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The Book Café: 10/10/2011

10/10/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - The Book Café, 10/10/2011

We talk to Deborah Bull, former Royal Ballet principal, and author Frank Cottrell Boyce.

We talk to Deborah Bull, former Royal Ballet principal, and children's author Frank Cottrell Boyce.

Former principal with The Royal Ballet, Deborah Bull, takes us behind the footlights and velvet curtain and talks about revealing the private world of a ballet dancer in her new book.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again: esteemed screenplay writer and children's author Frank Cottrell Boyce discusses taking Ian Fleming's creation and writing the further adventures of the four-fendered flying car.

Scotland's National Poet is having a busy autumn: Liz Lochhead discusses A Choosing, her new volume of selected poems, and talks about juggling her involvement in two new theatre productions with her commitments as Makar.

We speak to the author of a recent example of crossover fiction, Laini Taylor, and discuss whether books that appeal to both adults and young adults are growing in popularity.

And, as a new project launches that sends famous authors to visit hospitals, we ask whether reading stories to sick children can prove more than a welcome diversion during a long stay on a ward. Might it even aid recovery?

Producer: Serena Field


Books mentioned on the programme:

The Everyday Dancer- Deborah Bull
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again- Frank Cottrell Boyce
A Choosing: Selected Poems- Liz Lochhead
Daughter of Smoke and Bone- Laini Taylor.

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