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The Arts Hour: Melissa McCarthy, Yasmina Khadra, Souad Massi

Melissa McCarthy, Yasmina Khadra, Souad Massi

13/06/2015

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Melissa McCarthy, Yasmina Khadra, Souad Massi

Spies, a world of writers and African music

Author Anthony Horowitz talks about his forthcoming new James Bond novel Trigger Mortis set for release this September.  Star comic actress Melissa McCarthy and director Paul Feig talk about their box office smash film Spy.   Yasmina Khadra discusses his novel, The Swallows of Kabul, a harrowing portrait of life under The Taleban, with a book club audience.    Soul and Jazz singer-songwriter Somi, her last album was Lagos Music Salon and we catch up with her on tour in Harare.  Susan Abulhawa discusses her new novel The Blue between the Sky and the Water about a family who flees after Israel enters Gaza.   Souad Massi, a BBC World Music winner, talks around her new album El Mutakallimun  inspired by the golden age of Arabic poets in 9th century Spain.   We learn about Nainsukh, India's 18th century artist who changed Indian art forever to become perhaps the first great modern artist of the country.    And we have news of the winner of the In The Dark Audio Award a big prize for the best storytelling in audio.

(Photo: Melissa McCarthy (c) Fox (UK), Yasmina Khadra (c) Andrew H Walker/Getty, Souad Massi (c) Abbas Momani/Getty)

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