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The Book Café: 04/02/2013

04/02/2013

BBC Radio Scotland - The Book Café, 04/02/2013

Hilary Mantel, Christopher Brookmyre, Amy Sackville and Jonathan Meres join Clare English.

Clare English has the lowdown on all things book-related and is joined by Hilary Mantel, Christopher Brookmyre, Amy Sackville and Jonathan Meres.

The unstoppable Hilary Mantel talks about bagging yet another win with the Costa Book of the Year Award for BRING UP THE BODIES and Glaswegian writer Christopher Brookmyre forsakes crime capers for the first in a trilogy of gaming-based sci-fi novels in his new book BEDLAM.

Amy Sackville chats about ORKNEY her seductive new novel which centres around an unlikely couple with a 40 year age gap and examines the compromises we make for modern love.

Plus Jonathan Meres on being a stand-up come actor come author and how his array of talents transfer into his hugely successful NORM books.

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