Yaa Gyasi
Presented by Mariella Frostrup. Author Yaa Gyasi talks to Mariella about her debut novel Homegoing, a tale of two sisters with strikingly different destinies.
Yaa Gyasi's debut novel Homegoing is already one of the most talked about debuts of 2017. She joins Mariella Frostrup to talk about this tale of two sisters with strikingly different destinies - one sold into slavery, the other a slave trader's wife - and the way their lives reverberate through the generations.
We open the doors to our Reading Clinic with the writer of King Arthur Kevin Crossley-Holland, who chooses his favourite books on the legendary figure of Merlin.
Award winning novelist AL Kennedy talks about her first book for children, Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Almost Entirely Unplanned Adventure and we have our monthly recommendation from inside the publishing industry.
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AL Kennedy reads Uncle Shawn and Bill and the Almost Entirely Unplanned Adventure
The novelist AL Kennedy reads part of her first book written for children.
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Duration: 09:18
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Duration: 07:38
A L Kennedy
Duration: 06:36
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Read the first chapter of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi: Chapter OneCredits
Role Contributor Presenter Mariella Frostrup Interviewed Guest Yaa Gyasi Interviewed Guest Kevin Crossley-Holland Interviewed Guest AL Kennedy Broadcasts
- Sun 29 Jan 201716:00BBC Radio 4
- Thu 2 Feb 201715:30BBC Radio 4
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