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Writers' Memoirs: Richard Beard and Bella Pollen

Novelists Richard Beard and Bella Pollen discuss turning from fiction to non fiction by writing memoirs.

Philip Davis talks about his new biography of George Eliot.

And the history of the libraries of Timbuktu.

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28 minutes

Chapters

  • Writer's memoirs with Bella Pollen and Richard Beard

    Duration: 11:01

  • Charlie English

    Duration: 06:40

  • A literary postcard from Trinidad

    Duration: 03:46

  • Philip Davis on Middlemarch by George Eliot

    Duration: 05:56

Read the first chapter of The Day That Went Missing by Richard Beard

The Day That Went Missing by Richard Beard: Chapter One. 

Read the first chapter of Meet Me in the In-Between by Bella Pollen

Meet Me in the In-Between by Bella Pollen: Chapter One. 

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterMariella Frostrup
Interviewed GuestRichard Beard
Interviewed GuestBella Pollen
Interviewed GuestPhilip Davis

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 May 201716:00
  • Thu 18 May 201715:30

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