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Open Book: Colin Thubron

14/08/2016

Colin Thubron

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Colin Thubron talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel Night of Fire.

Celebrated travel writer Colin Thubron talks to Mariella about his new novel Night of Fire, and how Arthur Ransome's own complex story influenced Swallows and Amazons.

Celebrated travel writer and novelist Colin Thubron talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel 'Night of Fire'. Debut Author Garth Greenwell explores the progress forged by gay writers of the past and how they have paved the way for their successors. Children's author Roland Chambers tells Open Book why Arthur Ransome's complicated life influenced the safe and bucolic world of Swallows and Amazons. Writer Adam Baron questions why there isn't more contemporary literature which depicts parents sharing the childcare.

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