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Radio 4,10 Mar 2025,14 mins

Available for 61 days

“It’s a miracle of a journey, a book: full of wonderful, impossible additions to the world.” Writer A.L. Kennedy on the journey that awaits readers when they open the covers of a book. She begins with travels through Narnia and Middle Earth in the company of a fellowship of readers past, present and future. Written and read by A.L. Kennedy Produced by Eilidh McCreadie and Gaynor Macfarlane A.L. Kennedy was born in Dundee and now stays in North Essex. She is an award-winning writer of novels, short stories, non-fiction and books for children. She also writes for the stage, screen, TV and radio, including documentaries, monologues, dramas and essays. She performs occasionally in one-person shows and as a stand-up comic.

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