31/08/2011
On today's programme, we review the graphic novel adaptation of The Kite Runner, Japanese playwright Shoji Kokami (pictured) and Mercury Prize nominee Ghostpoet.
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On today's programme, we review the graphic novel adaptation of The Kite Runner, Japanese playwright Shoji Kokami (pictured) and Mercury Prize nominee Ghostpoet.
Photo: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images.
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The Kite Runner
We review the graphic novel adaptation of one of the most popular novels of the last decade, Kahled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, and ask why are comic book adaptations currently so popular?
Duration: 05:47
Shoji Kokami
Japanese playwright Shoji Kokami talks about his play Halcyon Days, which examines the popularity of suicide websites in contemporary Japanese culture.
Duration: 05:18
Ghostpoet
Nominated for 2011's prestigious Mercury Prize in the UK, this British rapper talks about making music in his bedroom, and how he plans to celebrate, if he wins!
Duration: 06:23
Broadcasts
- Wed 31 Aug 2011 21:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Thu 1 Sep 2011 02:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Thu 1 Sep 2011 08:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Thu 1 Sep 2011 12:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
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