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The Book Café: 26/03/2012

26/03/2012

BBC Radio Scotland - The Book Café, 26/03/2012

Bestselling author Jodi Picoult joins Clare English to talk about her new book Lone Wolf.

Bestselling author Jodi Picoult joins Clare English to talk about her latest book Lone Wolf.

On The Book Cafe with Clare English:

Jodi Picoult, best-selling author of 18 novels including "My Sisters Keeper."   Not afraid of tackling tricky topics in her books; in her latest one "Lone Wolf" Jodi's looking at organ donation and the right to die - but with her usual page-turning, gripping style.  

Jodi's books are hugely popular with book clubs but what makes for a great book group book?   Librarian Stewart Bain and readers, Joyce Clerk and Ann MacLeod, talk us through some of their favourites and ponder whether there's such a thing as a "silver reader" - the sister of the online "silver surfer"?

Shhh... a new book "Quiet (The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking)" argues that the world should stop forcing introverts to come out of their shell.  "Society is biased", says author, Susan Cain. You'd never see a job ad asking for a thoughtful, quiet introvert - but why not? 

And let your mind drift into a philosophical adventure with Scottish author Jennie Erdal who has taken David Hume as her inspiration for her new book "The Missing Shade of Blue".

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