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The Afternoon Show

Dolly Alderton, Blindboy, and Sir Ian Rankin on Streetreads

Duration: 2 hours, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio OrkneyLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio Scotland Extra

Available for 11 months

Janice Forsyth presents.

Dolly Alderton talks about her second novel Good Material; podcaster Blindboy tells Janice about his new volume of short stories, Topographia Hibernica.

Sir Ian Rankin talks about his involvement with a project called Streetreads, which gives homeless people access to a library of books, and creative writing workshops. Davie Miller from charity The Simon Community, and participant Rhys tell Janice about their involvement with the project.

And in the Tuesday Review, Natasha Raskin Sharp and Pasquale Iannone share their thoughts on A Murder at the End of the World, a new Gen Z murder mystery starring Emma Corrin. Plus documentary When Blondie Came to Britain, and reality TV satire The Curse, starring Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone. Show less

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