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English professor Kate Macdonald talks about the books she loves but which don't make it onto the curriculum. These ten-minute audio podcasts are about forgotten fiction, and non-fiction, and are for readers who love to discover something to read that's been around for a while. ...

English professor Kate Macdonald talks about the books she loves but which don't make it onto the curriculum. These ten-minute audio podcasts are about forgotten fiction, and non-fiction, and are for readers who love to discover something to read that's been around for a while. The first series is working through the alphabet by author surname. In 2012 series two will tackle genre fiction.

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