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Bookclub: Wilbur Smith
Jim Naughtie
Jim Naughtie presents Bookclub on BBC Radio 4
Jim Naughtie presents Bookclub on BBC Radio 4
Bookclub: Judith Kerr
Jim Naughtie
Jim Naughtie presents Bookclub on BBC Radio 4
Jim Naughtie is joined by Judith Kerr to discuss her classic When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Opening Lines 2014
Gemma Jenkins
Radio Producer, Gemma Jenkins, writes about Opening Lines and the themes and inspirations that emerged from this year's contributions.
Bookclub - Donna Tartt's Secret History
Jim Naughtie
Jim Naughtie presents Bookclub on BBC Radio 4
James Naughtie talks about meeting Donna Tartt and how she explains her cult debut novel The Secret History, first published in 1992.
Feminine Mystiques: What To Expect - 'the power of the gaze'
Aminatta Forna
Author
Radio 4's Feminine Mystiques series continues with author Aminatta Forna's short story, What To Expect. Here, Aminatta tells us more about the influence of feminist writers Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem on her thinking, in particular'the power of the gaze'.
Elif Shafak on The Forty Rules of Love
Jim Naughtie
Jim Naughtie presents Bookclub on BBC Radio 4
Turkey's leading female novelist Elif Shafak discusses her novel The Forty Rules of Love on BBC Radio 4's Bookclub.
Submit the first lines of your memoir to Radio 4
Ian McMillan
Author
What would the first line of your memoir be? Ian McMillan encourages people to submit the first line of their memoir in the comments section of this blog.
The Writer's Prize
Kate Rowland
BBC Creative Director of New Writing
Editor's note: BBC Audio and Music has joined forces with BBC Writersroom to launch The Writer's Prize: a prestigious new writing opportunity for radio drama and comedy writers. The closing date for entries is 9am, Monday 3rd December 2012. PMcD You already know as avid listeners wh...
Radio 4 Extra: 'Week Ending' - the Lean Months
Frankie Ward
Interactive Producer
Editor's Note: Ged Parsons is a writer for shows such as Dara O'Briain's School of Hard Sums, Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask, Mock The Week, Strictly Come Dancing, The Two Ronnies Sketchbook, and Have I Got News For You. Here, he writes about getting into comedy via open-door policy shows such as...
In Our Time: The Written World podcast and listen online
Tom Morris
Ed's note: The complete series of The Written World is available to download as a podcast until Monday morning, after that you will still be able to listen online but the downloads won't be available - PM. The 7th century St Cuthbert Gospel - the earliest intact European book In a no...
