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A Good Read: Julia Blackburn and Ritula Shah

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Sue MacGregor, Julia Blackburn and Ritula Shah talk about their favourite books.

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Julia Blackburn and Ritula Shah discuss books by Kate Clanchy, Michael Ondaatje and Simon Gray. From 2010.

Sue MacGregor talks to writer Julia Blackburn and BBC The World Tonight presenter Ritula Shah about their favourite books by Kate Clanchy, Michael Ondaatje and Simon Gray. 

Antigona and Me by Kate Clanchy
Publisher. Picador

Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
Publisher. Picador

Coda by Simon Gray
Publisher. Granta 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

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