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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. She also currently presents the Radio 2 arts show, The Green Room and The Culture Show on BBC2.
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 judging panels for various awards including the Booker-Mann Prize and the Orange Prize for Fiction.
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Listen to Sybille Bedford interview
On Open Book this week, author Sybille Bedford talks about her first book for 16 years; Mariella discusses the latest audio book technology in The Reading Clinic; Fay Weldon on why literary life starts at 50; and John Sutherland on the history of secrecy and embargoes within the publishing industry.
Booklist:
Books by Sybille Bedford
Quicksands - Sybille Bedford
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
ISBN: 0241140374
A Legacy - Sybille Bedford
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 0141188057
Jigsaw - Sybille Bedford
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 0140113886
A Compass Error - Sybille Bedford
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 0224072994
A Favourite of the Gods - Sybille Bedford
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
ISBN: 1582431582
Aldous Huxley: A Biography - Sybille Bedford
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
ISBN: 1566634547
A Visit to Don Otavio: A Traveller's Tale from Mexico - Sybille Bedford
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
ISBN: 158243171X
Other books featured on Open Book:
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil - Fay Weldon
Publisher: Sceptre
ISBN: 0340589353
The Future of Ideas - Lawrence Lessig
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
ISBN: 0375726446
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J K Rowling
Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 074758110X [Adult edition]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J K Rowling
Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 0747581088 [Children's Edition]
Saturday - Ian McEwan
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 0224072994
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