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Margaret Atwood on her first opera, Neel Mukherjee and Quirke

Novelist Margaret Atwood on the premiere on her first opera, the Glasgow fire, Neel Mukherjee discusses his novel The Lives of Others, and the director of new film Heli.

Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood discusses the world premiere of her first opera Pauline, live from Vancouver; Ranald McInnes on the Glasgow Art School fire; Neel Mukherjee on his new novel The Lives of Others, set during the political unrest in India in the 1960s; Amat Escalante, director of new film Heli, reveals the background to his drama about drugs, violence and corruption in a remote community in rural Mexico; and Jake Arnott reviews new British TV drama Quirke starring Gabriel Byrne and written by Andrew Davies and Conor McPherson, an adaptation of the novels by Benjamin Black (John Banville).

Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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Fri 23 May 2014 19:15
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  • Glasgow School of Art

    Duration: 03:51

  • Margaret Atwood

    Duration: 04:27

  • Quirke reviewed by Jake Arnott

    Duration: 04:52

  • Neel Mukherjee

    Duration: 07:58

  • Amat Escalante

    Duration: 06:15

Pauline

Pauline

聽is聽a new opera by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes. The world premiere takes place tonight at the York Theatre in Vancouver at 8pm local time.聽



Margaret Atwood at a workshop for Pauline 漏 Michelle Doherty聽

Quirke

Quirke

begins on 91热爆 One on Sunday 25 May at 9pm.


Neel Mukherjee

Neel Mukherjee

The Lives of Others a new novel by is out now in hardback, paperback and ebook.


Image:聽漏 Nick Tucker


Heli

Heli

, directed by Amat Escalante, is in cinema in key cities from this weekend, certificate 18.


Credits

Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest Ranald McInnes
Interviewed Guest Neel Mukherjee
Interviewed Guest Amat Escalante
Interviewed Guest Jake Arnott
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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  • Fri 23 May 2014 19:15
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