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A Good Read

Shirley Williams and Margaret Drabble

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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Politician Shirley Williams and novelist Margaret Drabble join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Winifred Holtby, Mary McCarthy and James Joyce.

The Group by Mary McCarthy
Publisher: Virago

South Riding by Winifred Holtby
Publisher: Virago

Dubliners by James Joyce
Publisher: Penguin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Shirley Williams
Interviewed Guest:
Margaret Drabble
Producer:
Sally Heaven
Source: BBC Online

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