Liz Carr and Kate Williams

Actor Liz Carr and historian and writer, Kate William join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Penny Pepper, Murasaki Shikibu and Jenny Erpenbeck.

First In The World Somewhere by Penny Pepper Publisher: Unbound

Diary of Lady Murasaki by Murasaki Shikibu Publisher: Penguin [Translator: Richard Bowring]

Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck [Translator: Susan Bernofsky) Publisher: Portobello Books

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.