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    <description>Simon Mayo and a panel of reviewers discuss two newly-released titles every week, and speak to the authors themselves. Broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 live on Thursday afternoons.</description>
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      <title>Books: Ben Elton and Chris Ryan, 05 Nov 09</title>
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      <description>Ben Elton's latest novel 'Meltdown' and 'Who Dares Wins' by Chris Ryan are this weeks books. Both authors joined Simon and reviewers Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris, and Niven Govinden...</description>
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      <title>Books: 05 Oct 09</title>
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      <description>Ben Elton's latest novel 'Meltdown' and 'Who Dares Wins' by Chris Ryan are this weeks books. Both authors joined Simon and reviewers Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris, and Niven Govinden...</description>
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      <title>Books: 29 Oct 09</title>
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      <description>Today, Simon and reviewers Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris and Lemn Sissay were joined by authors David Vann and Isabel Ashdown to review their two debuts - Legend of a Suicide and Glasshopper.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Today, Simon and reviewers Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris and Lemn Sissay were joined by authors David Vann and Isabel Ashdown to review their two debuts - Legend of a Suicide and Glasshopper.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: 22 Oct 09</title>
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      <description>this week a special book review here from Hull and we've been reading IN ZODIAC LIGHT by local acclaimed author, ROBERT EDRIC and THE WINTERGHOSTS by bestselling author KATE MOSSE.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: 15 Oct 09</title>
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      <description>We've been reading HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY by AUDREY NIFFENEGGER - author of the Time Traveller's Wife - and LUSTRUM by ROBERT HARRIS. Both authors are here with me as are our reviewers, JOEL MORRIS, TONY BRADMAN and NICK BROWNLEE.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>We've been reading HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY by AUDREY NIFFENEGGER - author of the Time Traveller's Wife - and LUSTRUM by ROBERT HARRIS. Both authors are here with me as are our reviewers, JOEL MORRIS, TONY BRADMAN and NICK BROWNLEE.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: 08 Oct 09</title>
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      <description>Today, Phil Williams and reviewers Charlie Fletcher, Boyd Hilton and Children's Laureate Anthony Browne were joined by authors Francesca Simon and David Benedictus to review Horrid Henry Wakes The Dead and Winnie The Pooh: The Return to Hundred Acre Wood.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Today, Phil Williams and reviewers Charlie Fletcher, Boyd Hilton and Children's Laureate Anthony Browne were joined by authors Francesca Simon and David Benedictus to review Horrid Henry Wakes The Dead and Winnie The Pooh: The Return to Hundred Acre Wood.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Today, Phil Williams and reviewers Charlie Fletcher, Boyd Hilton and Children's Laureate Anthony Browne were joined by authors Francesca Simon and David Benedictus to review Horrid Henry Wakes The Dead and Winnie The Pooh: The Return to Hundred Acre Wood.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: 09 Oct 09</title>
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      <description>Today, Phil Williams and reviewers Charlie Fletcher, Boyd Hilton and Children's Laureate were joined by authors Julie Donaldson and David Benedictus to review Tabby McTat and Winnie The Pooh: The Return to Hundred Acre Wood.</description>
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      <itunes:summary>Today, Phil Williams and reviewers Charlie Fletcher, Boyd Hilton and Children's Laureate were joined by authors Julie Donaldson and David Benedictus to review Tabby McTat and Winnie The Pooh: The Return to Hundred Acre Wood.</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Books: Nick McDonell and Francis Wheen, 01 Oct 09</title>
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      <description>This week, we've been reading An Expensive Education by Nick McDonell and Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen. Alongside our authors, regular reviewers Joel Morris, Boyd Hilton and Jenny Colgan.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>This week, we've been reading An Expensive Education by Nick McDonell and Strange Days Indeed by Francis Wheen. Alongside our authors, regular reviewers Joel Morris, Boyd Hilton and Jenny Colgan.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books:  William Dalrymple 30 Sep 09</title>
