Margaret Drabble, Louis de Bernieres, Literary prizes, Wyl Menmuir on fictional islands
Mariella Frostrup talks to Margaret Drabble about her new novel The Dark Flood Rises.
Mariella Frostrup talks to the novelist, biographer and critic Dame Margaret Drabble about her latest book The Dark Flood Rises, which questions our ideas about aging and dying. Mariella also discusses the inaugural Parliamentary Book Awards,which are voted on by the Parliamentarians themselves. Writer Wyl Menmuir takes us on a tour of some of his favourite fictional islands and Louis de Bernieres reveals the book he'd never lend - a poignant family heirloom.
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Margaret Drabble
Duration: 09:50
Louis de Bernieres - The Book I'd Never Lend
Duration: 04:25
New Literary Prizes
Duration: 08:20
Island Life
Duration: 04:20
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Role Contributor Presenter Mariella Frostrup Interviewed Guest Margaret Drabble Interviewed Guest Wyl Menmuir Interviewed Guest Louis de Bernieres Broadcasts
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