A Good Read Folgen

Harriett Gilbert's guests this week are the art critic Brian Sewell and the poet Wendy Cope.Books chosen: "From the City, From the Plough," by Alexander Baron "The Moving Toyshop," by Edmund Crispin "Evening in the Palace of Reason," by James Gaines Producer Christine Hall First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests, historian, Gus Casely-Hayford and educationalist Martin Stephen discuss books by Aminatta Forna, Dan Vyleta and Thomas Hardy.Gus chooses a fictional account of the fall-out from the conflict in Sierra Leone, Aminatta Forna's "The Memory of Love", which has a natural resonance with Harriett's own choice, "Pavel and I". This is a first novel from Dan Vyleta, set in post-war Berlin.Martin Stephen brings with him “Poems of Thomas Hardy” selected by Claire Tomalin.First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.

Harriett Gilbert talks to children's writer Eleanor Updale and TV and radio presenter Andrea Oliver about favourite books by William Trevor, Mohsin Hamid and Laura Esquivel.'Love and Summer' by William Trevor Publisher: Penguin'Like Water for Chocolate' by Laura Esquivel Publisher: Black Swan'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' by Mohsin Hamid Publisher: PenguinFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.