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Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

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Book of the Week: Alive, Alive Oh! And Other Things That Matter

Stephanie Cole

Diana Athill

Kirsteen Cameron

Book of the Week: Alive, Alive Oh! And Other Things That Matter: Episode 4: Dead Right

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Episode 4: Dead Right

Dead Right

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Approaching her 98th birthday, Diana Athill shares her thoughts and feelings about death.

Written as she approached her 98th birthday, Diana Athill shares her thoughts and feelings about death. Read by Stephanie Cole. From December 2015.

Stephanie Cole reads from the collection of essays by the acclaimed editor and writer Diana Athill.
 
Written from the vantage point of her great age, Athill's writing is honest, cheering and thought-provoking. In this fourth essay, "Dead Right", she examines her thoughts and feelings about death.
 
Photo credit: Mark Crick
 
Read by Stephanie Cole
 
Written by Diana Athill
 
Abridged and Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

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Stephanie Cole reads from Diana Athill's essay collection. Abridged by Kirsteen Cameron

Stephanie Cole reads from Diana Athill's essay collection, published to mark the author's 98th birthday. Abridged by Kirsteen Cameron

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