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The Afternoon Show: American thriller writer Harlan Coben, singer songwriter Louise Quinn, comedian Karen Dunbar

American thriller writer Harlan Coben, singer songwriter Louise Quinn, comedian Karen Dunbar

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, American thriller writer Harlan Coben, singer songwriter Louise Quinn, comedian Karen Dunbar

Grant speaks to American author Harlan Coben and singer songwriter Louise Quinn.

Best-selling American author Harlan Coben joins Grant and Karen and Katy Koren, founders of Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon on the past year and hopes for the 2021 Festival Fringe.

As part of our arts venue check in, one year after the first announcement of the UK lockdown, Grant will be catching up with Founders and joint Artistic Directors of The Gilded Balloon, Karen and Katy Koren chat about how their past year has been and what their plans might be for this year might be.

Hugely successful American author Harlan Coben who is also the creator of several television shows, including The Stranger and Safe,  joins Grant to talk about his latest and 33rd novel, WIN, and he also chats a bit about being a fan of Taylor Swift!

Anna Welander will be taking us through her picks from BBC Upload – the platform where we hear what creative projects our listeners have been working on at home.

Glasgow based singer songwriter Louise Quinn tells Grant about her lockdown album “Gates of Light” a collaboration between five artists based in Glasgow, London, Paris and New York

In our weekly Getting To Know You slot, journalist Paul English will be testing actress and comedian Karen Dunbar on how many questions she can answer about herself in 3 minutes.

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