Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,786 playable programmes from the BBC

Open Book

Anne Enright on The Green Road

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Anne Enright joins Mariella Frostrup to discuss her novel The Green Road, a family saga which travels from County Clare to New York and Africa, and her inaugural role as the Irish fiction laureate. And to celebrate an exciting time in Irish literature - with lots of new publishers and new writers emerging - she is joined by debut novelist Sara Baume and broadcaster Sinead Gleeson to discuss whether the new generation of young writers marks a renaissance in the country's literature. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Anne Enright
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Baume
Interviewed Guest:
Sinead Gleeson
Producer:
Kirsten Locke

About this data

This data is drawn from the data stream that informs BBC's iPlayer and Sounds. The information shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was/is subject to change and may not be accurate. More