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Writers' Memoirs: Richard Beard and Bella Pollen

Novelists Richard Beard and Bella Pollen discuss turning from fiction to non fiction by writing memoirs.

Philip Davis talks about his new biography of George Eliot.

And the history of the libraries of Timbuktu.

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28 minutes

Chapters

  • Writer's memoirs with Bella Pollen and Richard Beard

    Duration: 11:01

  • Charlie English

    Duration: 06:40

  • A literary postcard from Trinidad

    Duration: 03:46

  • Philip Davis on Middlemarch by George Eliot

    Duration: 05:56

Read the first chapter of The Day That Went Missing by Richard Beard

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Read the first chapter of Meet Me in the In-Between by Bella Pollen

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mariella Frostrup
Interviewed Guest Richard Beard
Interviewed Guest Bella Pollen
Interviewed Guest Philip Davis

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 May 2017 16:00
  • Thu 18 May 2017 15:30

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