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Kate Tempest

Kate Tempest is an acclaimed rapper, poet and playwright, and she has added novelist to her CV. She talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut, The Bricks That Built the Houses.

Kate Tempest is an acclaimed rapper, poet and playwright and now she's added novelist to her CV. She talks to Mariella Frostrup about her debut, The Bricks That Built The Houses, the story of three young Londoners trying to escape their complicated lives.
Also on the programme two authors discuss why the environmental changing is the new big fear in dystopian fiction and writer Callan Wink tells us why he finds writing hard, hard work.

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28 minutes

Last on

Thu 14 Apr 201615:30

Chapters

  • Kate Tempest

    Duration: 10:02

  • Calvin Reid

    Duration: 04:30

  • Callan Wink

    Duration: 04:43

  • Jenni Fagan & Antonia Honeywell

    Duration: 06:47

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterMariella Frostrup
Interviewed GuestKae Tempest
Interviewed GuestCallan Wink

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Apr 201616:00
  • Thu 14 Apr 201615:30

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