Sandi Toksvig & Edna Healey
4 Extra Debut. Sandi Toksvig and Edna Healey discuss books by Florence King, Kazuo Ishiguro and Mary Renault with host Martha Kearney. From June 2006.
Martha Kearney and her guests - comedian and presenter Sandi Toksvig and writer Baroness Edna Healey - discuss favourite books by Florence King, Kazuo Ishiguro and Mary Renault. From 2006.
Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King
Publisher: Virago
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher: Faber
The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
Publisher: Arrow.
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Tue 27 Jun 200616:30BBC Radio 4 FM- Fri 30 Jun 200623:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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