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Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

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Ruth Franklin

Andrew Hurley

Sarah Dillon

Open Book: A look back at the year and the work of Shirley Jackson

A look at the work of Shirley Jackson

18/12/2016

A look back at the year and the work of Shirley Jackson

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, A look back at the year and the work of Shirley Jackson

Mariella Frostrup and guests look at the life and work of Shirley Jackson.

Mariella Frostrup looks at the life and work of Shirley Jackson with her biographer, Ruth Franklin, and literary fan Andrew Michael Hurley.

Mariella and her guests look back at the literary year and suggest some last minute Christmas presents. 

How does good writing really work? Dr Sarah Dillon dissects a passage by the Nigerian prize winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, from her novel Americanah, to unpick its brilliance. 

And the writer Shirley Jackson, who was born one hundred years ago, has been described as 'a genius of literary suspense and psychological horror'. Mariella Frostrup discusses her life and work with her biographer, Ruth Franklin, and literary fan Andrew Michael Hurley.

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