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The Verb: Lawrence Sail, Sunjeev Sahota, Ginger and Black, Ammon Shea

24/12/2010

Lawrence Sail, Sunjeev Sahota, Ginger and Black, Ammon Shea

BBC Radio 4 - The Verb, Lawrence Sail, Sunjeev Sahota, Ginger and Black, Ammon Shea

Ian McMillan presents. With Lawrence Sail, Sunjeev Sahota, Ginger and Black, Ammon Shea.

Presented by Ian McMillan. Lawrence Sail reads seasonal verse; novelist Sunjeev Sahota reads a work in progress; comedy musical duo Ginger and Black; Ammon Shea on the phonebook.

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's smorgasbord of language, performance and brand new writing. This week the poet Lawrence Sail, who has written a Christmas poem for the last thirty six years, reads seasonal verse and explains the challenge of saying something new year after year. First-time novelist Sunjeev Sahota reads from a work in progress and introduces his first novel 'Ours Are The Streets' the story of Imtiaz, a would-be suicide bomber. The acerbic comedy musical duo Ginger and Black offer an alternative to Christmas schmalz. And, Ammon Shea reveals the humorous and strange history of the humble phone book.

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