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Craig Brown's 15 minute literary festival, at 5x15

19 Apr 2010

Speakers: Craig Brown

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Craig Brown presents to his audience a literary festival in 15 minutes. Featuring authors such as WG Sebald, Jilly Cooper, Alain de Botton, Harold Pinter, Frank McCourt and many more, Brown reads excerpts of their work, as written by him. From travel writing to philosophy, diaries to romance, Brown covers it all.

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