David Lodge on his memoir Quite a Good Time to Be Born
Writer David Lodge talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new memoir Quite a Good Time to Be Born, plus a librarian who has put the Orkney Library on the social media map.
David Lodge is a novelist, critic and academic and now - as he approaches his 80th birthday -he's publishing his first memoir, Quite A Good Time To Be Born. He talks to Mariella about his Catholic faith, his long marriage and how his life and novels - which include Changing Places, How Far Can You Go? and The British Museum is Falling Down - have overlapped.
Stewart Bain of Orkney Library reveals to Mariella how their twitter feed became a social media sensation.
Ted Hogkinson from the British Council is just back from Amman in Jordan and reports on the literary scene and why Petra is inspiring a new generation of writers. And an editor looks beyond her own books pile to recommend a title from another publisher.
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Role Contributor Presenter Mariella Frostrup Interviewed Guest Emma Hooper Broadcasts
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