Teaching teenagers with J J Bola; cutting the environmental footprint of books

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Johny Pitts talks to JJ Bola about his novel The Selfless Act of Breathing, the story of a millennial angst told through the eyes of a young teacher who seems to have it all. Prof David Damrosch and writer Rob Doyle talk about their books, Around the World in 80 Books and Autobibliography, and how a life in reading inspired them to bring together a collection of their most cherished reads in a single volume. Taskeen Ahmed from Awesome Books discusses how we can be more green by buying second hand books. Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, author of Dust and one time winner of the Caine Prize for African Literature, sends us her literary postcard from Nairobi. And Johny hears about online market for second hand books and why buying them helps the climate change. Presenter: Johny Pitts Producer: Kirsten Locke Book List – Sunday 21 November and Thursday 25 November The Selfless Act of Breathing by J J Bola No Place to Call Home by J J Bola Mask Off by J J Bola Around the World in 80 Books by David Damrosch Autobibliography by Rob Doyle Voyage Autour de ma Chambre by Xavier de Maistre The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The Dragonfly Sea by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Weight of Whispers by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor The Divine Comedy by Dante One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Ethical Bookshops https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/retailers/shopping-guide/ethical-bookshops https://www.booksellers.org.uk/bookshopsearch https://www.awesomebooks.com/ https://uk.bookshop.org/