Summer Reading, Sam North, and Sue Townsend
Mariella Frostrup asks three travel writers for their holiday reading recommendations. Sam North talks about his book The Old Country and Sue Townsend discusses audio books.
Summer Reading
Travel writers Hilary Bradt, Jennifer Cox and Rory Maclean join Mariella Frostrup to talk about the importance of books on their trips, and suggest some reading for this summer.
Sam North
Novelist Sam North talks to Mariella about his new darkly comic novel, The Old Country, three episodes in the life of Sir Michael Gough, once a member of the landed gentry but now impoverished and confused by the modern world.
Word Plays
Sue Townsend, creator of Adrian Mole, discusses the latest innovation in audio books - Macmillan Word Plays.
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- Sun 22 Jul 2007 16:0091热爆 Radio 4 FM
- Thu 26 Jul 2007 16:0091热爆 Radio 4
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