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 29 October 2006
Queen of the short story Alice Munro talks about a life time of writing and her latest work, which draws on her personal family history. Plus the enduring appeal of the locked room mystery, and the pick of the latest audio books.
Alice Munro Author of some of the best short stories ever written, Alice Munro talks to Mariella about her most recent book, The View From Castle Rock which is an unusual mixture of autobiography, family history and fiction.
Dance of the Happy Shades Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099273772
Lives of Girls and Women Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0140121617
Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0375707484
Who Do You Think You Are? Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0140241582
The Moons of Jupiter Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099458365
The Progress of Love Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0375724702
Friend of My Youth Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099820609
Open Secrets Publisher: Open Secrets ISBN: 009945971X
The Love of a Good Woman Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099287862
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099422743
Runaway Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099472252
The View From Castle Rock Publisher: Chatto and Windus ISBN: 0701179899
Audio Books Why are audio books so popular? Christina Hardyment talks about some recent releases.
A Spot of Bother - Mark Haddon, read by Alex Jennings Publisher: Random House Audio ISBN: 1846570751
Eleven On Top - Janet Evanovich, read by Lorelei King Publisher: Headline Audiobooks ISBN: 0755328094
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield, read by Juliet Stevenson Publisher: Orien Audiobooks ISBN: 0752875728
Locked Room Mysteries Val McDermid, John Sutherland and Gilbert Adair discuss the enduring appeal of ‘locked room’ mystery stories.
Act of Roger Murgatroyd - Gilbert Adair Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 057122637X
The Wire in the Blood - Val McDermid Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 000649983X
The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allen Poe Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099502747
The Hollow Man - John Dickson Carr Publisher: Orion ISBN: 0752851373
And Then There Were None – Agatha Christie Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0007136838
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0007141343
