2 November 2007
Friday 2 November 2007 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Ian McMillan with the weekly cabaret of language and new writing. Including a specially commissioned short story from Jonathan Trigell. Folk group Rachel Unthank and the Winterset join Ian in the studio.
Playlist
Ian McMillan talks to established authors and new literary talents.
Russell Hoban
Octogenarian novelist Russell Hoban talks about his new book and why he is addicted to writing.
My Tango With Barbara Strozzi by Russell Hoban is published by Bloomsbury.
Richard Marggraf Turley and Jonathan Trigell
Ian is also joined by two young prize winners. Richard Marggraf Turley has just won this year's Keats-Shelley poetry prize. He talks to Ian about how he approached this year's challenging theme - slavery - and reads his winning poem. And novelist Jonathan Trigell, who won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize given to writers under 35, for his first book Boy A, has written a challenging and disturbing story especially for The Verb about our current concerns over teenage gun culture.
Boy A and Cham by Jonathan Trigell are both published by Serpent's Tale.
The Fossil Box, a new collection of poetry by Richard Marggraf Turley is published by Cinnamon.
Rachel Unthank and The Winterset
A performance from the folk band who is exciting all the critics Rachel Unthank and The Winterset
Bairns, the new album by Rachel Unthank and the Winterset is on Rabble Rouser records.
Ronald Fraser-Munroe
Ian talks to Ronald Fraser-Munroe, writer in residence at this year's Free Thinking Festival. For further information about Free Thinking and to book free tickets please go to BBC - Radio 3 - Free Thinking 2007
