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Free Thinking

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Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

The ideas shaping our lives today - with artists and thinkers in debates and interviews.

The ideas shaping our lives today - with leading artists and thinkers in extended interview and debate.

Christopher Harding

Yoko Tawada

Momoko Ando

Elmer Luke

Alex Kerr

Fiona McLean

Free Thinking: Japan Now Festival at the British Library

Japan Now Festival at the British Library

28/02/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Japan Now Festival at the British Library

Christopher Harding with writers Alex Kerr and Yoko Tawada, and film-maker Momoko Ando.

Christopher Harding is joined by novelist Yoko Tawada, film-maker Momoko Ando, chapbook editor Elmer Luke and Japanologist Alex Kerr.

New Generation Thinker Christopher Harding meets novelist Yoko Tawada, filmmaker Momoko Ando, Elmer Luke editor of a new series of chapbooks and Japanologist Alex Kerr.

Alex Kerr is the author of Lost Japan and Dogs and Demons.
Yoko Tawada's books include Memoirs of a Polar Bear which has just been translated into English.
The Keshiki Series edited by Elmer Luke includes writing by Yoko Tawada, Aoko Matsuda, Keiichiro Hirano, Misumi Kubo, Masatsugo Ono and Natsuki Ekezawa.
Momoko Ando graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art in London and studied film at New York University. Her films are Kakera: A Piece Of Our Life (2009) and 0.5mm (2014).
They are all in England to take part in the Japan Now Festival at the British Library organised by Modern Culture. 

Producer: Fiona McLean.

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