Wole Soyinka
Friday 15 February 2008 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Another chance to hear an edition of the programme from last year's Hay Festival where Ian McMillan talked to poet, writer and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. Ian McMillan talks to poet, writer and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and there's surprising and unpredictable performance from Ken Campbell and the School of Night poets.
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This week's Verb is a repeat of the programme that came live from the 2007 Hay Festival.
Ian McMillan was joined on stage by Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, by actor and writer Ken Campbell and the School of Night poets, who delivered some improvised wizardry, including instant sonnets. Gwyneth Lewis read two new poems and there was performance from Peter Blegvad. All that, and Peter Ho Davies discussed his debut novel The Welsh Girl which went on to be Man Booker longlisted last year.
You Must Set Forth At Dawn: A Memoir by Wole Soyinka is published by Methuen
The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies is published by Sceptre.