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      <description>Travel writer and historian William Dalrymple spoke to Simon about his latest book, "Nine Lives: in Search of the Sacred in Modern India"</description>
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      <itunes:summary>Travel writer and historian William Dalrymple spoke to Simon about his latest book, "Nine Lives: in Search of the Sacred in Modern India"</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: Pauline Melville and Richard Flanagan 24 Sep 09</title>
      <link>http://odeo.com/episodes/25178181-Books-Pauline-Melville-and-Richard-Flanagan-24-Sep-09</link>
      <description>Phil Williams and the panel review Eating Air by Pauline Melville and Wanting by Richard Flanagan. Other studio guests are author Robbie Hudson, Hollywood screenwriter &amp; children's author Charlie Fletcher and author Niven Govinden.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Phil Williams and the panel review Eating Air by Pauline Melville and Wanting by Richard Flanagan. Other studio guests are author Robbie Hudson, Hollywood screenwriter &amp; children's author Charlie Fletcher and author Niven Govinden.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Phil Williams and the panel review Eating Air by Pauline Melville and Wanting by Richard Flanagan. Other studio guests are author Robbie Hudson, Hollywood screenwriter &amp; children's author Charlie Fletcher and author Niven Govinden.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:45:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: William Boyd 17 Sep 09</title>
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      <description>The award-winning novelist and screenwriter tells Simon about his latest book, Ordinary Thunderstorms.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:08:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: Iain Banks 14 Sep 09</title>
      <link>http://odeo.com/episodes/25124022-Books-Iain-Banks-14-Sep-09</link>
      <description>Simon is joined in the studio by Iain Banks to talk about his new book 'Transition'.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: Margaret Atwood &amp; Gerald Seymour 10 Sep 09</title>
      <link>http://odeo.com/episodes/25102886-Books-Margaret-Atwood-Gerald-Seymour-10-Sep-09</link>
      <description>Today's featured books are 'The year of the flood' by Margaret Atwood &amp; 'The Collaborator' by Gerald Seymour. Rachel Burden is joined by the two authors and reviewers Zarah Hussain, Niven Govinden &amp; Boyd Hilton.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Today's featured books are 'The year of the flood' by Margaret Atwood &amp; 'The Collaborator' by Gerald Seymour. Rachel Burden is joined by the two authors and reviewers Zarah Hussain, Niven Govinden &amp; Boyd Hilton.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Today's featured books are 'The year of the flood' by Margaret Atwood &amp; 'The Collaborator' by Gerald Seymour. Rachel Burden is joined by the two authors and reviewers Zarah Hussain, Niven Govinden &amp; Boyd Hilton.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: Fay Weldon &amp; Sadie Jones 03 Sep 09</title>
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      <description>Today's featured books are 'Chalcot Crescent' by Fay Weldon and 'Small Wars' by Sadie Jones. Simon is joined by the two authors plus reviewers, Tony Bradman, Joel Morris and Boyd Hilton.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Today's featured books are 'Chalcot Crescent' by Fay Weldon and 'Small Wars' by Sadie Jones. Simon is joined by the two authors plus reviewers, Tony Bradman, Joel Morris and Boyd Hilton.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Today's featured books are 'Chalcot Crescent' by Fay Weldon and 'Small Wars' by Sadie Jones. Simon is joined by the two authors plus reviewers, Tony Bradman, Joel Morris and Boyd Hilton.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: Philippa Gregory and Nicholson Baker, 27 Aug 09</title>
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      <description>The books reviewed in this episode were "The White Queen" by Philippa Gregory and Nicholson Baker's The Anthologist. Both authors were joined by reviewers Joel Morris, Boyd Hilton and Paige Toon to air their thoughts with Simon Mayo.</description>
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      <itunes:summary>The books reviewed in this episode were "The White Queen" by Philippa Gregory and Nicholson Baker's The Anthologist. Both authors were joined by reviewers Joel Morris, Boyd Hilton and Paige Toon to air their thoughts with Simon Mayo.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: Evie Wild &amp; Ron Rash 13 Aug 09</title>
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      <description>Simon and book reviewers Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris and Giles Foden take us through this week's books, which include After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wild and Serena by Ron Rash.</description>
