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Zoe Wicomb

Zoe Wicomb: The South African writer talks about apartheid, and living and writing in Scotland. With Stuart Cosgrove. From August 2011.

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Zoe Wicomb was born and raised in South Africa and has lived in Scotland since 1994. She's taught in the Department of English Studies at the University of Strathclyde and now concentrates on writing.

Her latest book, You Can't get Lost in Cape Town is a collection of short stories about growing up as a young coloured woman in South Africa.

Zoe talked to Stuart about these five books:

1. The Children's Bible
2. Toni Morrison - Beloved.
3. Flannery O'Connor -A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
4. Chinua Achebe - Things Fall Apart.
5. Virginia Woolf - To the Lighthouse.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 28 Mar 2019 00:30

Broadcasts

  • Thu 11 Aug 2011 14:05
  • Sun 14 Aug 2011 00:02
  • Sun 14 Aug 2011 06:03
  • Mon 16 Jan 2012 14:05
  • Sat 21 Jan 2012 06:04
  • Mon 23 Jan 2012 00:02
  • Fri 20 Mar 2015 18:30
  • Sat 21 Mar 2015 01:30
  • Wed 27 Mar 2019 18:30
  • Thu 28 Mar 2019 00:30