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Malorie Blackman on Language

Michael Rosen and Malorie Blackman, author of Noughts and Crosses, talk in depth about language: the writing that has shaped her and her lifelong love of reading.

Malorie Blackman, author of Noughts and Crosses, talks in depth to Michael Rosen about language: the writing that has shaped her and how she's used language in her own influential work. Her lifelong love of reading was fostered by the libraries she went to as a child. If she had to choose between being a reader and being a writer, she says, she'd choose being a reader..
Producer Beth O'Dea.

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Wed 3 Jun 2020 21:00

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  • Tue 19 Sep 2017 16:00
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