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      <itunes:summary>Simon and book reviewers Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris and Giles Foden take us through this week's books, which include After the Fire, a Still Small Voice by Evie Wild and Serena by Ron Rash.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: Henry Porter &amp; Shannon Burke, 06 Aug 09</title>
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      <description>Mark Radcliffe is joined by Henry Porter, author of The Dying Light and Shannon Burke, author of Black Flies. This weeks reviewers are Boyd Hilton, Nick Brownlee and Jenny Colgan.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Mark Radcliffe is joined by Henry Porter, author of The Dying Light and Shannon Burke, author of Black Flies. This weeks reviewers are Boyd Hilton, Nick Brownlee and Jenny Colgan.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Mark Radcliffe is joined by Henry Porter, author of The Dying Light and Shannon Burke, author of Black Flies. This weeks reviewers are Boyd Hilton, Nick Brownlee and Jenny Colgan.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:38:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title>Books: 30 Jul 09</title>
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      <description>Richard Bacon is joined by book reviewers Tim Bowler, Helen Dunning and Tony Bradman to review the week&#8217;s picks which include The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi as well as The Kilburn Social Club by Robert Hudson.</description>
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      <description>Simon is joined by book reviewers Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris and Niven Govinden to take us through this week&#8217;s books which include The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life by William Nicholson and Dead Tomorrow by Peter James.</description>
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      <description>This week we've been reading Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child and More Trees to Climb, a debut novel by Ben Moor. Reviewers Joel Morris, Anita Sethi and Zarah Hussain joined Simon, Lee and Ben.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>The books 'The Owl Killers' by Karen Maitland and 'Flood and Fang' by Marcus Sedgwick are reviewed by Simon Mayo, Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris and Jenny Colgan</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 07:21:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>The books 'Jeff In Venice, Death in Varanasi' by Geoff Dyer and 'Keeping The Dead' by Tess Gerritsen are reviewed by Colin Murray, Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris and Alex Heminsley.</description>
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      <description>Fiona Phillips is joined by book reviewers Boyd Hilton, Helen Dunning and Anita Sethi to take us through this weeks books which include Assegai by Wilbur Smith and The Reinvention of Ivy Brown by Roberta Taylor.</description>
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      <description>Colin and book reviewers Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris and Nick Brownlee take us through this weeks books which include Jeffrey Archer&#8217;s Paths of Glory and Peter Murphy&#8217;s John the Revelator.</description>
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      <description>Simon and reviewers Joel Morris, Alex Heminsley and Tim Bowler have been reading Loser's Town by Daniel Depp and Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:28:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <description>It&#8217;s World Book Day, so Simon is joined by guest reviewer Julia Donaldson as well as Joel Morris and Boyd Hilton to take us through this week's books which include 'Two Little Boys' by Duncan Sarkies and 'The Other Half Lives' by Sophie Hannah.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>The two books reviewed this week are SONGS FOR THE BUTCHER'S DAUGHTER by PETER MANSEAU and THE LOST CITY OF Z by DAVID GRANN. Both authors took part in the discussion along with our reviewers, Heat Magazine's BOYD HILTON, the author STELLA DUFFY, and the children's author and Hollywood screenwriter, CHARLIE FLETCHER.</description>
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      <description>Simon is joined by book reviewers Joel Morris, Anita Sethi and Helen Dunning to review this weeks picks which include Inhuman Remains by Quentin Jardine and The Given Day by Dennis Lehane.</description>
