A Good Read

Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Factual

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts

BBC Radio 4 LW

A Good Read: Liam Williams and Kate Stables

30/11/2021

Liam Williams and Kate Stables

BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read, Liam Williams and Kate StablesClose menu

Three strange, fantastical novels, all very different, are the book choices for this week.

Three strange, fantastical novels are the book choices of Liam Williams, best-known for the BBC series 'Ladhood', Kate Stables AKA This is the Kit, and presenter Harriett Gilbert.

Three strange, fantastical novels, all very different, are the book choices for this week.

Liam Williams is perhaps best-known for the BBC series 'Ladhood'.  He picks 'Bartleby, the Scrivener' by Herman Melville, a dark tale about the monotony of office work and people who quietly buck the system.  The musician Kate Stables AKA This is the Kit is a self-confessed huge fan of Ursula K. Le Guin, and she chooses 'The Word for World is Forest' to share with Liam and Harriett.  It's a book which draws heavily on the Vietnam War to comment on the nature of humanity.  Harriett's pick is Requiem by Antonio Tabucchi, a tale of unexpected encounters on the streets of Lisbon, as the narrator goes in search of a lost love.

Producer for BBC Audio in Bristol: Toby Field

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

A Good Read

Liam Williams and Kate Stables

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4