The Word
Each week on The Word presenter Harriett Gilbert meets novelists, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, copywriters and book-sellers as she looks at the myriad world of writing.
Latest Edition: Tuesday, September 2nd
On The Word, Razia Iqbal speaks to Irish author Deirdre Madden about her new book 'Molly Fox's Birthday' in which she explores themes of acting, artifice, family and friendship. As a new biography of the Nobel Prize winning Icelandic author Halldor Laxness comes out, The Word gives you the low-down on his life and work that spanned the last century, and explores why his politics made him controversial yet his writing made him a national treasure. Plus a look at the French publishing phenomenon, La Rentree Litteraire, in which a quarter of all books are published at this time of year - what does it mean for authors and readers alike?
