A Good Read

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A Good Read: Shirley Williams and Margaret Drabble

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Shirley Williams and Margaret Drabble discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

4 Extra Debut. Shirley Williams, Margaret Drabble and Harriett Gilbert on books by Winifred Holtby, Mary McCarthy and James Joyce. From 2015.

Politician Shirley Williams and novelist Margaret Drabble join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Winifred Holtby, Mary McCarthy and James Joyce. 

The Group by Mary McCarthy 
Publisher:  Virago

South Riding by Winifred Holtby 
Publisher: Virago

Dubliners by James Joyce 
Publisher:  Penguin

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2015.

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