![]() There are more book interviews on the Free Thinking playlist Prose and Poetry You can find more book talk on the website of the Royal Society of Literature One of the events features Durham academic Emily Thomas talking about travel and philosophy - you can hear her in a Free Thinking episode called Maths and philosophy puzzles Ĭrime writer Ian Rankin compared notes on writing about place with Bangladeshi born British author Tahmima Anam in an RSL conversation linked to the Bradford Literature Festival Her latest book - a Karen Pirie thriller - was published in August 2020 and is called Still Life.ĭetails of events for Durham Book Festival Val McDermid is the author of several crime fiction series: Lindsay Gordon Kate Brannigan DCI Karen Pirie and, beginning in 1995, the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, which was televised as Wire in the Blood. Reynard the Fox, a new version with illustrations, is published by the Bodleian Library, and is translated and retold by Anne Louise Avery.ĭaljit Nagra is the author of British Museum Ramayana - A Retelling Tippoo Sultan's Incredible White-Man-Eating Tiger Toy-Machine!!! and, Look We Have Coming to Dover. But is he the character you want to emulate, or does Bruin the Bear offer us a better template? Based on William Caxton's translation of the medieval Flemish folk tale, this is the story of a wily fox - a subversive, dashing and anarchic character - summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion. ![]() As a new translation and retelling by Anne Louise Avery is published, she joins Shahidha to discuss the book with Noreen Masud - a BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker from Durham University. Plus, how the medieval fable of Reynard The Fox has lessons for us all today. Poet Daljit Nagra and crime writer Val McDermid discuss capturing different forms of speech, a sense of place, and politics - in a conversation organised with the Royal Society of Literature and Durham Book Festival, and hosted by presenter Shahidha Bari.
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