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The Janice Forsyth Show: From the Edinburgh Festivals with Patrick Ness, Michelle McManus and David Greig

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25/08/2015

From the Edinburgh Festivals with Patrick Ness, Michelle McManus and David Greig

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, From the Edinburgh Festivals with Patrick Ness, Michelle McManus and David Greig

Janice Forsyth talks to author Patrick Ness, plus singer Michelle McManus performs live.

Janice Forsyth talks to author Patrick Ness, David Greig and Graham Eatough discuss dramatising Alasdair Gray's novel Lanark, and singer Michelle McManus performs live.

Janice Forsyth is live from the BBC's Potterrow venue at the Edinburgh Festivals.

Author Patrick Ness speaks to Janice just hours before he launches his new book The Rest Of Us Just Live Here at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Singer Michelle McManus performs live and tells Janice about creating her one-woman show.

Writer David Greig and director Graham Eatough on the challenge of putting Alasdair Gray's epic novel Lanark onto the stage.

Rebecca Crookshank began her career in the RAF, before leaving to become an actor - she's created a show based on her experiences. 

East Ayrshire songwriter Rebecca Herd with music from her Heartlands EP, composed for a Fringe play of the same name.

Greg Hemphill and Paul English are today's reviewers, they give their thoughts on a selection of shows from across the festival.

Plus live poetry from Miko Berry and Agnes Török from Edinburgh's Loud Poets collective, and music from South Africa's Tshwane Gospel Choir.

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