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Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
From Canada and New Zealand respectively, two debut novelists to keep an eye on.
  1. Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  2. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  3. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  4. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
    00:01
    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
  5. George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  6. Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
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    Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
  7. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
    03:37
    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
  8. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
    02:06
    George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
  9. Ali McGregor sings Song 2
    02:35
    Ali McGregor sings Song 2
  10. Miren de Miguel sings Morro Ma Prima In Grazia
    05:34
    Miren de Miguel sings Morro Ma Prima In Grazia
  11. Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
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    Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
  12. Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle
    08:33
    Simon McBurney: Welcome to the jungle
  13. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
    02:23
    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
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