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Books and Authors

Open Book: Harlan Coben, Rodge Glass & London Book Fair

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2824 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2013

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Harlan Coben talks to Mariella Frostup about his new thriller novel Six Years. We report from the London Book Fair which this year has given prominence to Turkish publishing. And author Rodge Glass takes a wry literary look at the impact of cheap flights.

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0:45.4

Hello on today's program, the best-selling thriller writer Harlan Coburn on the unexpected trauma of recording his own audiobook.

0:53.2

I'm like, oh my God, did I write that? Can I change that still?

0:56.6

Dang, the book's published already? Oh my God, that's horrible. How did I do that?

1:00.4

You know, I'm still beating myself up. More from him in a moment.

1:04.7

And the subject of how to sell more books was high on the agenda at this week's London

1:08.7

Book Fair. But it was Turkey, this year's's guest of honour who may have found the answer.

1:13.9

We investigate the phenomenal success story,

1:16.5

which has seen a 300% increase in the number of books published in that country in the last 10 years.

1:22.9

And we take a rye literary look at how cheap airfares have changed our view for better and for worse.

1:29.5

But first, the thriller writer with the Midas touch,

1:32.8

whose name can't help but be familiar, omnipresent as it is,

1:35.9

on displays from airport stalls to supermarkets,

1:38.5

literary bookstores to high street chains.

1:41.3

Harlan Coben series about a gumshoe called Myron Bolatar won him legions of fans, but it

1:47.1

was standalone stories like Tell No One adapted into a French César winning movie and the

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