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Open Book

Laura Barnett

Duration: 28 minutes

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

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In a summery programme, Mariella Frostrup talks to debut novelist Laura Barnett about her book, The Versions of Us which imagines three possible stories for its protagonists, Eva and Jim, and is expected to be a big holiday read. Chris White, fiction buyer at Waterstones discusses summer reading habits and recommends three titles to pack in our suitcases. Meanwhile Ayelet Gundar-Goshen sends a postcard from Tel Aviv revealing what people are reading on the beaches there. And finally a summer literary festival with a difference: Cathy Galvin and author David Almond on the Tablet Festival which will celebrate the Catholic imagination and writing. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Lauren Barnett
Interviewed Guest:
Chris White
Interviewed Guest:
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Interviewed Guest:
Cathy Galvin
Interviewed Guest:
David Almond
Producer:
Kirsten Locke

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