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Live from the Radio Theatre - PJ Harvey, Hanif Kureishi, Daljit Nagra, Salena Godden

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Duration: 45 minutes

Poet, broadcaster and Bard of Barnsley Ian McMillan presides over another evening of words with verve live from the Radio Theatre in London. Singer-songwriter PJ Harvey performs material from her new album and explains how war poetry influenced her songs about armed conflicts. There's a new poem from Daljit Nagra, Hanif Kureishi reads an unpublished essay and the doyenne of the spoken word scene, Salena Godden, takes to the floor.

  • PJ HARVEY

    P J Harvey's album is called Let England Shake and is on Island Records.

    Details of tour dates including Bestival are on her website:

    PJ Harvey

  • DALJIT NAGRA

    Daljit Nagra's new collection of poems is called Tippoo Sultan’s Incredible White-Man-Eating Tiger Toy-Machine and will be out in July, published by Faber.

    His first collection is called Look We Have Coming to Dover published by Faber.

    Daljit's website is:

    Daljit Nagra

  • HANIF KUREISHI

    Hanif Kureishi's Collected Essays are published by Faber.

    Hanif Kureishi

  • SALENA GODDEN

    Salena Godden's book
    Under the Pier is published by Nasty Little Press.

    For more information on Salena's performances log onto:
    www.thebookclubboutique.com

    Under The Pier events page

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