Laura Barnett
Mariella Frostrup talks to debut novelist Laura Barnett about her book The Versions of Us, which creates not one but three different stories for its characters.
In a summery programme, Mariella Frostrup talks to debut novelist Laura Barnett about her book, The Versions of Us which imagines three possible stories for its protagonists, Eva and Jim, and is expected to be a big holiday read. Chris White, fiction buyer at Waterstones discusses summer reading habits and recommends three titles to pack in our suitcases. Meanwhile Ayelet Gundar-Goshen sends a postcard from Tel Aviv revealing what people are reading on the beaches there. And finally a summer literary festival with a difference: Cathy Galvin and author David Almond on the Tablet Festival which will celebrate the Catholic imagination and writing.
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Laura Barnett
Duration: 06:43
Holiday Reads
Duration: 06:02
Literary Postcard from Tel Aviv
Duration: 04:42
Catholic Literary Festival
Duration: 09:26
Read the opening pages of The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett
The Versions of Us: Opening pages by Laura BarnettCredits
Role Contributor Presenter Mariella Frostrup Interviewed Guest Lauren Barnett Interviewed Guest Chris White Interviewed Guest Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Interviewed Guest Cathy Galvin Interviewed Guest David Almond Producer Kirsten Locke Broadcasts
- Sun 14 Jun 201516:00BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 18 Jun 201515:30BBC Radio 4
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