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Sophie Kinsella, Free Copies of Kidnapped and The Tenderness of Wolves

Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist Sophie Kinsella about the latest book in her Shopaholic series: "Shopaholic and Baby".

Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella has sold over two million copies of her Shopaholic series - in the latest, Shopaholic and Baby, her acquisitive heroine Becky Bloomwood becomes a Mum.

Kidnapped
In February, free copies of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure story, Kidnapped, are being given out free across Edinburgh - UNESCO's first City of Literature.

Stef Penney and Georgina Harding
Stef Penney was chosen this year as the winner of the Costa First Novel award and was praised by the judges for the brilliant evocation of nineteenth century Canada in her murder mystery The Tenderness of Wolves.

Reading Clinic
Sophie Kinsella returns to advise a listener who wants to know what books to pack in her hospital bag, as she prepares for the birth of her second baby.
Sophie's suggestions:

Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Frangipani by Celestine Hitiura Vaite
The Manny by Holly Peterson.

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  • Sun 28 Jan 2007 16:00
  • Thu 1 Feb 2007 16:00

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