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Series bringing fresh insight into lives through literature, with guest presenters

Series bringing fresh insight into lives through literature, in which guest presenters pick readings from their favourite pieces of poetry and prose

With Great Pleasure: Don Paterson

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

19/10/2006

Don Paterson

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Poet Don Paterson shares his favourite prose and poetry including Chesterton and Dickinson

Poet Don Paterson shares his favourite prose and poetry including GK Chesterton, Emily Dickinson and Seamus Heaney. From October 2006.

Don Paterson entertains an audience with the work of some of his favourite fellow poets, including Douglas Dunn, Tony Harrison, Billy Collins, Seamus Heaney and William Topaz McGonagall.

Recorded at the 2006 Ledbury Poetry Festival.  

Producer: Viv Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2006.

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