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"The library was my salvation"
Author Val McDermid on the huge role reading played in her childhood
  1. "The library was my salvation"
    01:07
    "The library was my salvation"
  2. "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
    02:17
    "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
  3. "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
    02:15
    "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
  4. Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
    46:48
    Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
  5. A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
    46:30
    A Big Book Chat with Val McDermid
  6. "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
    03:33
    "I spent a lot of my youth writing my mother's stories down"
  7. "This book presented another kind of representation"
    01:37
    "This book presented another kind of representation"
  8. A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
    46:40
    A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
  9. "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
    02:37
    "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
  10. "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
    01:13
    "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
  11. British Country Life: Heaven Or Hell?
    47:07
    British Country Life: Heaven Or Hell?
  12. How To Be A Man
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    How To Be A Man
  13. “It wasn't just one night that I cried my eyes out”
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    “It wasn't just one night that I cried my eyes out”
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