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Katie Derham and Matt Haig

Presenter and Strictly Come Dancing star Katie Derham and writer Matt Haig talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

Presenter and Strictly Come Dancing Star Katie Derham and writer Matt Haig talk about their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. Katie chooses The Dark Circle by Linda Grant, a novel set in a tuberculosis sanatorium just after the founding of the NHS, as antibiotics were being made available to fight the disease. Matt鈥檚 choice is cult classic The Outsiders , written by SE Hinton when she was just 17, and Harriett鈥檚 A Good Read is Breathing Lessons, Anne Tyler鈥檚 portrait of a marriage set on a single day. Producer Sally Heaven.

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28 minutes

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Fri 9 Nov 2018 23:00

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  • Tue 6 Nov 2018 16:30
  • Fri 9 Nov 2018 23:00

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