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|  | | | | Defying any attempt to pigeonhole her skills and talents Mariella combines her television and radio career with that of a prolific journalist.
Over a fifteen-year TV career she has continued to impress both audiences and critics with her friendly, accessible and intelligent screen presence. Her projects run the gamut from current affairs to movies and the arts.
As a journalist she is currently the film critic for Harpers And Queen and has a weekly dilemma column in The Observer Magazine, while her book reviews and travel pieces appear regularly in the press. She has also been a member of the Booker-Mann Prize panel.
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The Reading Clinic
Do you have a problem that concerns books? If so, Open Book's Reading Clinic wants to hear from you.
For instance, do you have a partner who never reads and want some suggestions as to what might entice them in to the world of literature?
Are there some books or genres that you have never managed to get your head round and to which you'd like an introduction?
What book do you give to the person who has read everything?
Where do I start with Proust?
What book should I take on a long train journey?
How do you get teenage boys to read?
If you want a full and frank discussion of your particular literary conundrum, then Open Book's Reading Clinic can prescribe the right book for you.
Please contact Open Book here with your literary ailment, giving as many details as you can including a daytime contact number if possible.
This week's programme:
Mariella Frostrup talks to J G Ballard about his new book, Millennium People, which tells the story of a revolution with a difference. The uprising occurs in Chelsea Mariner, its targets are Tate Modern, the NFT and even the BBC's own Broadcasting House and the perpetrators are the dissatisfied middle classes. Former stand up comedian Alexei Sayle talks about his novel Overtaken in which a man's life is irretrievably altered by a traffic accident. Writer and broadcaster John O'Farrel gives advice on how to read more challenging fiction. And, for those wanting to follow in the august footsteps of Mark Twain and Beatrix Potter among others, and publish their novels themselves Open Book brings you the guide to self publishing.
J. G. Ballard –
Empire Of The Sun (Flamingo)
Super-Cannes (Flamingo)
Cocaine Nights (Flamingo)
Millennium People (Harper Collins)
Self-Publishing Feature –
One Hundred Shades of White by Preethi Nair (Harper Collins)
Shadowmancer by G. P. Taylor (Faber Children’s Books)
Huckelberry Finn by MarkTwain
Alexei Sayle –
Overtaken (Sceptre)
The Dog Catcher (Sceptre)
Barcelona Plates (Sceptre)
Reading Clinic –
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Penguin)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle (Vintage)
The Snapper by Roddy Doyle (Vintage)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon (JonathanCape)
A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Penguin)
Things Can Only Get Better by John O’Farrell (Doubleday)
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