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Book Now Literature Festival - Richmond
The sixteenth Book
Now Literature Festival in Richmond took place during November 2007.
Novelists, children's authors and non-fiction writers presented their
work in various venues in Richmond, Twickenham and Teddington. Click
here for more details and to find out how to receive information
about future events.
Our reporter Anne O'Connell attended
events at the Festival and spoke to several of the authors. Click on the buttons to listen to
her interviews and reports.
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Tracy Borman (8 mins 57
secs)
Tracy Borman's first book is a biography of Henrietta
Howard (Jonathan Cape).
Though rather forgotten by history, Henrietta led a fascinating
life, from being a victim of a violent husband, to becoming the
celebrated mistress of King George II. Tracy spoke about her book
in Marble Hill House, the Thameside residence built for Henrietta
Howard in the 1720s.
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Mark Lynas (5 mins 10 secs)
Speaking at the Book Now Festival, Mark Lynas discusses his latest
book, 'Six
Degrees' (Fourth Estate). Following his bestseller, 'High Tide',
Mark continues with his theme of climate change, and here spells
out the consequences for the planet of global warming, degree by
degree.
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Romesh Gunesekera (6 mins
38 secs)
Sri Lankan-born writer Romesh Gunesekera talks about his latest
novel, 'The
Match' (Bloomsbury) at the Book Now festival. Set in the
Philippines and London, and spanning 35 years, the book weaves
world politics with the inner meanderings of the main character,
Sunny.
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Blake Morrison (6 mins 6
secs)
Blake Morrison talks about his latest novel, 'South
of the River' (Chatto & Windus). The book centres on
the stories of five characters and begins with the 'new dawn' of
the Labour victory in 1997. In this interview the author
discusses personal disillusion, politics and foxes! |
Anne O'Connell
- reporter for London Link Radio at the Book Now Festival 2007
Anne O'Connell is a writer and film maker, who also trained in
radio production with RTE in Dublin. Currently she is directing
and editing documentaries and producing podcasts. She writes about
food and travel and her first book, an examination of vegetarian recipes
in Victorian England, is due out next year.
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