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Modern fairytales with Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe; Call Me by Your Name; Catalonian culture

Writers Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe discuss their latest work and film director Luca Guadagnino talks about Call Me by Your Name.

Novelists Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe discuss their latest books which are both fairytales. Coe's The Broken Mirror is a modern fable with a political message while Harris' A Pocketful of Crows is based on traditional folklore.

Director Luca Guadagnino talks about his acclaimed film Call Me By Your Name, a gay love story set in the Italian sun in the 1980s, starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer.

As Catalonia's independence dispute with Spain shows no sign of resolution we look at Catalan art. Academic Maria Delgado and actress Montserrat Roig de Puig discuss the historical role that the arts have played in developing Catalan identity and how the arts can contribute to developing a dialogue about Catalonia's future relationship to Spain.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Edwina Pitman.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Fairy Tales

    Duration: 08:53

  • Novel Writing Month

    Duration: 01:22

  • Luca Guadagnino

    Duration: 08:39

  • Catalan culture

    Duration: 10:39

Joanne Harris

Joanne Harris
Joanne Harris

Her book A Pocketful of Crows is out now 

Main image: Joanne Harris
Photo credit: Kyte Photography

Jonathan Coe

Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Coe
Photo credit: Valeria Cardi

His book The Broken Mirror is out now

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterKirsty Lang
Interviewed GuestJoanne Harris
Interviewed GuestJonathan Coe
Interviewed GuestLuca Guadagnino
Interviewed GuestMaria Delgado
Interviewed GuestMonserrat Roig de Puig
ProducerEdwina Pitman

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  • Fri 3 Nov 201719:15

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