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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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Mariella Frostrup

Daniel Hahn

Deborah Levy

Barney Norris

Rachel Abbott

Angus Phillips

Francesca Haig

Open Book: Barney Norris

17/04/2016

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Deborah Levy and Daniel Hahn tell Mariella Frostrup about the enduring appeal of Cervantes

Deborah Levy and Daniel Hahn discuss the appeal of Cervantes, and playwright Barney Norris talks to Mariella Frostrup about his first novel Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plain.

On the 400th anniversary of his death, Mariella Frostrup discusses the work and legacy of Miguel de Cervantes with authors Daniel Hahn and Deborah Levy. Cervantes is often credited with inventing the modern novel and the playful wit and digressive plotting of Don Quixote have influenced generations of writers.

Playwright Barney Norris talks to Mariella about his first novel Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plain . Set in Salisbury, it's about five characters whose lives are united - and transformed - by a car accident. He talks about the importance of the cathedral city to his life and work.

Also on the programme, Mariella investigates new ways of getting a book published with self publishing star Rachel Abbott and Angus Phillips from the Oxford Centre for Publishing, and novelist Francesca Haig rails against the critical term 'literary'.

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