EPISODE · Jan 26, 2009 · 35 MIN

Reading for life

from Public lecture podcasts · host University of Bath

Dr Jane Davis tells stories about the value of great books in ordinary lives. Jane left school at 16 with 2 GCSEs but now leads an organisation which wants a bigger place in the nation's heart for books and reading. Later in life she returned to education and graduated with a 1st class degree in English and spent 3 years writing a PhD.

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