A Bright Light Burning Fast
Cevennes to Samoa 鈥� as A.L. Kennedy explores the journeys that books take us on she crosses paths with Robert Louis Stevenson and the roots of travel writing. Read by the author.
鈥淗e turned away from gentility and embraced bohemia, but he has lit the way for many of us in all kinds of rough seas.鈥�
Author A.L. Kennedy crosses paths with Robert Louis Stevenson as she uncovers the roots of travel writing.
Written and read by A.L. Kennedy
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie and Gaynor Macfarlane
A.L. Kennedy was born in Dundee and now stays in North Essex. She is an award-winning writer of novels, short stories, non-fiction and books for children. She also writes for the stage, screen, TV and radio, including documentaries, monologues, dramas and essays. She performs occasionally in one person shows and as a stand-up comic.
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