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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 Melissa Bank interview
On Open Book this week, Mariella Frostrup talks to Melissa Bank, best-selling writer of 'The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing', about her new novel 'The Wonder Spot'; Maeve Binchy and Gail Rebuck discuss a new literacy initiative called 'Quick Reads'; Misha Glenny profiles Albanian author and winner of the first ever Man Booker International Prize, Ismail Kadare; plus Antiquarian bookseller Simon Finch on finding first editions in skips.
Booklist:
Books by Melissa Bank
The Girls' Guide to Hunting & Fishing
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 0140278826
The Wonderspot
Publisher: Viking
ISBN: 0670915874
Books by Ismail Kadare
Broken April
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0099449870
File on H.
Publisher: Harvill Press
ISBN: 186046257X
The General of the Dead Army
Publisher: Harvill Press
ISBN: 1860466443
Spring Flowers, Spring Frost
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0099449838
Other books featured on Open Book:
The Builders - Maeve Binchy
Publisher: New Island Books
ISBN: 1902602684
Second Chance - Patricia Scanlan
Publisher: New Island Books
ISBN: 1902602331
Joe's Wedding - Gareth O'Callaghan
Publisher: New Island Books
ISBN: 1902602358
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