Open Book: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Minette Walters

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4.2 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on his short story debut, Friday Black and Minette Walters

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0:00.0	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy.
0:05.4	My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds.
0:10.8	The BBC has an incredible musical heritage and culture and as a music lover, I love being part of that.
0:17.5	With music on sounds, we offer collections and mixes for everything, from workouts to
0:22.4	helping you nod off, boogie in your kitchen, or even just a moment of calm. And they're all put
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0:41.3	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Hello, today, Minette Walters returns with another slice of historical fiction
0:46.3	as we present portraits of a world in turmoil, from 14th century Dorset through World War II
0:52.3	and right up to date in contemporary America.
0:55.9	And portraits of a different kind, what can we learn from images of people reading?
1:01.1	But first.
1:02.3	This is America.
1:04.1	Don't got you slipping on.
1:06.2	Look how I'm living on.
1:08.2	Police be tripping on.
1:09.7	Yeah.
1:10.2	This is America. Guns in my area. I got living off. Holy's be tripping on. Yeah. This is America.
1:12.2	Guns in my area.
1:13.7	I got this trap.
1:15.3	Hey.
1:16.2	I got to carry them.
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