Harriett Gilbert
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Harriett Sarah Gilbert (born 25 August 1948) is an English writer, academic and broadcaster, particularly of arts and book programmes on the
Biography
Born in
She nominated
Career
From 1983 to 1988, she was literary editor of the
From 1992, she lectured in the Department of Journalism at the
She wrote two short animated films, directed by Marjut Rimminen: The Stain (1992) and Many Happy Returns (1997).
Gilbert presents one programme on BBC World Service radio: World Book Club, broadcast on the first Saturday in each month. About presenting for the World Service, Gilbert has said: "I think I'm doing the dream job, I just love it, and I can't think of anywhere else I'd like to be."[7]
Gilbert has introduced the World Service arts documentary series Close Up.
In 2011, she replaced Sue MacGregor as presenter of the Radio 4 book programme A Good Read.[11]
Writer and broadcaster Michael Rosen called her "one of the very best presenters of arts programmes on radio or TV".[12] The Financial Times said of her, "the splendid Harriett Gilbert [...] painfully shows up certain would-be arty Radio 4 colleagues".[13]
She is the author of six novels, including Hotels With Empty Rooms and The Riding Mistress. Her non-fiction books include A Women's History of Sex and The Sexual Imagination from Acker to Zola. She scripted the short animated film The Stain (1991).[14][15]
As of 2009, although she has not published a novel since 1983 she hoped to return to writing.[16]
She was a judge of the 2011 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.[17]
Personal life
She comes from a family of writers: her father Michael Gilbert wrote crime fiction; her paternal grandfather, Bernard Gilbert, was a poet, novelist and playwright; her paternal grandmother, Berwyn Cuthbert, was a journalist; and her younger brother, Gerard Gilbert, is also a journalist.[18] Harriett Gilbert lives in London with her painter husband, Robin Hazlewood.[18]
Bibliography
- I Know Where I've Been – Harper and Row (USA) (1972). ISBN 0-06-011522-X
- Hotels With Empty Rooms – Harpercollins (1973). ISBN 0-06-011519-X
- An Offence Against the Persons – Hodder & Stoughton (1974). ISBN 0-340-18520-1
- Given the Ammunition – Harper and Row (1976). ISBN 0-09-461570-5)
- Running Away - Harper and Row (USA) (1979). ISBN 978-006021972-7– a novel for young adults
- The Riding Mistress – Constable (1983). ISBN 0-09-464990-1
- "Growing Pains" in Liz Heron (ed.), Truth, Dare or Promise: Girls Growing Up in the Fifties – Virago (1985). ISBN 0-86068-596-9– autobiographical essay
- A Women's History of Sex – Pandora (1987) (illustrated by ISBN 0-86358-142-0
- The Sexual Imagination: From Acker to Zola – A Feminist Companion – Jonathan Cape (1993). ISBN 0-06-273313-3)
- Writing for Journalists – Routledge (1999) (with Wynford Hicks and Sally Adams). ISBN 0-415-18445-2
References
- ^ Heron, Liz (ed.), Truth, Dare or Promise: Girls Growing Up in the Fifties, Virago, 1985.
- ^ a b "Harriett Gilbert: A Good Read". BBC. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ BBC World Service profile. Archived 29 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Life Changing Reviews Archived 5 April 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Daily Telegraph obituary of Michael Gilbert, 10 February 2006.
- ^ City university page. Archived 18 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Meet the Presenter – Harriett Gilbert", BBC World Service. Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "BBC World Service - Close Up, Songs of the Earth: USA". BBC. 23 November 2007. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016.
- ^ The Ticket
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - A Good Read - Harriett Gilbert". BBC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Dowell, Ben (17 May 2011). "Gilbert to front R4's Good Read". Broadcast.
- ^ Michael Rosen website[dead link]
- ^ Martin Hoyle, "Radio choice", Financial Times, 1 November 2008.(subscription required)
- ^ IMDb The Stain
- ^ Internet Archive
- ^ "BBC’s Bush House beckons writing tutor", 26 March 2009. Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Flood, Alison (11 April 2011). "Orhan Pamuk leads shortlist for Independent foreign fiction prize". The Guardian.
- ^ a b "A Good Read". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
Further reading
- Elizabeth Sleeman (2003) International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004, Routledge, ISBN 1-85743-179-0