A Good Read

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Jacqueline Wilson

Richard Osman

Melvin Rickarby

A Good Read: Jacqueline Wilson and Richard Osman

Dame Jacqueline Wilson and Richard Osman discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

Children's author Dame Jacqueline Wilson and TV presenter and producer Richard Osman discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

Children's author Dame Jacqueline Wilson and TV presenter and producer Richard Osman discuss their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

A 1950's Kentish childhood is evoked in Jacqueline Wilson's pick, The Orchard on Fire, by Shena MacKay.

Richard Osman's choice is brimful of liquid lunches and smoke-filled rooms at the end of a golden era on Fleet Street: Michael Frayn's hilarious Towards the End of the Morning.

And though Richard and Jacqueline wouldn't normally go for a book about Norwegian lumberjacks, they find Harriett Gilbert's selection, Out Stealing Horses, by Per Petterson, a deeply moving delight.

Presenter: Harriett Gilbert. Producer: Melvin Rickarby.

Richard Osman and Jacqueline Wilson

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4 Extra Debut. Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Richard Osman and Harriett Gilbert on books by Michael Frayn, Shena MacKay and Per Petterson. From 2013.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - children's author, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and TV presenter Richard Osman - discuss their favourite books by Michael Frayn, Shena MacKay and Per Petterson.

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson

Publisher: Vintage
 
Towards the End of the Morning by Michael Frayn

Publisher: Faber and Faber

The Orchard on Fire by Shena MacKay

Publisher:  Vintage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2013.

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