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A celebration of Muriel Spark

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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A celebration of Muriel Spark who was born in 1918. Alan Taylor who has written a memoir about his friendship with the novelist and writer William Boyd join Mariella Frostrup. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Alan Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
William Boyd
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Llewellyn
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Foulds
Interviewed Guest:
Khurrum Rahman
Source: BBC Online

Open Book

Adam Foulds, Naomi Wood, David Park, Lindsey Davis, listeners' heroines

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Adam Foulds on his latest novel In the Wolf's Mouth; David Park and Naomi Wood discuss the experiences of the wives of great writers; and Lindsey Davis on Quick Reads. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Adam Foulds
Interviewed Guest:
David Park
Interviewed Guest:
Naomi Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Lindsey Davis
Producer:
Andrea Kidd
Source: BBC Online

Bookclub

Adam Foulds - The Quickening Maze

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Presented by James Naughtie. Adam Foulds responds to readers' questions about his novel on the poet John Clare, The Quickening Maze, shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
James Naughtie
Interviewed Guest:
Adam Foulds
Producer:
Dymphna Flynn
Source: BBC Online