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Radio 4,30 mins

Sophie Kinsella, Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped, and Stef Penney

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Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Sophie Kinsella, who defends her most famous literary creation, Becky Bloomwood, against accusations of greed and selfishness. Writer Louise Welsh and graphic novelist Alan Grant discuss Stevenson's Kidnapped which is about to be given away free to residents of Edinburgh. Costa First Novel Award winner Stef Penney reveals how she created the snowy landscapes of 19th-century Canada from the comfort of the British Library.

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