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BBC Radio 4: Take Four Books

James Crawford talk to Liz Nugent

Hay Festival 2026, 

BBC Radio 4’s flagship literary programme, Take Four Books, speaks to an author about their latest novel and explores its connections to three other works. It’s a show about influences, inspiration and more broadly the joy of reading. Presented by the writer James Crawford the programme, which launched in November 2024, has featured some of the world’s biggest authors, as well as interesting debuts. Please join for what promises to be a fascinating conversation with the Irish writer Liz Nugent about her new novel The Truth About Ruby Cooper.