Episode: Ep917: A Good Read: Sarah Phelps and Irenosen Okojie

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Ep917: A Good Read: Sarah Phelps and Irenosen Okojie

1 - A Good Read: Sarah Phelps and Irenosen Okojie

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Published at: 7/22/2024

Author: BBC

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RADIO ROMANCE by Garrison Keillor, chosen by Sarah Phelps PERSEPOLIS by Marjane Satrapi, chosen by Irenosen Okojie ABSOLUTELY AND FOREVER by Rose Tremain, chosen by Harriett Gilbert Two authors pick books they love with Harriett Gilbert. Screenwriter, playwright and television producer Sarah Phelps (The Sixth Commandment, A Very British Scandal, EastEnders) brings us the trials and tribulations of a small-town radio station in the Midwest. Told with humour and irony, but also packs a punch. Novelist and short story writer Irenosen Okojie (Hag, Butterfly Fish, Speak Gigantular) chooses Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, an autobiographical graphic novel charting the writer's childhood in Iran, set against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution, before her move to Austria. Harriett Gilbert brings Absolutely and Forever by Rose Tremain, a story about the all-consuming power of first love, set 1960s London. Produced by Sally Heaven for BBC Audio Bristol Join the conversation on Instagram @bbcagoodread

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