Endings and New Beginnings

Available for over a year

Perhaps they're always layered together, if not inextricably intertwined - now, as the old year closes and a new year dawns, Chris Power explores what makes a perfect ending, and how best to open a new story. Chris is joined by a panel of literary experts, the writers Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Lucy Caldwell and Aminatta Forna, in a lively and moving discussion. There's laughter and even tears as our writers share their literary tips and some of their favourite examples of brilliant beginnings and unforgettable endings Presented by Chris Power Produced by Allegra McIlroy Book List – Sunday 31 December and Thursday 4 January These Days by Lucy Caldwell The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion by Aminatta Forna Runaway Robot by Frank Cottrell Boyce The Accidental by Ali Smith By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh True Grit by Charles Portis The Complete Short Stores by Roald Dahl The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov The Dead by James Joyce The Dubliners by James Joyce The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Watership Down by Richard Adams The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit