Clips
Chapters
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Ian Rankin meets David Shields to talk about 'The Novel'.
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The future of the novel: discussion
Kirsty leads a discussion with the panel on the future of the novel.
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The Man Booker longlist
Ian Rankin looks at The Man Booker longlist.
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The Man Booker longlist: discussion
Kirsty and the panel discuss the Man Booker longlist.
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Digital future
Ian Rankin looks at the popularity of E-books compared to old-fashioned paper books.
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Digital future: discussion
Kirsty and the panel discuss the future of reading books.
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Arlo Guthrie - Alabama Bound
Arlo Guthrie performs Alabama Bound live from Edinburgh.
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ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK
The Review Show this week is an Edinburgh Book Festival special. Our panel are all appearing at the book festival and will be discussing the state of the novel, and Ian Rankin will be reporting from the festival site.
Panel
Ian Rankin
Jeanette Winterson
James Shapiro
Geoff Dyer -
The Novel
The idea that the novel is "dead" is a perennial intellectual debate, but this year there have been rumblings from big literary figures on both sides of the Atlantic on this territory once more. The publication of Reality Hunger, by the American academic David Shields helped to spark the debate. Shields' "manifesto", hails the death of the novel and the birth of the "anti-novel, built from scraps". He argues we thirst for a sense of reality, of imperfection and loose ends, in creativity, rather than for a perfectly crafted story. "Plot is for dead people", he argues. We'll be hearing from David Shields and debating his thesis.
David Shields - Official Website -
The Man Booker Longlist
A good indication of the state of the novel and the recent trends in novel writing is the Man Booker longlist. This year 10 of the 13 long-listed authors are appearing at the Edinburgh Book Festival. We'll be discussing four of the books which throw an interesting light on the debate about the state of the novel.
The Man Booker Prize - Official Website
C - Tom McCarthy
February - Lisa Moore
The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
Room - Emma Donoghue -
Digital future
The future of the novel may well depend on the way we end up reading it in future. Last month Amazon announced that sales of digital books had outstripped hardback sales for the first time. Will we all be reading on ipads and kindles in future, and how will that change the way we read? We've asked all the panel to read a novel on an electronic device.
Credits
- Presenter
- Kirsty Wark
- Director
- Chris Cook
- Executive Producer
- Liz Gibbons
