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A Good Read: Kate Clanchy and Michael Dixon

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Kate Clanchy and Michael Dixon

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Sue MacGregor with books by Neil Astley, Paul Torday and H Rider Haggard. From 2009.

4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Kate Clanchy and Michael Dixon discuss books by Neil Astley, Paul Torday and H Rider Haggard. From 2009.

Sue MacGregor and her guests - poet, Kate Clanchy and director of the Natural History Museum, Sir Michael Dixon discuss their favourite paperbacks by Neil Astley, Paul Torday and H Rider Haggard.

Kate's choice: Staying Alive by Neil Astley
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books 

Michael's choice: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen by Paul Torday
Publisher: Phoenix 

Sue's choice: King Solomon's Mines by H Rider Haggard
Publisher: Penguin Classics

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November  2009.

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