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American crime writer Michael Connelly is one of the world鈥檚 bestselling authors, with more than eighty million copies of his books sold worldwide. He discusses his new novel Desert Star, the latest in his series about LAPD Detective Harry Bosch.

Hazel Askew, Hannah James and Rowan Rheingans are accomplished, adventurous musicians. They come together as Lady Maisery, creating music informed by folk traditions that is contemporary, from a female perspective, socially and politically engaged. They talk to Tom Sutcliffe about their work, and perform songs from their new album, Tender.

And are UK publishers afraid to publish books on controversial topics? Editor Arabella Pike and Dan Conway of The Publishers Association discuss whether publishing is experiencing a 鈥渃hill factor.鈥�

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