Antonia Quirke and Kerry Shale

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - film critic, Antonia Quirke and actor, Kerry Shale - discuss their favourite books by Craig Thompson, Gavin Maxwell and Simon Armitage.

Short and Sweet: 101 Very Short Poems Edited by Simon Armitage Publisher: Faber and Faber

Blankets by Craig Thompson Publisher: Top Shelf Productions

A Reed Shaken By The Wind: Travels Among The Marsh Arabs of Iraq by Gavin Maxwell Publisher: Eland

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.