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Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
The writers discuss the poetic, playful freedoms afforded by shorter form literature.
  1. Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
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    Stuart Evers and Dorthe Nors at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  2. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
    03:37
    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
  3. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
  4. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
    02:05
    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  5. Sylvie Guillem on life after dance
    01:35
    Sylvie Guillem on life after dance
  6. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
    07:45
    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
  7. Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
    02:28
    Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
  8. Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    00:47
    Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  9. Jazz Line-Up: Corrina Hewat and Dave Milligan
    10:50
    Jazz Line-Up: Corrina Hewat and Dave Milligan
  10. Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
    15:40
    Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
  11. Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
    00:37
    Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
  12. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  13. Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
    00:45
    Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
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