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
31 August 2008
Andrew Miller, Booker and Whitbread short-listed author of Ingenious Pain and Oxygen, talks to Open Book about his new novel, One Morning Like A Bird.
Andrew Miller Andrew Miller’s new book, One Morning Like A Bird, is about a young poet Yuji, living in Tokyo in the 1940s, with Japan on the brink of war. Muriel talks to Andrew about this period of Japanese history, and how they affected both him and his character.
Arthur C Clarke's Last Book Following Arthur C Clarke's death earlier this year, his last book was completed by Frederik Pohl, a fellow science fiction author. Muriel is joined by Professor Roger Luckhurst to discuss whether the book is a fitting end to Clarke’s life’s work, and to pick out the highlights of his substantial output.
Children’s Book website tie-ins Two of the autumn’s most hotly anticipated children's books are accompanied by unusually elaborate websites, which are part of the experience rather than a simple add-on. Caroline Horn, children’s books editor of the Bookseller Magazine, tells Muriel what the consequences will be for children’s literature.
W G Sebald and translation The work of WG Sebald, the German writer who died at the tragically young age of 57 in 2001, has been elevated to cult status. His books, somewhere between fact and fiction, were always written in German, even though he moved to Britain from Germany in the 1960s. Ahead of a major international conference devoted to his work, Muriel talks to his translator, Anthea Bell, about the unique nature of Sebald’s books, and his contribution to the art of translation.
WG Sebald: An international and interdisciplinary conference takes place at UEA from September 5-7. Visit the UEA website for further information.
The Sebald Lecture 2008 will be A Day Out For Mehmet Erbil: A Tale of Translation told by Louis De Bernieres, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London on 29th September.
