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Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

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

Mariella Frostrup

Fiona Melrose

Kaite Welsh

Susan Hill

Open Book: Fiona Melrose on her novel Johannesburg

Fiona Melrose on her novel Johannesburg

23/07/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Fiona Melrose on her novel Johannesburg

Mariella Frostrup talks to Fiona Melrose.

Mariella Frostrup talks to Fiona Melrose about her novel Johannesburg. Set on the day of Nelson Mandela's death, the characters paint a portrait of the city on this historic day.

Mariella Frostrup talks to South African born writer Fiona Melrose about her new novel Johannesburg. Set on the day of Nelson Mandela's death, it brings together characters who together give voice to the city on a day of tension and history. 
We also mark the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality with a look at transgender characters in fiction with Kaite Welsh.
Novelist Susan Hill reveals the Book She'd Never Lend, and we hear about a new American museum devoted to writing.

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