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Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

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

Philip Kerr

Brian Moore

John Gaustad

Diane Roberts

Nicola Holloway

Open Book: Sports Writing

Sports Writing

26/10/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Sports Writing

Mariella Frostrup stands on the touchline to celebrate the very best writing about sport.

News and features from the world of books. In a special edition, Mariella Frostrup stands on the touchline to celebrate the very best writing about sport.

A special edition of Open Book about sports writing. Mariella Frostrup is joined by novelist Philip Kerr, who has just written a murder mystery set in fictional premiership football club; by former England rugby player Brian Moore whose second book is a hair-raising account of life on rugby tour and by critics John Gaustad and Professor Diane Roberts who chose their favourite sports books.

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