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Hosted by Mariella Frostrup and James Naughtie, this podcast features Open Book and Bookclub - conversations with leading authors about their work.

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    Open Book: Barry Unsworth and Anita Desai talk to DJ Taylor

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    DJ Taylor talks to Barry Unsworth, who shared the 1992 Booker Prize for his historical...

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    D J Taylor presents Open Book

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    Dreda Say Mitchell talks to Ruth Rendall, Martyn Waites and Michael Carlson

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    Aug 14, 2011 Read more
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    Open Book: Final part of the history of women's writing

    In the final part of her history of women's writing ...

    In the final part of her history of women's writing Mariella Frostup considers in the...

    Jul 31, 2011 Read more
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    A Good Read: 26 Jul 11: Xanthe Clay, Alexander Waugh

    Harriett Gilbert talks to Alexander Waugh and Xanthe Clay about ...

    Harriett Gilbert talks to Alexander Waugh and Xanthe Clay about their favourite books.

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    Open Book: A Book Of One's Own Part 3 & Crime fiction: too gory?

    In the third instalment of her history of women's twentieth-century ...

    In the third instalment of her history of women's twentieth-century writing, A Book of...

    Jul 24, 2011 Read more
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    A Good Read: 19 Jul 11: Raymond Tallis, Allegra Stratton

    Harriett Gilbert talks to Raymond Tallis and Allegra Stratton about ...

    Harriett Gilbert talks to Raymond Tallis and Allegra Stratton about their favourite books.

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    Open Book: Al Murray on Thackeray, A Book Of One's Own - 2

    Mariella presents the second part of her series examining the ...

    Mariella presents the second part of her series examining the history of women's in...

    Jul 17, 2011 Read more
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    A Good Read: 12 Jul 11: Juliet Barker, John O'Farrell

    Satirical writer John O'Farrell and historian Juliet Barker talk to ...

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    Open Book: A history of women's writing, Ross Raisin

    Mariella presents the first in a four part series examining ...

    Mariella presents the first in a four part series examining the history of women's in...

    Jul 10, 2011 Read more
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