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My Life in Five Books

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What are the books that changed your life, your attitude to living and view of the world?

What are the books that changed your life, your attitude to living, your view of the world? Picking five books that are significant to them, guests give us a fascinating insight

My Life in Five Books: Series 2: James Robertson

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Author and publisher James Robertson talks to Stuart Cosgrove about his favourite books.

Poet and author James Robertson tells Stuart Cosgrove about books he loves including his favourite reference book. From July 2011.

James Robertson is a poet, editor, novelist and publisher and was the first Writer-in-Resident at Hugh MacDiarmid's cottage at Brownsbank near Bigger in Lanarkshire. 

James explains to Stuart how he first discovered MacDiarmid and how his book of Collected Poems is his life changing book. They also discuss James's favourite reference book, the volume he has looked at most often and the title he'd most like to re-read. 

Books chosen: .

1: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. 

2: Collected Poems by Hugh MacDiarmid.

3: Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable by the Reverend Dr. Ebenezer Cobham

4: At Swim-Two-Bird by Flann O'Brieny

5: Bleak House by Charles Dickens. 
 
Producer Mike Walker 
  
Presenter  Stuart Cosgrove.

First broadcast on Radio Scotland in 2011.

My Life in Five Books: Series 2

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