Johny Pitts talks to JJ Bola about his novel The Selfless Act of Breathing, the story of a millennial angst told through the eyes of a young teacher who seems to have it all.

Prof David Damrosch and writer Rob Doyle talk about their books, Around the World in 80 Books and Autobibliography, and how a life in reading inspired them to bring together a collection of their most cherished reads in a single volume.

Taskeen Ahmed from Awesome Books discusses how we can be more green by buying second hand books.

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, author of Dust and one time winner of the Caine Prize for African Literature, sends us her literary postcard from Nairobi. And Johny hears about online market for second hand books and why buying them helps the climate change.

Presenter: Johny Pitts
Producer: Kirsten Locke

Book List – Sunday 21 November and Thursday 25 November

The Selfless Act of Breathing by J J Bola
No Place to Call Home by J J Bola
Mask Off by J J Bola
Around the World in 80 Books by David Damrosch
Autobibliography by Rob Doyle
Voyage Autour de ma Chambre by Xavier de Maistre
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Dragonfly Sea by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Weight of Whispers by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
The Divine Comedy by Dante
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Ethical Bookshops
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