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Free Thinking

Canada 150: Identity - Robbie Richardson, Alison MacLeod, Deborah Pearson, Rupi Kaur and Kevan Funk

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Shahidha Bari and Laurence Scott explore images of Canada, including First Nations art, Anne of Green Gables on TV, and poems and art posted on Instagram and Twitter by Rupi Kaur. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Shahidha Bari
Presenter:
Laurence Scott
Interviewed Guest:
Rupi Kaur
Interviewed Guest:
Alison MacLeod
Interviewed Guest:
Robbie Richardson
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Pearson
Interviewed Guest:
Kevan Funk

Open Book

Balli Kaur Jaswal

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Literary magazine programme, presented by Mariella Frostrup. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Alison MacLeod
Interviewed Guest:
Ra Page
Interviewed Guest:
Balli Kaur Jaswal
Interviewed Guest:
Elan Mastai

Open Book

15/06/2014

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mariella Frostrup talks to award-winning Spanish writer Javier Cercas about his new novel Outlaws, and discusses Virginia Woolf in fiction with Maggie Gee and Alison MacLeod. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Javier Cercas
Interviewed Guest:
Maggie Gee
Interviewed Guest:
Alison MacLeod
Interviewed Guest:
Joanna Trollope
Interviewed Guest:
Sergio Rodriguez
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

Book at Bedtime

Unexploded

Episode 4

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Relations between Evelyn and Geoffrey remain strained, but Evelyn plans a brief diversion from everyday pressures. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Unexploded

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Otto has started work on a fresco in a local church. The internment camp is closed, but Geoffrey now has observer duties with the UXB unit. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Unexploded

Episode 9

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Stung by Otto's off-handedness, Evelyn has thrown herself into her work with the WI and at home. But can it last? Show more

Book at Bedtime

Unexploded

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

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

With Brighton braced for an imminent invasion on its beaches, Geoffrey comes home with some shattering news. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Unexploded

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

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

The Beaumonts are set on ever-diverging paths. Geoffrey has begun to see Leah, while Evelyn, against his wishes, has decided to visit the internment camp. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Unexploded

Episode 6

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Evelyn has become interested in the fate of internee Otto Gottlieb. But according to Geoffrey, there's more to Otto than meets the eye. Show more

Book at Bedtime

Unexploded

Episode 10

Duration: 15 minutes

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

Evelyn is not at home. Prompted by Philip's anxiety and suspicions, Geoffrey goes looking for her. And why is there smoke coming from No 5? Show more

Imagining Chekhov

Woman With A Little Pug by Alison MacLeod

Duration: 15 minutes

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

4 Extra Debut. A philanderer sees a woman in a hotel. But have they met before? Reworking of The Lady With A Little Dog, read by Peter Firth. Show more

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Open Book

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen on Waking Lions

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mariella Frostrup talks to Israeli novelist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. Her new book, Waking Lions, is a morality tale about a doctor who kills a man in a hit-and-run accident. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Interviewed Guest:
Melissa Harrison
Interviewed Guest:
Amy Liptrot
Interviewed Guest:
Michiel Heynes
Interviewed Guest:
Alison MacLeod