HiBrow: World Book Night 2012

By: Rupert Everett, Martina Cole, Colin Salmon, Kathy Lette, Edna O'Brien, Iain Banks, Tracy Chevalier

Narrated by: Rupert Everett, Martina Cole, Colin Salmon, Kathy Lette, Edna O'Brien, Iain Banks, Tracy Chevalier

A celebration of adult literature and reading. The whole book industry, including booksellers, librarians and publishers, were invited come together and pick out their favourite titles to be included the final list of 25 books by authors from the UK and Ireland.

The final list included fiction, poetry and memoirs, among others. There were some best sellers, some classics and some lesser known.

Interviews with Rupert Everett, Kathy Lette, Colin Salmon, Akala, Edna O'Brien, Martina Cole, Monica Ali, Iain Banks, Jon Ronson, David Nicholls, Sarah Waters, DBC Pierre, Margaret Atwood, Tracy Chevalier, Jude Kelly, Owen Teale and Meg Rosoff.

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Wonderful glimpse of the lives of writers and actors

I found it fascinating to hear writers talk about characters in books, that they admire, their writing, routine, and other artistic matters.