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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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Open Book: Pulitzer prize-winner Marilynne Robinson on new novel Lila

16/11/2014

Pulitzer prize-winner Marilynne Robinson on new novel Lila

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Pulitzer prize-winner Marilynne Robinson on new novel Lila

Pulitzer prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson on her new novel Lila.

Pulitzer prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson talks about her new novel Lila, Tim Parks on why we read, and literature lovers in Liverpool discuss the joys of shared reading.

Pulitzer prize winning author Marilynne Robinson on her new book Lila, the third novel from her bestselling series set in the fictional town of Gilead. Novelist Tim Parks discusses how, and why, we read. We visit a haven for lovers of literature in Liverpool to hear about the joys of shared reading and a golfing gem from the master of comedy P G Wodehouse.

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