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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

Amanda Coe

Kathy Reichs

Open Book: Amanda Coe, Kathy Reichs, Catalan literature

Writing for Television and Novels; Catalan Literature

19/10/2014

Amanda Coe, Kathy Reichs, Catalan literature

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Amanda Coe, Kathy Reichs, Catalan literature

Featuring Amanda Coe, the literary beginnings of Sherlock Holmes, and Catalan literature.

Amanda Coe tells Mariella Frostrup about her double writing life as novelist and screenwriter, Kathy Reichs on the book she would never lend, and the secrets of Sherlock Holmes.

Amanda Coe is a BAFTA award winning screenwriter who has just published her second novel. She talks to Mariella Frostrup about her double writing life.

Also in the programme, best selling crime writer Kathy Reichs reveals the book she'd never lend, we explore the literary beginnings of master detective Sherlock Holmes and discuss the unique qualities of Catalan literature.

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