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Erica Wagner and Francis Gilbert

Sue MacGregor, Erica Wagner and Francis Gilbert discuss books by Ursula Le Guin, Sathnam Sanghera and David Lodge. From 2009.

Sue MacGregor talks to a husband and wife team, literary editor at The Times Erica Wagner and teacher and writer Francis Gilbert, about their favourite books, which include Ursula Le Guin's Wizard of Earthsea.

Books featured in the programme:

Erica's choice: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, Puffin

Francis's choice: The Boy with the Topknot by Sathnam Sanghera, Penguin

Sue's choice: Deaf Sentence by David Lodge, Penguin.

Produced by Mark Smalley.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2009.

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30 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 Apr 2020 00:30

Broadcasts

  • Tue 17 Nov 2009 16:30
  • Fri 20 Nov 2009 23:00
  • Mon 6 Apr 2020 18:30
  • Tue 7 Apr 2020 00:30

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