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Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Hannah Peel

Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Hannah Peel and Harriett Gilbert choose Tsitsi Dangarembga, Italo Calvino, Curtis Sittenfeld. From 2019.

Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean and singer/composer Hannah Peel join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Italo Calvino, Curtis Sittenfeld.

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Publisher: Vintage (translator: William Weaver)

Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
Publisher: Ayebia

You Think It, I'll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
Publisher: Black Swan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2019.

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  • Tue 11 Jun 201916:30
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  • Fri 14 Jun 201923:00
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  • Tue 29 Jul 202510:00
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  • Tue 29 Jul 202516:00
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  • Wed 30 Jul 202500:00
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