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 9th September 2007
Jonathan Coe, who will be explaining to Mariella what or who inspired his latest book, The Rain Before It Falls.
Jonathan Coe Mariella is joined by the best selling author of The Rotters Club, and What A Carve Up!, Jonathan Coe, to speak about whether his latest book, The Rain Before It Falls is a departure from his normal style, and how he wrote a book narrated by a woman.
The Rotters Club – Jonathan Coe Publisher: Penguin
What A Carve Up! – Jonathan Coe Publisher: Penguin
The Closed Circle – Jonathan Coe Publisher: Penguin
House Of Sleep – Jonathan Coe Publisher: Penguin
The Rain Before It Falls – Jonathan Coe Publisher: Viking
The Ballad and The Source – Rosamond Lehmann Publisher: Virago
Old Friends and New Fancies Jane Austen only wrote six novels, but they have inspired authors to write countless sequels in recent years. The first of these sequels, Old Friends and New Fancies by Sybil G Brinton, has just been republished. Professor John Sutherland and Mariella discuss whether anything more than the characters have survived the transition, and why Austen provides such tempting material for writers.
Old Friends and New Fancies – Sybil G Brinton Publisher: Sourcebooks
First Among Sequels – Jasper Fforde Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Something Rotten – Jasper Fforde Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Booktrust This month every eleven year old in England will be given a free book to welcome them back to school. The charity providing the copies is Booktrust, who also administer the Orange and Nestle prizes. Viv Bird, the newly appointed director, explains to Mariella what the aims of and challenges facing the charity are in the coming months.
