The Book Programme
William Crawley brings you literary news, reviews, previews, interviews, features and discussion.
The Book Programme - 01/11/2008
William Crawley is joined by Tim Pat Coogan who talks about the challenges of autobiography, plus film producer Michael Deeley on the darker side of Hollywood.
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The Book Programme - 01/12/2007
Marianne Faithful discusses her new book, Memories, Dreams and Reflections, with William Crawley. Terri Hooley and Henry McCullough are guest reviewers.
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The Book Programme - 02/05/2010
William Crawley continues his series of interviews, reviews and features on the latest books and the Radio Ulster Book Club reads Blackwater Lighthouse by Colm TóibÃÂn.
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The Book Programme - 03/05/2009
William Crawley speaks to philosopher Alain de Botton about his new book The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work.
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The Book Programme - 03/10/2010
Presented by William Crawley, with guest reviewers Eamonn Hughes and Brian Feeney, David Lloyd George biographer Roy Hattersley, and Shami Chakrabarti on To Kill a Mockingbird.
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The Book Programme - 04/04/2010
William Crawley talks to author Philip Pullman, and members of the Radio Ulster Book Club give their view on this week's choice, Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann.
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The Book Programme - 05/07/2008
Maeve Binchy, who has sold 40 million books worldwide, reveals the secrets of her success and a former spy tracks down the latest James Bond novel.
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The Book Programme - 07/06/2008
William Crawley presents the best literary features, reviews and interviews with leading writers and critics.
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The Book Programme - 07/06/2009
William Crawley with reviews, interviews and features on the latest in fiction, non-fiction, biography and poetry.
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The Book Programme - 08/11/2008
William Crawley interviews leading Irish travel writer, Dervla Murphy, about her Cuban travels and bookmaker Ivan Yates about the journalist who tried to get rich at the race track.
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The Book Programme - 08/12/2007
William Crawley meets author Alexander McCall Smith, and Paddy Heaney and Cleena Foley review two sports books - The Gambler and Legends of Irish Boxing.
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The Book Programme - 09/05/2010
William Crawley continues his series of interviews, reviews and features on the latest books and the Radio Ulster Book Club reads The Snack Thief by Andrea Camilleri.
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The Book Programme - 10/05/2009
William Crawley speaks to author Jodi Picoult about her new novel Handle With Care, and Gerry Kelly reveals the contents of his bookshelves.
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The Book Programme - 10/10/2010
Patrick McCabe discusses his new novel; Sue Birtwistle on Elizabeth Gaskell's bicentenary; Graine McFadden and Anne Tannahill consider stories by Arthur Miller and Claire Keegan.
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The Book Programme - 10/11/2007
On Remembrance Sunday, William Crawley discusses Stephen Walker's Forgotten Soldiers and A Long Time Gone by Ismael Beah with Prof Keith Jeffrey and Colonel Tim Collins.
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The Book Programme - 11/04/2010
William Crawley talks to award-winning novelist Rose Tremain on the publication of her novel Trespass. And the Radio Ulster Book Club gives its view on The Last Fighting Tommy.
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The Book Programme - 14/06/2008
William Crawley presents the best features, interviews and reviews from the world of literature, with leading writers and critics.
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The Book Programme - 15/11/2008
William Crawley talks to Bernard Cornwell about his novel depicting the battle of Agincourt, plus a review of Denis O'Driscoll's interviews with Seamus Heaney, Stepping Stones.
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The Book Programme - 15/12/2007
William Crawley takes the Book Programme to a Belfast city centre bookshop to catch a little of the Christmas mood.
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The Book Programme - 17/05/2009
William Crawley with reviews, interviews and features from the literary world, featuring best-selling novelist Colm TóibÃn.
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The Book Programme - 17/10/2010
William Crawley meets Irish poet John F Deane. Simon Hoggart looks back on the Lady Chatterley's Lover trial. Jude Collins and Nuala McKeever consider the latest literary releases.
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The Book Programme - 17/11/2007
William Crawley talks to famous political diarist Tony Benn. David Johnston and Alicia Peyrano review recently published memoirs and Gerry Adams chats about his favourite books.
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The Book Programme - 18/04/2010
William Crawley continues his series of interviews, reviews and features on the latest books and the Radio Ulster Book Club reads The Reader by Bernhard Schlink.
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The Book Programme - 19/09/2010
Presented by William Crawley with guest reviewers Liz Kennedy and Jane Coyle. Featuring interviews with James May, Terry Waite, and US Consul General in Belfast, Kamala S Lakhdhir.
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The Book Programme - 21/06/2008
William Crawley talks to the Booker Prize-winning Scottish writer James Kelman about his latest novel telling of a boy growing up in Glasgow.
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The Book Programme - 22/11/2008
William Crawley talks to Thomas Keneally about his memoir Searching for Schindler and evaluates poetry by Ciaran Carson, Derek Mahon and Irish love poets.
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The Book Programme - 24/05/2009
William Crawley talks to journalist David Aaronovitch about his new book Voodoo Histories, and former Undertone Mickey Bradley reveals the books which have influenced him.
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The Book Programme - 24/10/2010
William Crawley meets Booker Prize stalwart Peter Carey. Anita Robinson reviews 50 years of Edna O'Brien's The Country Girls. Professor Sir George Bain on his love of literature.
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The Book Programme - 24/11/2007
Paul Merton discusses his book Silent Comedy with William Crawley. Marnie O'Neill and poet Michael Longley review biographies by David Grene and Patricia Craig.
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The Book Programme - 25/04/2010
William Crawley continues his series of interviews, reviews and features on the latest books and the Radio Ulster Book Club reads The Stranger by Sarah Waters.
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The Book Programme - 25/10/2008
Historian Simon Schama tells William Crawley why he loves America and wants Barack Obama to win the presidential election, and Glenn Patterson discusses his memoir Once Upon a Hill.
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The Book Programme - 25/11/2007
Paul Merton discusses his book Silent Comedy with William Crawley. Marnie O'Neill and poet Michael Longley review biographies by David Grene and Patricia Craig.
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The Book Programme - 26/04/2009
William Crawley presents literary reviews, news and interviews. Featuring The Canterbury Tales - A retelling by Peter Ackroyd.
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The Book Programme - 26/09/2010
Presented by William Crawley, with guests crime writer Stuart Neville and Mark Twain expert Bob Hirst and reviewers Brian Henry Martin and Fionuala Meredith.
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The Book Programme - 28/06/2008
William Crawley talks to the novelist David Lodge about his academic and literary life. Plus a look at how to make a book successful.
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The Book Programme - 29/11/2008
William Crawley talks comedian and author Alexei Sayle about his latest novel, evalutes the controversial reputation of Oliver Cromwell and explores the art of writing a novel.
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The Book Programme - 31/05/2008
William Crawley presents the best literary features, reviews and interviews with leading writers and critics.
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The Book Programme - 31/05/2009
William Crawley talks to journalist Kate Adie about her new book Into Danger: Risking your Life for Work, plus the latest literary news and reviews.
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