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Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books

Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

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Mariella Frostrup

Ian McEwan

Amy Bloom

Claire Armitstead

Justine Willett

Open Book: Ian McEwan and Amy Bloom

Ian McEwan and Amy Bloom

31/08/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Ian McEwan and Amy Bloom

Ian McEwan on his new novel The Children Act, and US author Amy Bloom on Lucky Us.

Books news. Ahead of a September publishing bonanza, Mariella Frostrup is joined by acclaimed writers Ian McEwan and Amy Bloom, as well as Guardian books editor Claire Armitstead.

As we head for a literary publishing bonanza this September, Mariella Frostrup talks to acclaimed author Ian McEwan on his new novel 'The Children Act', featuring a leading High Court Judge struggling to preside over a moral crisis in her own life.

Mariella will also be joined by American author Amy Bloom who will be discussing her new novel 'Lucky Us', the story of two dispossessed sisters on a journey through 1940s America in search of fame and fortune.

Plus Claire Armitstead, Books Editor of the Guardian and Observer, who will be looking at why so many literary greats have novels out this September.

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