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TUESDAY 13 AUGUST
Presented by Mark Lawson

JOYCE CAROL-OATES
Mark Lawson interviews American author Joyce Carol-Oates about her latest novel Middle Age and about America after the events of September 11.

Middle-age by Joyce Carol-Oates is published by Fourth Estate (ISBN: 1841156426)
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SUMMER SOUNDS: HELEN WALLACE
Mark Lawson talks to Helen Wallace about her choice of classical music for this summer.

Helen Wallace's choices are:

Bach: Keyboard Concertos
Murray Perahia/ASMF
Label: Sony

Grieg: Lyric pieces
Leif Ove Andesnes (piano)
Label: EMI

Faure: Violin Sonatas
Isabelle Faust (violin) Florent Boffard (piano)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
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ROYAL BALLET
John Wilson reports on the Royal Ballet amid claims of a mutiny against its artistic director.
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THE CENTRE FOR THE CHILDREN'S BOOK
Author Phillip Pullman announces exclusively why he has donated his manuscripts to the Centre for the Childrens Book in Newcastle.
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FILM RELEASE DELAYS
Stephen Gaydos, the executive director of Variety magazine tells Front Row why the release of director Stephen Daldry’s second film The Hours has been delayed yet again.
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