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Radio 4,17 Dec 2023,28 mins

Janice Hallett

Open Book

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Janice Hallett on her new book, The Christmas Appeal - a murder mystery at the local am-dram panto. Plus, recommendations of literary gems to put under the tree. From writer and critic Max Liu; Syima Aslam, Founder and Artistic Director of Bradford Literary Festival; and Johanna Thomas Corr, Chief Literary Critic for The Times and Sunday Times. And, as we approach the 70th anniversary of the Ian Fleming Bond classic, Ken Follett explains his love for Live and Let Die. Presenter: Johnny Pitts Producer: Emma Wallace Book List – Sunday 17 December and Thursday 21 December The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett The Appeal by Janice Hallett The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett The Bee Sting by Paul Murray The Camomile Lawn by Mary Wesley Ways of Life by Laura Freeman The Letters of Seamus Heaney by Seamus Heaney Letters of Note: Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World by Jacques Bosser Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell The Hero of this Book by Elizabeth McCracken River Spirit by Leila Aboulela The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs by Marc David Baer An Uneasy Inheritance by Polly Toynbee Wish I Was Here by M. John Harrison The Mathnawi of Rumi translated by Jawid Mojaddedi Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad The Invention of Essex by Tim Burrows Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming The Armour of Light by Ken Follett

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