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Radio 4,22 Jul 2018,28 mins

Daisy Johnson, The literary appeal of the Fens, Book festival etiquette

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Daisy Johnson talks to Mariella Frostrup about moving from short stories to long form with her debut novel Everything Under. Stella Tillyard joins Daisy to discuss what makes the English Fens such a tempting landscape for novelists. Publisher at Hodder non-fiction, Drummond Moir recommends a powerful new novel based on real events by Miriam Toews And crime fiction critic for the Telegraph Jake Kerridge discusses the current state of literary festivals.

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