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The Book Café: 29/08/2011

29/08/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - The Book Café, 29/08/2011

Clare English meets Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo.

Clare meets superstar Norwegian writer Jo Nesbo.

Despite critics comparing her work to Alice Munro and William Trevor as much as Ruth Rendell or PD James, Scottish author Morag Joss has been unable to shake the label of 'crime writer' since her first three books, which were in that genre. She'll join us to talk about attempting to re-invent herself with her seventh novel, 'Across the Bridge'.

'There is only one country that was given by God! It is Scotland to the Scots'. The father of sci -fi, Jules Verne, only spent twelve days in the country but his classic novels, 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth', '20,000 Leagues under the Sea' and 'Around the World in 80 Days' reveal how deeply he was impressed by Scotland. Ian Thompson joins us to explain why.

And- the man who brought Daleks back to the small screen in the BAFTA-winning first series of Doctor Who starring Christopher Eccleston is to become writer-in-residence at Edinburgh Napier University's. Rob Shearman will reveal how he'll be encouraging his students to think big when he takes up his post next month.

Produced by Serena Field

Books mentioned on today's programme:

Across the Bridge- Morag Joss
Red Dust Road- Jackie Kay
The Leopard- Jo Nesbo
Jules Verne's Scotland; In Fact and Fiction- Ian Thompson.

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