Literature
The Essay. Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf, Sindhubala. Audio, 14 minutes
Preti Taneja on the writing and politics of Bengali author and activist Mahasweta Devi.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. John Halifax, Gentleman. Audio, 14 minutes
2/5 Clare Walker Gore explores how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations
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The Essay. Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf, John Halifax, Gentleman. Audio, 14 minutes
Clare Walker Gore explains how Dinah Mulock Craik subverted Victorian expectations.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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The Essay. Books to Make Space For on the Bookshelf, The Black Lizard. Audio, 14 minutes
New Generation Thinker Christopher Harding reads the Japanese equivalent of Conan Doyle.
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World Book Club. Tsitsi Dangarembga: Nervous Conditions. Audio, 49 minutes
Tsitsi Dangarembga talks about her coming-of-age novel Nervous Conditions
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The Essay. Shakespeare's Sisters, Fanny Dickens. Audio, 14 minutes
The brilliant women whose success was often eclipsed by their more famous brothers.
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Word Up! Debora Kayembe, Hannah Lavery talks literature and theatre and the Scottish women dominating social media. Audio, 38 minutes
Vanessa Kanbi and Etienne Kubwabo welcome Debora Kayembe to Word Up!
- AttributionBBC Radio Scotland
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The Essay. Shakespeare's Sisters, Sarah Fielding. Audio, 14 minutes
Lucy Powell asks why history has forgotten the achievements of novelist Sarah Fielding.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
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- Posted4 March 2021
The Essay. Rainsong in Five Senses, Paris and the Look of Rain. Audio, 14 minutes
Nandini Das introduces another essay about the global differences in our response to rain.
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The Essay. Rainsong in Five Senses, Japan and the Taste of Rain. Audio, 14 minutes
Nandini Das curates essays from across the globe on five different experiences of rain.
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- Posted1 March 2021
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- Posted1 March 2021
The Interview. Douglas Stuart: Stories of tender souls in tough places. Audio, 23 minutes
Stephen Sackur speaks to the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain
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World Book Club. Sjón - Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was. Audio, 50 minutes
Sjón answers questions from readers about his novel Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was.
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The Essay. Becoming Animal, Toby Litt. Audio, 14 minutes
Writer Toby Litt is inspired by the world of the brown hare.
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The Essay. Becoming Animal, Ned Beauman. Audio, 14 minutes
Writer Ned Beauman explores the world of the Devon beaver.
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- Posted23 February 2021
The Essay. Becoming Animal, Belinda Zhawi. Audio, 14 minutes
Writer and sound artist Belinda Zhawi imagines life as a southern African plains Zebra.
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The Essay. Becoming Animal, Isabel Galleymore. Audio, 14 minutes
Poet Isabel Galleymore imagines herself as a limpet.
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- Posted17 February 2021
Laura Whitmore: Under the Spotlight. Marian Keyes. Audio, 23 minutes
Best-selling Irish novelist Marian Keyes chats imposter syndrome, real life + body image.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
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Arts & Ideas. New Thinking: Eco-Criticism. Audio, 44 minutes
Exploring the points where literature and ecological thinking meet
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Posted31 January 2021
