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28 minutes
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James Runcie and Booker Prize-winning novelist Anne Enright discuss the role of dialogue in storytelling, and why silence, subtext and inarticulacy are just as important as speech. Show more
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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James Runcie is joined by the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah to discuss the art of creating convincing characters and giving them a satisfying arc. Show more
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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James Runcie is joined by Women's Prize-winning novelist Kamila Shamsie to explore the art of creating places so real we can hear, taste and smell them. Show more
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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James Runcie is joined by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford to consider the tricky business of starting a story and maintaining momentum. Show more
