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A Good Read: Erica Wagner and Francis Gilbert

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Erica Wagner and Francis Gilbert

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Sue MacGregor talks to Erica Wagner and Francis Gilbert about their favourite books.

Sue MacGregor, Erica Wagner and Francis Gilbert discuss books by Ursula Le Guin, Sathnam Sanghera and David Lodge.  From 2009.

Sue MacGregor talks to a husband and wife team, literary editor at The Times Erica Wagner and teacher and writer Francis Gilbert, about their favourite books, which include Ursula Le Guin's Wizard of Earthsea. 

Books featured in the programme: 

Erica's choice: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, Puffin 

Francis's choice: The Boy with the Topknot by Sathnam Sanghera, Penguin 

Sue's choice: Deaf Sentence by David Lodge, Penguin.

Produced by Mark Smalley.  

First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2009.

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