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With Neil Gaiman

Tom is joined by award-winning author Neil Gaiman, best-known for comic series The Sandman, for an in-depth discussion of his career.

Tom is joined by award winning English author Neil Gaiman for an in depth discussion of his career. He is best known for his comic book series The Sandman.

He started out as a journalist, and wrote his first book about Duran Duran in 1984, but has become known for his creative writing. He broke through with his comic book The Sandman, which ran from 1989 to 1996. He has written numerous major works, for both adults and children, and has won a huge number of awards, including Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, Newbery Medal, and Carnegie Medal. In 2012 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
He is married to musician Amanda Palmer.
His latest novel The Ocean At The End Of The Lane is out this month, his first adult novel for 8 years. This is one of many books to come from him this year.

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Sat 6 Jul 2013 21:00
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Music Played

  • Garbage

    Androgyny

    • Mushroom.

  • Parquet Courts

    Stoned And Starving

    • WHAT'S YOUR RUPTURE.

  • Hentai Babies

    One Potato Two

    • white.

  • Johnno Casson

    Let's talk about us

    • white.

  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre

    Panic in Babylon

  • Straw Bear

    Snobbery

  • Junior Walker

    Shake & Fingerpop

  • Amanda Palmer

    Runs In The Family

  • David Bowie

    Up the Hill Backwards

    • EMI.

  • Mitch Benn

    Dr Who Girl

  • Tom Robinson Band

    Power In The Darkness

    • Power In The Darkness.

  • The Adverts

    Cast of Thousands

  • Thea Gilmore

    Holding Your Hand

  • Parquet Flooring

    Stoned and Starving

  • Amanda Palmer And The Grand Theft Orchestra

    The Killing Type

  • 8in8

    One Tiny Thing

  • Jonathan Coulton

    Re- Your Brains

  • The Magnetic Fields

    Papa Was A Rodeo

  • Joan As Police Woman

    Holiday

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Reveal Records.
    • 1.

  • Moko

    Never Let Me Go (Live)

  • Buffy Sainte‐Marie

    Adam

    • Illuminations.
    • Vanguard.

  • The Magnetic North

    Hi Life

    • Orkney: Symphony Of The Magnetic North.
    • Full Time Hobby.

  • Samaris

    GΓ³Γ°a Tungl

    • Not On Label.

  • Jill Scott

    A Long Walk

  • Mishaped Pearls

    Old Father Thames

    • white.

  • Maps

    AMA

  • Daughn Gibson

    Kissin On The Blacktop

    • Me Moan.
    • Sub Pop.

  • Mirel Wagner

    No Death

  • Japan

    Taking Islands From Africa

  • Gem Dos

    When the Dust Settles

    • white.

  • The National

    Humiliation

  • Jenny Hval

    Death of the Author

  • Apparat

    PV

    • Krieg UNd Frieden.
    • Mute.

Broadcast

  • Sat 6 Jul 2013 21:00
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music