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Open Book

Women subverting horror with Mariana Enríquez, Claire Kohda and Sophie White

Duration: 28 minutes

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

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Octavia Bright talks to highly-acclaimed Argentinian author Mariana Enríquez. about her unsettling new novel which addresses the horrors of her country's past through the prism of family, heritage and the occult.

And how are a new wave of women writers subverting traditional forms of horror fiction? Claire Kohda discusses the connections between mixed-race experiences and vampires, and Irish writer Sophie White explains why women have always had an affinity with the often male-dominated genre.

Book List – Sunday 27 November and Thursday 1 December

Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
Where I End by Sophie White
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda
Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri
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