Ceridwen Dovey, Lebanese writers Nada Awar Jarrar and Hanan al-Shaykh

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Acclaimed Lebanese writers Hanan al-Shaykh and Nada Awar Jarrar, talk to Mariella Frostrup about their latest novels, and discuss representing their home country in fiction and why they are both especially interested in the lives of Beiruti women. Also on the programme a scheme to find a new way of paying authors with an annual salary instead of the traditional advance system; Ceridwen Dovey on her new book all told in an exchange of emails which gradually reveals dark secrets, and a tip for a July read.