Raymond Antrobus and Guy Gunaratne
Poet Raymond Antrobus and writer Guy Gunaratne share favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert.
Lively conversation around three book choices. Presenter Harriett Gilbert talks to two guests about books they love.
Raymond Antrobus chooses Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa
Guy Gunaratne chooses The Use of Photography by Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie
Harriett Gilbert chooses The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
Raymond Antrobus is a poet whose memoir The Quiet Ear, which investigates the intersection of race and deafness, was published in 2025. His choice for the programme, Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa, is the startling story of a severely disabled woman who blogs pornography from her care home.
Guy Gunaratne is a prizewinning novelist who has chosen Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie's work which explores sex, ill health and photography over the course of their relationship.
Harriett nominates The Mars Room, a novel which looks at the lives, experiences and motivations of the inmates of an American women's prison.
Produced for 麻豆社 Audio in Bristol by Sally Heaven
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