Saturday 6 April 2019
Palmerston Room - St John's College
One of the country’s most popular broadcasters, Simon Mayo’s role in getting the nation reading and talking about books has been pivotal.
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Now, he’s written his first adult novel, Mad Blood Stirring, a riveting story – based on historical fact – about a group of American prisoners of war marooned in a Dartmoor prison in 1815. He talks to Alex Clark about the books that made him a life-long reader, and what sparked him to write himself.
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17:30 - 18:30
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