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with Sally Magnusson

A morning of books and music with Sally and her guests from the Edinburgh International Book Festival including: Devi Sridhar, Raynor Winn, Alex Renton and Lisa Williams.

A morning of books and music with Sally and her guests from the Edinburgh International Book Festival including: Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh’s Medical School; Alex Renton about his book Blood Legacy, examining his family ties with the slave trade in Tobago and Jamaica alongside poet and writer Lisa Williams, who founded the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and Raynor Winn about her latest memoir The Wild Silence, which follows her bestseller The Salt Path. And continuing with the theme of books and literature: Simone Byrne celebrates the writing of Jackie Kay; Lynda-Marie Taurasi shares how the magic of handwriting keeps the memory of her mother and grandparents alive and Tam Beirne reflects on how the library at his first factory job opened up a life-long love of reading for him.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Boxing Day 2021 08:00

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  • Boxing Day 2021 08:00