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The Book Café: 05/07/2010

05/07/2010

BBC Radio Scotland - The Book Café, 05/07/2010

Find out what Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird has meant to generations of readers.

We mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird by finding out what the book has meant to readers through the generations.

Often voted one of the ten most important books of the past century, we'll be marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird by finding out what the book has meant to readers through the generations.

What would make an award-winning journalist leave the security of her day job and put herself in the vulnerable position of first-time novelist? Catherine Deveney explains.

Former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo talks about how technology is changing the way authors interact with their young readers - and he should know: rather than the usual 30 pupils in a classroom he recently faced 40,000 at the same time via the internet.

And author Justin Cronin explains how the 766-page story that he plotted out with his small daughter for fun came to be fought over by film companies and publishers before it was even half written.

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