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Free Thinking: Scotland, Wales and the Ukraine, Lidudumalingani

Scotland, Wales and the Ukraine, Lidudumalingani

07/07/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Scotland, Wales and the Ukraine, Lidudumalingani

Anne McElvoy discusses Welsh links to Ukraine, plus Welsh fiction since devolution.

Presented by Anne McElvoy. With Victoria Donovan exploring the links between Wales and Ukraine, and Emma Schofield on Welsh fiction since devolution. Plus writer Lidudumalingani.

New Generation Thinker Victoria Donovan explores the links between Wales and Ukraine. Later this month the Wales Book of the Year Awards take place. We hear from Dr Emma Schofield about the way Welsh fiction has reflected debates since devolution. And talk to Lidudumalingani - winner of this year's Caine Prize for African Writing. 
Dr Victoria Donovan researches Russian history and culture at the University of St Andrews.
The New Generation Thinkers prize is an initiative launched by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to find the brightest minds from across the UK who have the potential to transform their research into engaging broadcast programmes. You can hear more about the research topics of all 10 2016 New Generation Thinkers on our website.
You can read the Caine Prize story here http://caineprize.com/2016-shortlist/ 

The Wales Book of the Year Awards are announced on Thursday 21 July. The shortlists are:
The Roland Mathias Poetry Award: Love Songs of Carbon, Philip Gross /Boy Running, Paul Henry /Pattern beyond Chance, Stephen Payne
The Rhys Davies Fiction Award: The Girl in the Red Coat, Kate Hamer/ We Don't Know What We're Doing, Thomas Morris / I Saw a Man, Owen Sheers
The Open University in Wales Creative Non-Fiction Award:
Losing Israel, Jasmine Donahaye / Woman Who Brings the Rain, Eluned Gramich / Wales Unchained, Daniel G. Williams
Aberystwyth University Welsh-language Poetry Award: Nes Draw, Mererid Hopwood / Hel llus yn y glaw, Gruffudd Owen / Eiliadau Tragwyddol, Cen Williams
Welsh-language Fiction Award: Norte, Jon Gower / Y Bwthyn, Caryl Lewis / Rifiera Reu, Dewi Prysor
The Open University in Wales Welsh-language Creative Non-Fiction Award: Pam Na Fu Cymru, Simon Brooks / Dyddiau Olaf Owain Glyndwr, Gruffydd Aled Williams / Is-deitla'n Unig, Emyr Glyn Williams

Producer: Ruth Watts

(Image: Lidudumalingani, Credit: The Caine Prize for African Writing).

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