Toby Litt, Will Ford, Tom Chatfield, David Toop
Ian McMillan's guests are the dramatist Will Ford, Toby Litt on Kafka, Tom Chatfield on the internet and language change and David Toop.
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Toby Litt
Author Toby Litt has been avoiding writing about Kafka. His essay for 鈥楳orphologies: Short Story Writers on Short Story Writers鈥� (Comma Press) addresses his anxieties about Kafka and asks whether he should find his writing funny.
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David Toop
David Toop is a musician, author and curator. David tells the story of his relationship with a clapping song from the Island of Barra, 鈥榃ho Will Go Mad With Me?鈥�, as sung by Mary Morrison. David first heard the song in 1971, and has been haunted by it ever since. He has recently collaborated with songwriter Alasdair Roberts to create a response to the song.
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Tom Chatfield is a writer and technology theorist. His latest book is 鈥楴etymology: From Apps to Zombies: A Linguistic Celebration of the Digital World鈥� (Quercus). Language change on the internet happens quickly, and Tom is here to delve into one of the changes that has happened since the publication of his book, and explain how the word 鈥楤ecause鈥� has now become a preposition.
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Will Ford
Will Ford makes his writing debut with 鈥楲ove on the Rocks鈥�, a short play about love, technology and communication. This is the final play in our series on the theme of 鈥楲ove and Hate鈥�, produced with the 麻豆社 Writer鈥檚 Room.
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