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Shirley Hughes and Ken Smith

Sarah LeFanu, Shirley Hughes and Ken Smith discuss books by Arnold Bennett, E Annie Proulx and Sebastien Japrisot. From March 1999.

Sarah LeFanu and her guests, popular children's writer and illustrator Shirley Hughes and award-winning poet Ken Smith, discuss their favourite paperbacks. From 1999.

Clayhanger - Arnold Bennett
Publisher: Penguin 20th Century Classics

Postcards - E. Annie Proulx
Publisher: Flamingo

A Very Long Engagement - Sebastien Japrisot
Publisher: Panther.

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Tue 10 Feb 201501:30
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  • Tue 30 Mar 199916:00
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Sun 4 Apr 199923:00
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Mon 9 Feb 201518:30
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  • Tue 10 Feb 201501:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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