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From Hay: Charlotte Church, Tracy Chevalier and Lionel Shriver, YA Fiction, Welsh-Appalachian Music Mashup

Live from Hay, Charlotte Church on her 'musical fairy tale', Tracy Chevalier and Lionel Shriver on Jane Eyre, popularity of YA fiction, and a Welsh-Appalachian music mashup.

Singer-songwriter Charlotte Church discusses her 'musical fairy tale' which receives its premier next weekend at the inaugural Festival of Voice in Cardiff. The Last Mermaid is inspired by The Little Mermaid and tackles the challenging issues facing our world.

Tracy Chevalier has just edited a collection of short stories inspired by the line, 'Reader I Married Him' from Jane Eyre. She and Lionel Shriver, who's contributed, discuss the importance of one of the most famous lines in literature.

The Young Adult fiction genre has been a major growth area in publishing over the last decade and as more titles flood the market this year, 3 of the top selling YA authors, Juno Dawson, Patrick Ness, Holly Smale join John Wilson to discuss what defines this area of fiction and where it allows them to go as writers that adult fiction and children's doesn't.

Welsh folk musician and BBC Wales presenter, Frank Hennessy, teams up with fellow Hennessys band mate, Iolo Jones, and Appalachian musicians Rebecca Branson Jones and Trevor McKenzie to play the world premier of a song that began life as a Welsh hymn and morphed into a Bluegrass Gospel song.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Charlotte Church

    Duration: 07:22

  • Tracy Chevalier and Lionel Shriver

    Duration: 07:22

  • YA Fiction

    Duration: 09:17

  • Welsh-Appalachian Music Mashup

    Duration: 04:03

Charlotte Church

Charlotte Church

Charlotte Church will be in The Last Mermaid at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff from 4 - 14 June 2016.

Image (left and above): Charlotte Church

Image credit: Burning Red

Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier

Reader I Married him is edited by Tracy Chevalier and includes short stories by Tracy Chevalier, Lionel Shriver, Francine Prose, Elizabeth McCracken, Tessa Hadley, Audrey Niffenegger and others

Image: Tracy Chevalier

Image credit: Jonathan Drori 2015

Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver

Image: Lionel Shriver

Image credit: Sarah Lee

Holly Smale

Holly Smale

Head Over Heels, the latest in Holly Smayle's Geek Girl series is available in hardback.

Image: Holly Smale

Image credit: Modo Publishing

Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness

The Rest of us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness is available as a hardback, a paperback and an ebook.

Image: Patrick Ness

Image credit: Debbie Smyth 2009

Juno Dawson

All of the Above, by James Dawson is available as a paperback and an ebook.

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterJohn Wilson
Interviewed GuestCharlotte Church
Interviewed GuestTracy Chevalier
Interviewed GuestLionel Shriver
Interviewed GuestJuno Dawson
Interviewed GuestPatrick Ness
Interviewed GuestHolly Smale
Interviewed GuestFrank Hennessy
Interviewed GuestIolo Jones
Interviewed GuestRebecca Branson Jones
Interviewed GuestTrevor McKenzie

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  • Fri 27 May 201619:15

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