Sunday 16:00-16:30, repeated Thursday 16:00-16:30, except first Sunday in the month when it is replaced by Book Club.
Open Book spotlights new fiction and non-fiction, picks out the best of the paperbacks, talks to authors and publishers, and unearths lost masterpieces.
This week
Sunday 31 July 2005
Francis Spufford talks to Penelope Lively about her latest novel, he explores a new book linked to the story of Anne Frank, children's writing, and books about music.
In Open Book, Francis Spufford talks to distinguished British writer and winner of the Booker Prize Penelope Lively about her new book Making It Up, a memoir with a difference, in that it explores how her life might have been if fate had taken a different course. American journalist and writer Ellen Feldman talks about her novel "The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank". Children's writing is discussed, as a new venture from Aultbea publishers sees books by children being published, and Director of the Proms Nicholas Kenyon comes to the aid of a young listener who sings but doesn't read.
Booklist:
Making it Up - Penelope Lively Publisher: Viking ISBN: 0670915793
Tales of Troy and Greece - Andrew Lang Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd ISBN: 1853261726
Dragon Tamers - Emma Maree Urquhart Publisher: Aultbea Publishing Company ISBN: 0954934008
The Apple of Doom - Robert King Publisher: Aultbea Publishing Company ISBN: 0954934040
Wizard: The Novice's Quest - Sophie Wainwright Publisher: Aultbea Publishing Company ISBN: 0954934075
