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06/05/2016

Helen Mort, Rita Ann Higgins

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Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's word cabaret, with guests Helen Mort and and Ann Higgins.

Ian McMillan presents Radio 3's cabaret of the word, with guests including poet Helen Mort, and poet and playwright Rita Ann Higgins, who reads from her new book Tongulish.

Ian's guests include the poet Helen Mort. Helen's first collection 'Division Street' (Chatto) was shortlisted for the TS Prize and the Costa Prize. Helen's new projects is 'Poeta', which combines her poetry with the flamenco guitar of Samuel Moore. Helen's new collection of poetry, 'No Map Could Show Them', has just been published.

And poet and playwright Rita Ann Higgins reads from her new book 'Tongulish' (Bloodaxe), poetry written in the language of 'sweet talk, babble and blather, quibble and quizzical'

Presenter: Ian McMillan
Producer: Cecile Wright.

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