Episode 22 - Series 4
Join Mariella for this episode as she discusses online communities with Joanne Harris; the meant streets of Washington with Wire writer George Pelecanos and humour in poetry with Simon Armitage.
This week’s conversation turns to online communities with Joanne Harris; humour in poetry with Simon Armitage, and having fans from President Obama to most of Washington’s prison population with The Wire scriptwriter George Pelecanos.
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Mariella’s Recommended Reads
If you’ve read one of the featured books by one of this week’s guests and are hungry for more of the same (or at least similar), take a look at our If You Liked That, You’ll Like This pages for more ideas and inspiration...
Bedside Table
Playwright, critic and author of the recently-published Obama Music, Bonnie Greer, picks an intriguing selection from the vast number of books she currently has on the go...
A Fine Line
Multi-award-winning Irish novelist and critic Colm Tóibín reveals the transatlantic tone of his favourite literary line of all time...
Book Club
Award-winning novelist – and part-time bookshop employee – Evie Wyld reveals her top Book Club choice...
The Write Place
Legendary historian David Starkey reveals his working methods - which ideally include the absence of other people but the presence of lots of books – and his secret opinions on Tudor aesthetics...
Book of the Decade
Joanne Harris, Simon Armitage and George Pelecanos nominate their top book of the Noughties...
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