A Good Read Folgen

Lively conversation around three book choices. Presenter Harriett Gilbert talks to two guests about books they love.Raymond Antrobus chooses Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa Guy Gunaratne chooses The Use of Photography by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie Harriett Gilbert chooses The Mars Room by Rachel KushnerRaymond Antrobus is a poet whose memoir The Quiet Ear, which investigates the intersection of race and deafness, was published in 2025. His choice for the programme, Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, is the startling story of a severely disabled woman who blogs pornography from her care home.Guy Gunaratne is a prizewinning novelist who has chosen Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie's work which explores sex, ill health and photography over the course of their relationship.Harriett nominates The Mars Room, a novel which looks at the lives, experiences and motivations of the inmates of an American women's prison.Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sally Heaven Join us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbcPhoto credit: Marco Giugliarelli

Lively conversation around three book choices. Presenter Harriett Gilbert talks to two guests about books they loveEUPHORIA by Lily King HUNGER PAINS by Derek Owusu LOVED AND MISSED by Susie BoytSelina Brown has written three children's picture books. She is the founder and CEO of the Black British Book Festival. Her book recommendation is Hunger Pains by Derek Owusu - a novel that puts the growing trend of male obsession with appearance and fitness under the spotlight.Fellow guest Andrea Wulf is author of eight books, including the Founding Gardeners and The Invention of Nature. Her latest, The Traveller, is about the life of ethnographer George Forster, She chooses the novel chooses Euphoria by Lily King. It's based on the life of the life of the American explorer and anthropologist Margaret Mead.Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt is Harriett's choice - a poignant story about the fierce love of a grandmother who brings up her troubled daughter's child.Producer: Maggie Ayre, BBC Audio Bristol Join us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbcPhoto credit: Antonina Gern

Guests discuss books they love. This time: Loving and Giving by Molly Keane, chosen by podcaster and Archers actor Susie Riddell The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré, chosen by education activist Dr Vee Kativhu The Land in Winter by Andrew Miller, chosen by presenter Harriett GilbertProduced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sarah Goodman Join us over on Instagram @agoodreadbbc