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Radio 4,26 Nov 2023,28 mins

Alexis Wright

Open Book

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Chris Power is joined by award-winning Australian writer Alexis Wright, whose new novel Praiseworthy, set in a small Aboriginal town, explores difficult ecological challenges. Also on the programme, Roland Allen explores the history of writers and their notebooks; and Mark Blacklock and Toby Litt discuss J G Ballard's non-fiction. Book List – Sunday 26 November and Thursday 30 November Carpentaria by Alexis Wright Tracker by Alexis Wright Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard High Rise by J G Ballard Selected Nonfiction, 1962–2007 by J. G. Ballard Reports From The Deep End, stories inspired by J G Ballard

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