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Ready Steady Read

by Chris Kane and James Lavery

This month Chris Kane and James Lavery speak to thriller writer Paul Henke at the launch of his tenth novel "the Seventh Circle". They discuss why writing a biography is something every celebrity will do, and review Michael Parkinson's "Parkinson" and Paul O'Grady's "At My Mother's Knee". There's a review of Cory Doctorov's "Little Brother", a novel set in our increasingly surveillance happy society, which leads Chris and James to talk about other authors who have used "Big Brother" as the theme for their books. There's also iWrite, where Chris talks about an impending ebook format war and James finds the online blog of one of Hollywood's most famous and enduring stars.

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  1. Ready Steady Read December 2009

    Join Chris Kane and James Lavery for their Christmas and New Year special show. They'll be suggesting Christmas presents for different members of the family and asking what role Annuals have to play in the twenty first century. And as the first decade of that century is coming to an end, Chris…

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  2. Ready Steady Read October 2009

    Welcome to October’s Ready Steady Read. This month Chris and James discuss what role spy novels have in a world twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War. Chris attempts to explain why Google are causing such a stir with their plan to digitise the world’s books.…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

This month Chris Kane and James Lavery speak to thriller writer Paul Henke at the launch of his tenth novel "the Seventh Circle". They discuss why writing a biography is something every celebrity will do, and review Michael Parkinson's "Parkinson" and Paul O'Grady's "At My Mother's Knee". There's a review of Cory Doctorov's "Little Brother", a novel set in our increasingly surveillance happy society, which leads Chris and James to talk about other authors who have used "Big Brother" as the theme for their books. There's also iWrite, where Chris talks about an impending ebook format war and James finds the online blog of one of Hollywood's most famous and enduring stars.

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Chris Kane and James Lavery

Produced by Chris Kane

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This month Chris Kane and James Lavery speak to thriller writer Paul Henke at the launch of his tenth novel "the Seventh Circle". They discuss why writing a biography is something every celebrity will do, and review Michael Parkinson's "Parkinson" and Paul O'Grady's "At My Mother's Knee". There's a...

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