Tobias Menzies & Gytha Lodge
4 Extra Debut. Tobias Menzies, Gytha Lodge and Harriett Gilbert discuss books by Rachel Cusk, Judith Kerr, and Helen Garner. From 2021.
Actor Tobias Menzies and crime writer Gytha Lodge join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Rachel Cusk, Judith Kerr, and Helen Garner.
Transit by Rachel Cusk
Publisher: Jonathan Cape ( Faber)
The Spare Room by Helen Garner
Publisher: Canongate Canons
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2021.
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