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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

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Open Book: Writing Nature

Writing Nature

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Writing Nature

Sarah Hall, Dorthe Nors, Fiona Mozley and Mya-Rose Craig share their literary response to the natural world; from capturing setting in fiction to memoirs inspired by landscape.

A special recording of Open Book at the Southbank in London. Johny Pitts and Octavia Bright are joined on stage by authors Sarah Hall, Mya-Rose Craig, Fiona Mozley and Dorthe Nors,  sharing their literary response to the natural world. 
From the  inspiration they draw from nature, to the challenges of capturing it in words, to  the power of setting in fiction,  a wide-ranging conversation about how writers evoke and celebrate our environment, without ignoring the challenges we all face.

Book List – Sunday 23 October and Thursday 27 October

A Line in the World by Dorthe Nors: Translated by Caroline Waight
The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall 
Birdgirl by Mya-Rose Craig 
Elmet by Fiona Mozley 
I Belong Here by Anita Sethi
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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