Open Book: The Bell Jar, Christopher Brookmyre & original fiction

Books and Authors

BBC

Society & Culture, Books

4.2 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2013

⏱️ 29 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Mariella Frostrup talks to Ali Smith about Sylvia Plath's ground breaking novel The Bell Jar, fifty years after it was first published. With the announcement of the Goldsmiths Prize for writers of boldly, original fiction - writer and broadcaster Alex Preston and author, poet and Profesor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths, Blake Morrison, consider what being experimental and innovative means for 21st century novelists. And in his 17th novel, Bedlam, Scottish crime writer Christopher Brookmyre turns to science fiction for inspiration.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, it's Nicola Cochlin. Young people have been making history for years, but we don't often hear about them. My brand new series on BBC Sounds sets out to put this right. In history's youngest heroes, I'll be revealing the fascinating stories of 12 young people who've played a major role in history and who've helped shape our world. Like Audrey Hepburn, Nelson Mandela,
0:22.4	Louis Braille and Lady Jane Grey,
0:24.7	History's youngest heroes with me, Nicola Cochlin.
0:27.8	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.6	Choosing what to watch.
0:33.4	Night after night.
0:34.9	They're flicking through.
0:36.6	The endless searching is a nightmare.
0:39.2	We want to help you.
0:40.5	On our brand new podcast, Off the Telly,
0:42.6	we share what we've been watching.
0:44.4	Sludiators.
0:46.3	Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:48.9	Lovely.
0:49.6	Off the telly with me, Joanna Page.
0:51.8	And me, Natalie Cassidy,
0:53.4	so your evenings can be a little less searching and a lot more watching.
0:57.6	Listen on BBC Sounds.
1:00.4	This is a download from the BBC.
1:02.9	To find out more, visit BBC.co.uk slash radio four.
1:08.7	Hello on today's programme, a new award for boldly original fiction.
1:13.4	The sort of thing discussed on open book every week, obviously.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.