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Radio 4,18 Jun 2013,30 mins

Antonia Quirke and Kerry Shale

A Good Read

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Harriett Gilbert and her guests - film critic, Antonia Quirke and actor, Kerry Shale - discuss their favourite books by Craig Thompson, Gavin Maxwell and Simon Armitage. Short and Sweet: 101 Very Short Poems Edited by Simon Armitage Publisher: Faber and Faber Blankets by Craig Thompson Publisher: Top Shelf Productions A Reed Shaken By The Wind: Travels Among The Marsh Arabs of Iraq by Gavin Maxwell Publisher: Eland First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2013.

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