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Kate Mosse, writer

Kate Mosse, writer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Kate Mosse OBE is a British novelist and broadcaster. She is the author of ten novels and short story collections, including The Joubert Family Chronicles and the best-selling Languedoc Trilogy. She has also written four works of non-fiction including her memoir about caring, An Extra Pair of Hands. In 1996 she co-founded the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

Born in Chichester, she studied English at Oxford University and had a very successful career in publishing before writing her first book about pregnancy. Her novel, Labyrinth, published in 1995 and set in Carcasonne, became an international bestseller which enabled her to give up her publishing job and write full time.

Kate lives in Chichester with her husband, Greg Mosse, and her mother-in-law, Grannie Rosie. She is a Visiting Professor in Creative Writing at the University of Chichester, a Patron of the Chichester Festival for Music, Dance and Speech, and President of the Festival of Chichester.

She was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to literature and women.

DISC ONE: Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
DISC TWO: These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra
DISC THREE: Station to Station - David Bowie
DISC FOUR: Walls Come Tumbling Down - The Style Council
DISC FIVE: I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
DISC SIX: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83. Composed by Maurice Ravel. Performed by Martha Argerich and London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Claudio Abbado
DISC SEVEN: Dancing Queen - Abba
DISC EIGHT: La chanson des vieux amants - Jacques Brel

BOOK CHOICE: Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
LUXURY ITEM: A jukebox
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83, composed by Maurice Ravel and performed by Martha Argerich and London Symphony Orchestra

Presenter: Lauren Laverne
Producer: Sarah Taylor

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38 minutes

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Fri 30 Jun 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Cat Stevens

    Morning Has Broken

    • Teaser And The Firecat.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 7.
  • Nancy Sinatra

    These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

    • Boots.
    • Boots Enterprises, Inc..
    • 1.
  • David Bowie

    Station to Station

    • Station to Station (Deluxe Edition).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 1.
  • The Style Council

    Walls Come Tumbling Down

    • Shout To The Top: The Collection.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 4.
  • Gloria Gaynor

    I Will Survive

    • Gloria Gaynor: The Collection.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 14.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • ABBA

    Dancing Queen

    • Arrival.
    • Polar Music International AB.
    • 2.
  • Jacques Brel

    La Chanson des vieux amants

    • Jacques Brel 67.
    • Universal Music Division Barclay.
    • 8.

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  • Sun 25 Jun 2023 11:15
  • Fri 30 Jun 2023 09:00

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