we’re gearing up for recording with Michelle De Kretser for our next #WBC, and we’d love to get more of your questions. But I’m curious, which story of ‘Scary Monsters’ did most people start with, Lili or Lyle? We split it between our crew 50/50 #booksky #michelledekretser #bookclub