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Real and Imagined Worlds

James Runcie is joined by Women's Prize-winning novelist Kamila Shamsie to explore the art of creating places so real we can hear, taste and smell them.

James Runcie, author of the Grantchester Mysteries series, is a writer in search of the best way to tell a story. In this series he meets high profile authors to discuss the craft of novel writing. Using extracts from the author鈥檚 own work, as well as classic texts, the conversations will reveal the secrets of the storytelling craft.

In this episode James is joined by Kamila Shamsie to explore the art of creating a convincing sense of place, using analysis of Dickens's Bleak House and Calvino's Invisible Cities, and Kamila鈥檚 own prize-winning novels including Home Fire and Burnt Shadows.

Presenter: James Runcie
Producer: Ellie Bury
Reader: Paterson Joseph

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28 minutes

Last on

Wed 31 Aug 2022 23:30

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  • Tue 21 Jun 2022 11:30
  • Wed 31 Aug 2022 23:30