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A Good Read: Rageh Omaar and Stephanie Calman

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Rageh Omaar and Stephanie Calman talk to Sian Williams about their favourite books.

4 Extra Debut. Rageh Omaar, Stephanie Calman and Sian Williams discuss JRR Tolkien, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding and Emma Donoghue. From 2011.

Journalist and writer Rageh Omaar,  author and founder of the badmothersclub.com Stephanie Calman and presenter Sian Williams discuss three very different books by JRR Tolkien, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding and Emma Donoghue.

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 
Publisher: Harper Collins Childrens 

The Blank Wall by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding 
Publisher:  Persephone Books 

Room by Emma Donoghue 
Publisher:  Picador

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2011.

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