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The Janice Forsyth Show: 28/05/2014

28/05/2014

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Janice talks to Geoff Dyer and Mitch Cullin and hears about the real Molly Campbell story.

Janice speaks to writer Sudha Bhuchar and actress Karen Bartke about My Name Is, a play about Molly Campbell, plus Mitch Cullin discusses his novel A Slight Trick of the Mind.

Play My Name Is opens at the Tron on Thursday. It's based on interviews with Molly Campbell and her parents, in the aftermath of the media attention when Molly "disappeared" to Pakistan in 2006. Janice speaks to writer Sudha Bhuchar and the actress playing Molly's mother Louise, Karen Bartke. They'll also be joined by Louise and Molly Campbell.

Author Mitch Cullin talks to Janice about his novel, A Slight Trick of the Mind about a long-retired Sherlock Holmes in his twilight years.

Geoff Dyer writes about life aboard the USS George H.W. Bush in Another Great Day at Sea. The first title in a new Writers in Residence series of books that bring together great writers and photographers to reveal more about the normally faceless organisations that shape the modern world

A Sam Shepard Roadshow comes to town with a multi-media celebration of the great man's work, created by director Simon Usher and actor Jack Tarlton.

Making your own clobber is in vogue at the moment - fashion designer Emily Millichip tells Janice about her pursuit of the perfect Hawaiian shirt.

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