A Good Read Folgen

Writer Salena Godden chooses Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys, a book she's re-read many times and returns to now – older, wiser and with even greater empathy for its protagonist. Author-illustrator Rob Biddulph recommends When the Sky Falls by Phil Earle, named Children’s Fiction Book of the Year at the 2022 British Book Awards, which brought him to tears and conjures London in the Blitz so vividly. Presenter Harriett Gilbert picks Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore, the story of a heart transplanted from one life to another.Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sarah Goodman.

Columnist Melanie Reid adores This is Not About Me by Janice Galloway, a tragicomic account of her turbulent childhood in mid-century Scotland. Presenter Harriett Gilbert thinks John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a true masterpiece, and sports broadcaster (and famous dog owner) Andrew Cotter recommends The Wild Places by fellow mountain-lover Robert Macfarlane. Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sarah Goodman.

Writer Sophie Hannah and journalist Viv Groskop join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Agatha Christie, Mikhail Bulgakov and Eileen Atkins. The Rose and the Yew Tree by Agatha Christie (writing as Mary Westmacott) Publisher HarperCollinsWill She Do? by Dame Eileen Atkins Publisher ViragoThe Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov trans by Michael Glenny Publisher VintageFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2022.