Kevin Barry
Johny Pitts talks to Kevin Barry about his new novel, western romance The Heart in Winter. Plus Kevin, Scott Preston and Anna North on writing and rethinking the literary western.
Johny Pitts talks to Kevin Barry about his new novel - western romance, The Heart in Winter.
Plus, writing and rethinking the literary western - to discuss the genre, Kevin is joined by authors Scott Preston and Anna North. Scott's debut novel is Cumbrian western The Borrowed Hills - a farming story set at the time of foot and mouth, and Anna North is the author of queer, feminist western, Outlawed.
And the Reverend Richard Coles explains why Sherlock Holmes The Complete Short Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle is the 'book he would never lend.'
Presenter: Johny Pitts
Producer: Emma Wallace
Book List – Sunday 16 June 2024
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry
The Borrowed Hills by Scott Preston
Outlawed by Anna North
Krazy Kat created by cartoonist George Herriman
Lieutenant Nun by Catalina De Erauso
Sherlock Holmes Short Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist by Arthur Conan Doyle
Murder at the Monastery by Richard Coles
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- Sun 16 Jun 2024 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 23 Jun 2024 00:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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