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View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
A reading from “Harper and the Scarlet Umbrella”.
  1. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  2. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  3. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  4. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  5. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  6. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  7. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  8. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  9. Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
    03:10
    Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
  10. First ever fun run
    00:42
    First ever fun run
  11. Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
    01:19
    Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
  12. Marin Alsop: 'The need to pigeonhole music is limiting'
    02:40
    Marin Alsop: 'The need to pigeonhole music is limiting'
  13. Erica Jong on sex and ageing
    04:08
    Erica Jong on sex and ageing
  14. Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
    02:34
    Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
  15. Sage Francis - Hopeless
    02:59
    Sage Francis - Hopeless
  16. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  17. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
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