Sunday 16:00-16:30, repeated Thursday 16:00-16:30, except first Sunday in the month when it is replaced by Book Club.
Open Book spotlights new fiction and non-fiction, picks out the best of the paperbacks, talks to authors and publishers, and unearths lost masterpieces.
This week
Sunday 26 March 2006
Deborah Moggach on Arnold Bennett, a new literary prize for 'blooks' and why some novelists choose to hide behind a pseudonym.
Re-reading
Continuing our series on re-reading, novelist Deborah Moggach, who has just adapted Pride and Prejudice for the big screen, tells Mariella Frostrup why she goes back to Arnold Bennett's The Old Wives' Tale and Richmal Crompton's William books. Email or write to us with the books you like to read time and time again.
The Old Wives' Tale - Arnold Bennett Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0140182551
Michael Fishwick is a publisher by day and a novelist by night. He talks to Mariella Frostrup about his second book Sacrifices, the story of a domineering headmaster told through the eyes of his family and colleagues.
Sacrifices - Michael Fishwick Publisher: Jonathan Cape ISBN: 0224061275
Smashing People - Michael Fishwick Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099285959
The Blooker Prize
The publishing website lulu.com has started a new prize for 'blooks' - books which are based on internet blogs. Stephen Fraser from lulu explains all.
Egg, Bacon, Chips and Beans: 50 Great Cafes and the Stuff That Makes Them Great - Russell Davies Publisher: HarperCollins Entertainment ISBN: 0007213786
Belle De Jour: Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl - Anonymous Publisher: Phoenix mass market p/bk ISBN: 0753819236
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen - Julie Powell Publisher: Fig Tree ISBN: 0670915254
The art of the pseudonym
The journalist Jonathan Freedland has published his first novel, a thriller, under the pseudonym Sam Bourne. He and author Jenny Haddon, who writes romances under the name Sophie Weston and chairs the Romantic Novelists Association, are joined by Professor John Sutherland to discuss the art of the pen name.
The Righteous Men - Sam Bourne Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0007203284
In the Arms of the Sheikh - Sophie Weston Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd (Large Print Books) ISBN: 0263189635
The Cinderella Factor - Sophie Weston Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon ISBN: 0263848973
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre - B Traven Publisher: Prion Books Ltd ISBN: 1853753459
