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From 2004, Ep 4 (of 5) of 📻 “THE COMA” - “Darkness”
Alex Garland’s 2004 surreal fantasy novel📖 read by Tom Goodman-Hill
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4pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4
Take Four Books, Yann Martel
Presented by James Crawford, Take Four Books, speaks to Canadian writer & former Booker Prize winner Yann Martel about his new novel, 📖 “Son of Nobody”, & its three influences.
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Weird picture of the day: an illustration by Beresford Egan for 'Fleurs du Mal' by Baudelaire.
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📖 “How England Began” by Nicholas J Higham
The long, violent making of England – with invading boats & out-of-touch elites
Nicholas J Higham dismantles the myth of sudden Saxon conquest, revealing a slower, more contested beginning
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📖 “Permanence” by Sophie Mackintosh review – high-concept adultery fable
Unfaithful lovers escape to an uncanny alternate world, in this compelling allegory for infidelity and desire
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12:30pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
From 2009, Omnibus of 📻 “THE MUSIC ROOM”
William Fiennes' 1990 memoir📖 of his magical childhood in a moated castle in which he grew up with his severely epileptic brother
Abridged by Viv Beeby & read by Dan Stevens
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A duel, one of many amusing vignettes inserted into his 1840 journal by the 15-year-old Richard Doyle.
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5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Sunday
#SundayBookChoices
#ShortStorySunday
#ReadingOverTheWeekend (What book are you reading today?)
Also, #BookchatWeekly can be used for book related posts throughout the week
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“But what is the black spot, captain?”
📖”Treasure Island” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883
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🎥 “Treasure Island”, 1972
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🎨 N.C. Wyeth’s 1911 illustration, "The Pirates Prepare the Black Spot”
“Seaward, ho! Hang the treasure! It’s the glory of the sea that has turned my head.”
📖”Treasure Island” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson, 1883
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🎥 “Treasure Island”, 1972
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From 2004 #Restoration #Comedy #Drama📻 “The Provok'd Wife” directed by Pauline Harris
John Vanbrugh’s 1697 play🎭 adapted by Jim Poyser
🌟 Julian Rhind-Tutt, Tom Mannion, Dave Hill, Saskia Reeves, Sarah Smart, Josie Lawrence, Tonia Chauvet
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“There is no greater teacher than nature herself.”
📖“The Riddle of The Sands” ~ Erskine Childers, 1903
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🎥“The Riddle of The Sands”, 1979
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“I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.”
📖 “On the Beach” ~ Nevil Shute, 1957
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📻 “On the Beach”, Ep 2 of 2, 2008
4pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
4/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Saturday
#BookwormSat
#NonFictionSaturday
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“Primrose, first-born child of Ver,
Merry spring-time’s harbinger.“
#Shakespeare The Two Noble Kinsmen
Ver is an old name for Spring
#BookWormSat (Illustration from Shakespeare’s Flowers)
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5:30pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
From 2009, Ep 5 (of 5) 📻 “ROGUE JUSTICE” - “Vengeance”
Geoffrey Household's 1982 sequel to his 1939 novel📖 “Rogue Male”
Abridged by Patricia Hannah & read by Michael Jayston
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6/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Friday
#FictionFriday
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9pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR
Julian Barnes: Beyond the Page
Acclaimed and award-winning writer Julian Barnes talks to Katie Razzall about his literary life, preoccupation with death, why he's written his final novel & missing his readers.
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It's #PhantomsFriday again tomorrow when ghostly posts will make their presence known with fascinating facts and fancies. #Folklore, fiction, poetry, art, popular culture, haunted locations - any pertinent to the spooky subject will be welcome.
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7:30pm TODAY on @BBCRadio4Extra
From 2009, Ep 4 of 5 📻 “THE MUSIC ROOM” - “Problems”
William Fiennes' 1990 memoir📖 of his magical childhood in a moated castle in which he grew up with his severely epileptic brother
Abridged by Viv Beeby & read by Dan Stevens
#BookchatWeekly #BookologyThursday
Image by Edmund Fitzpatrick
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From 2009, Ep 4 (of 5) 📻 “ROGUE JUSTICE” - “Trouble”
Geoffrey Household's 1982 sequel to his 1939 novel📖 “Rogue Male”
Abridged by Patricia Hannah & read by Michael Jayston
@BBCSounds 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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- from The Egyptian Book of the Dead
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8/8 Get thee back, O Crocodile that dwellest in the North, for the goddess Serqet is in my belly and I have not yet brought her forth. I am Uatch-Maati (or Merti).”
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