The Afternoon Show with Janice Forsyth

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The Afternoon Show: Dolly Alderton, Blindboy, and Sir Ian Rankin on Streetreads

Dolly Alderton, Blindboy, and Sir Ian Rankin on Streetreads

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Janice talks to Dolly Alderton about her new novel. Plus Blindboy on his new short stories

Janice Forsyth talks to Dolly Alderton about her second novel, Good Material. Plus podcaster Blindboy on his new collection of short stories.

Janice Forsyth presents. 

Dolly Alderton talks about her second novel Good Material; podcaster Blindboy tells Janice about his new volume of short stories, Topographia Hibernica.

Sir Ian Rankin talks about his involvement with a project called Streetreads, which gives homeless people access to a library of books, and creative writing workshops. Davie Miller from charity The Simon Community, and participant Rhys tell Janice about their involvement with the project. 

And in the Tuesday Review, Natasha Raskin Sharp and Pasquale Iannone share their thoughts on A Murder at the End of the World, a new Gen Z murder mystery starring Emma Corrin. Plus documentary When Blondie Came to Britain, and reality TV satire The Curse, starring Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone.

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