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1000 Coils of Fear
Tom Smith reads Olivia Wenzel鈥檚 novel, which was longlisted for 2020's German Book Prize.
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The Heir of Redclyffe
Clare Walker-Gore revisits Charlotte M Yonge's best-selling novel from 1853.
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Tales from the Garbage Hills
Sarah Jilani reads Latife Tekin鈥檚 magical realist novel about 1960s Istanbul shanty towns.
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Iola Leroy
Xine Yao reads the first novel by African American writer Frances EW Harper (1825-1911).
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The Paradise Crater
Sarah Dillon tells us about the nuclear short story by atomic energy adviser Philip Wylie.