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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

Margaret Drabble

Wyl Menmuir

Louis de Bernieres

Open Book: Margaret Drabble, Louis de Bernieres, Literary prizes, Wyl Menmuir on fictional islands

13/11/2016

Margaret Drabble, Louis de Bernieres, Literary prizes, Wyl Menmuir on fictional islands

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Margaret Drabble, Louis de Bernieres, Literary prizes, Wyl Menmuir on fictional islands

Mariella Frostrup talks to Margaret Drabble about her new novel The Dark Flood Rises.

Mariella Frostrup talks to the novelist, biographer and critic Dame Margaret Drabble about her latest book The Dark Flood Rises, which questions our ideas about aging and dying. Mariella also discusses the inaugural Parliamentary Book Awards,which are voted on by the Parliamentarians themselves. Writer Wyl Menmuir takes us on a tour of some of his favourite fictional islands and Louis de Bernieres reveals the book he'd never lend - a poignant family heirloom.

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