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  4. 27/03/2011

27/03/2011

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Last broadcast on Thu, 31 Mar 2011, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Mariella Frostrup talks to author of Brick Lane Monica Ali about her new book, a novel inspired by the life of Princess Diana.

Seventy years after her death, novelist and critic James Runcie assesses the legacy of Virginia Woolf.

And librarians, listeners and writer Dreda Say Mitchell defend public libraries.

Producer: Sally Spurring.

BOOK LIST

Monica Ali: Untold Story
Publisher: Doubleday

Monica Ali: Brick Lane
Publisher: Doubleday

Virginia Woolf: Essays Virginia Woolf Vol.6
Publisher: Chatto & Windus

Virginia Woolf: Modern Fiction
Publisher: Hodder Arnold

Virginia Woolf: The Waves
Publisher: Vintage

Virginia Woolf: To The Lighthouse
Publisher: Vintage

James Runcie: East Fortune
Publisher: Bloomsbury

Broadcasts

  1. Sun 27 Mar 2011
    16:00
    BBC Radio 4
  2. Thu 31 Mar 2011
    16:00
    BBC Radio 4

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  1. Open Book

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