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05/12/2011

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Last broadcast on Sun, 11 Dec 2011, 15:00 on BBC Radio Scotland (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

The second volume of Dear Me letters is out now! This time containing a whole host of contributions from 75 public figures; including Alice Cooper, Alan Cumming, Steven King and Gene Hackman. Editor Joseph Galliano joins Clare to give the inside track on squeezing those heart felt nuggets out of the trickiest of catches.

Denise Mina pops into the studio to tell Clare about the importance of meeting her readers, ahead of a pre-Christmas reading at Waterstones this week, plus she has a very exciting announcement to make!

And with Christmas fast approaching and e-readers making it to the top of lots of Christmas lists we'll go head to head with tablet vs. tome and examine the pros and cons of kindles and the like.

Daniela Sacerdoti joins Clare to talk about her debut novel Watch Over Me which has been described as a poignant story about letting go and moving on - with a little help from beyond the grave.

Plus, we hear from Patrick Bishop on his latest book, the first great novel of the Afghan war, Follow Me Home.

Broadcasts

  1. Mon 5 Dec 2011
    13:15
  2. Sun 11 Dec 2011
    15:00

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