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Vanessa Kisuule & Jonathon Porritt

Poet Vanessa Kisuule and environmental writer Jonathon Porritt talk books with presenter Harriett Gilbert.

Poet Vanessa Kisuule and environmental writer Jonathon Porritt talk books with presenter Harriett Gilbert. Jonathon chooses Hiroshima by John Hersey, Vanessa picks the graphic novel Sabrina by Nick Drnaso, and Harriett goes for a poetry collection: Inside the Wave by Helen Dunmore.
Producer: Becky Ripley
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Tue 17 Nov 2020 16:30
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