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Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books

Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

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Open Book: 27/03/2011

27/03/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, 27/03/2011

Mariella Frostrup talks to Monica Ali about her new novel inspired by Princess Diana.

Mariella Frostrup talks to Monica Ali about her new book, a novel inspired by the life of Princess Diana, and writer and critic James Runcie assesses the legacy of Virginia Woolf.

Mariella Frostrup talks to author of Brick Lane Monica Ali about her new book, a novel inspired by the life of Princess Diana. 

Seventy years after her death, novelist and critic James Runcie assesses the legacy of Virginia Woolf. 

And librarians, listeners and writer Dreda Say Mitchell defend public libraries. 

Producer: Sally Spurring.

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