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An unlikely find in the children's section of the bookshop presents AJ with a dilemma. Read by Madeleine Potter and Hari Dhillon. From March 2014.

Enchanting, funny and poignant, The Collected Works of A.J. Fikry is largely set in Island Books, a struggling independent bookshop in the middle of an island community off the American coast. In today's episode, an unlikely discovery in the children's section of the bookshop presents A.J. with a dilemma. Madeleine Potter is the narrator, and Hari Dhillon reads from A.J. Fikry's journal.

The abridger is Sally Marmion and the producer is Elizabeth Allard.

15 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Madeleine Potter
Reader Hari Dhillon
Author Gabrielle Zevin
Abridger Sally Marmion
Producer Elizabeth Allard

Broadcasts

  • Tue 18 Mar 2014 22:45
  • Tue 22 May 2018 14:00
  • Wed 23 May 2018 02:00

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