Lemn Sissay and Mick Herron

Poet Lemn Sissay and writer Mick Herron join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by JM Coetzee, Caroline Blackwood and John Steinbeck.

The Life and Times of Michael K by JM Coetzee Publisher: Vintage

Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood Publisher: New York Review of Books

Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck Publisher: Penguin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2019.