Writers Voice with Francesca Rheannon | A radio book show and podcast featuring interviews with authors, poets, playwrights and more

We talk with novelist Kevin Patterson about CONSUMPTION, a novel of the Canadian Arctic and the tension between the old and the new in the lives of its Inuit people. (…)

Geraldine Brooks tells us about PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, a novel based on the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah. (…)

 

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We talk with novelist Kevin Patterson about his wonderful novel of the Arctic North and the Inuit, CONSUMPTION. (…)

Geraldine Brooks tells us about PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, a novel based on the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah.
Leaf through the Haggadah’s images on line. (…)

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Cold War Childhood
A story could start almost anywhere. This one begins at a moment startled by a rocket. (…)

Acclaimed novelist Russell Banks tells Writer’s Voice about his new novel, THE RESERVE. We also talk with Tahmima Anam about her terrific debut novel, A GOLDEN AGE. (…)

 

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Geraldine Brooks tells us about THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, a novel based on the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah.
Also,we talk with poet Al Young about his new book-and-cd set, SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLUES.