Memoirs, Music, Mystery: new works from Sam Sussman, Sarah Hall, Margaret Atwood

Superstars of the literary and musical world this week: Margaret Atwood’s new memoir; Hannah Kent’s critical readings; Stuart Coupe’s musical knowledge; Bob Dylan . . . OK, well he’s not exactly on the show, but he’s the subject of MUCH literary speculation in a buzzy new release by New Yorker Sam Sussman. Also – the voice of the wind howls, laughs and taunts its subjects, in an inventive piece of writing from Sarah Hall. BOOKS Sam Sussman, Boy from the North Country, Grove Press Sarah Hall, Helm, Faber Margaret Atwood, Books of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts, Chatto & Windus GUESTS Hannah Kent, novelist and memoirist whose books include Burial Rites, The Good People, Devotion and – most recently - Always Home, Always Homesick: A Love Letter to Iceland Stuart Coupe, music writer and promoter whose books include Roadies: The Secret History of Australian Rock’n’ Roll; Shake Some Action: My Life In Music, (and Other Stuff); and – most recently – Saffron Incorporated: The First King Of King Of The Cross And Fifty Years Of Sex, Murder, Music And Mayhem OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, Niko Stratis Harley Loco, Rayya Elias Happy Doll series, Jonathan Ames All the Way to the River, Elizabeth Gilbert The History of Sound, Ben Shattuck Linea Maja Ernst, Waist Deep (translated by Sherilyn Hellberg) Deborah Levy, Hot Milk Heart the Lover, Lily King Bread of Angels, Patti Smith CREDITS Presenter, Kate Evans and Cassie McCullagh Producer, Kate Evans and Sarah Corbett Sound engineer, Roi Hubermann and Harvey O'Sullivan Arts editor, Rhiannon Brown

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