Deacon Blue, Alexei Sayle and a Book Club special, live from the Edinburgh Festival
Simon and the team are live from the Edinburgh Festival, with live music from Deacon Blue and a very special Book Club Panel featuring Ian Rankin, Maggie O'Farrell and Gill Hornby.
Simon and the team are live from the Edinburgh Festival, with a Radio 2 Book Club special.
Simon will be joined by authors Ian Rankin, Julia Donaldson, Maggie O'Farrell and Gill Hornby, who will each discuss a book that they love, and tell us about their latest work. Plus, two debut authors will join us for War Of The Words. Owen Martell and Rachel Kushner will be battling each other with extracts from their own debut novels, to win over our panel - and audience.
Deacon Blue are our house band and will be performing three live tracks. 6 Music's very own Shaun Keaveny will be seeking forgiveness from our Collective with his very own Confession, and Alexei Sayle will be painting us a picture of the festival so far, after returning from a 17 year absence.
Plus, Matt Williams will have the latest sport and will be tasked with reviewing a show, chosen by our special guests.
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Music Played
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Deacon Blue
Dignity
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David Bowie
Valentine鈥檚 Day
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ABBA
Super Trouper
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Billy Joel
It's Still Rock & Roll To Me
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Deacon Blue
That's What We Can Do
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Lissie
Further Away (Romance Police)
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Bryan Ferry
The In Crowd
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Justin Timberlake
Take Back The Night
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David Essex
Gonna Make You A Star
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Deacon Blue
Real Gone Kid
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Buddy Holly
Rave On
Radio 2's Book Club Panel at the Edinburgh Festival
Maggie O鈥橣arrell, Gill Hornby, Julia Donaldson and Ian Rankin joined Simon Mayo for a special Radio 2 Book Club at the Edinburgh Festival
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They discussed their own books:
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Maggie O'Farrell 鈥� 鈥業nstructions For A Heatwave鈥�
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Gill Hornby 鈥� 鈥楾he Hive鈥�
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Julia Donaldson 鈥� 鈥楾he Paper Dolls鈥�
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Ian Rankin 鈥� 鈥楽aints of the Shadow Bible鈥� (due out in November)
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They each recommended听one other book:
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Maggie O鈥橣arrell 鈥� 鈥楾he Prince of West End Avenue鈥� by Alan Isler
Gill Hornby 鈥� 鈥楽cenes from Provincial Life鈥� by Francis Spufford
Julia Donaldson 鈥� 鈥楤eyond the Blue Mountains鈥� by L T Meade
Ian Rankin 鈥� 鈥楢pple Tree Yard鈥� by Louise Doughty
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Owen Martell, author of 鈥業ntermission鈥� and Rachel Kushner, author of 鈥楾he Flamethrowers鈥� also appeared on the show, taking part in War of the Words.
Broadcast
- Mon 19 Aug 2013 17:05麻豆社 Radio 2