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      <itunes:summary>Simon is joined by book reviewers Joel Morris, Anita Sethi and Helen Dunning to review this weeks picks which include Inhuman Remains by Quentin Jardine and The Given Day by Dennis Lehane.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>Kathleen Kent's The Heretics Daughter and Anthony Quinn's The Rescue Man were reviewed by Simon and the book panel Alex Heminsley, Jenny Colgan and Boyd Hilton</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>BAIT by NICK BROWNLEE and LIVE FIRE by STEPHEN LEATHER are reviewed this week by TIM BOWLER, JOEL MORRIS and author LAUREN HENDERSON.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:17:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>Simon is joined by the book reviewers Charlie Fletcher, Boyd Hilton and Joel Morris to take us through this weeks picks which include Niccolo Ammaniti&#8217;s The Crossroads and M.R Hall&#8217;s The Coroner.</description>
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      <itunes:summary>Simon is joined by the book reviewers Charlie Fletcher, Boyd Hilton and Joel Morris to take us through this weeks picks which include Niccolo Ammaniti&#8217;s The Crossroads and M.R Hall&#8217;s The Coroner.</itunes:summary>
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      <description>Simon and reviewers Joel Morris, Boyd Hilton and Helen Dunning discuss 'Friday Nights' by Joanna Trollope and 'The Unicorn Road' by Martin Davies.</description>
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      <title>Books: 18 Dec 08</title>
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      <description>With Christmas just around the corner children's books were up for discussion this week - in particular "Ostrich Boys" by Keith Gray and "Mr. Gum the Dancing Bear" by Andy Stanton. Both authors joined Simon and the reviewers on the programme, where they also looked at "The owl who was afraid of the dark" by Jill Tomlinson and JK Rowling's "The tales of Beedle the bard".</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>With Christmas just around the corner children's books were up for discussion this week - in particular "Ostrich Boys" by Keith Gray and "Mr. Gum the Dancing Bear" by Andy Stanton. Both authors joined Simon and the reviewers on the programme, where they also looked at "The owl who was afraid of the dark" by Jill Tomlinson and JK Rowling's "The tales of Beedle the bard".</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>With Christmas just around the corner children's books were up for discussion this week - in particular "Ostrich Boys" by Keith Gray and "Mr. Gum the Dancing Bear" by Andy Stanton. Both authors joined Simon and the reviewers on the programme, where they also looked at "The owl who was afraid of the dark" by Jill Tomlinson and JK Rowling's "The tales of Beedle the bard".</itunes:summary>
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      <description>Today Simon and reviewers Anita Sethi, Sarah Harrison and Boyd Hilton were joined by novelists James Patterson and Wally Lamb to review Cross Country and The Hour I First Believed.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Today Simon and reviewers Anita Sethi, Sarah Harrison and Boyd Hilton were joined by novelists James Patterson and Wally Lamb to review Cross Country and The Hour I First Believed.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Today Simon and reviewers Anita Sethi, Sarah Harrison and Boyd Hilton were joined by novelists James Patterson and Wally Lamb to review Cross Country and The Hour I First Believed.</itunes:summary>
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      <description>Today, Phil Williams and reviewers Jenny Colgan, Joel Morris and Bidisha were joined by authors Alexei Sayle and Alex Barclay to review Mr Roberts and Blood Runs Cold.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>Today, Phil Williams and reviewers Jenny Colgan, Joel Morris and Bidisha were joined by authors Alexei Sayle and Alex Barclay to review Mr Roberts and Blood Runs Cold.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Today, Phil Williams and reviewers Jenny Colgan, Joel Morris and Bidisha were joined by authors Alexei Sayle and Alex Barclay to review Mr Roberts and Blood Runs Cold.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:05:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>Simon and reviewers Anita Sethi, Suzi Feay and Boyd Hilton were joined by author Robyn Young to review Requiem and Toni Morrison's A Mercy.</description>
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      <itunes:summary>Simon and reviewers Anita Sethi, Suzi Feay and Boyd Hilton were joined by author Robyn Young to review Requiem and Toni Morrison's A Mercy.</itunes:summary>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <description>This afternoon, Simon and reviewers Stella Duffy, Joel Morris and Boyd Hilton were joined by authors Alastair Campbell and Gillian Slovo to review "All in the Mind" and "Black Orchids".</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>This afternoon, Simon and reviewers Stella Duffy, Joel Morris and Boyd Hilton were joined by authors Alastair Campbell and Gillian Slovo to review "All in the Mind" and "Black Orchids".</itunes:subtitle>
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      <description>In today's book review Simon and reviewers Zarah Hussain, Joel Morris and Boyd Hilton were joined by authors Alexander McCall Smith and Patrick Taylor to review La's Orchestra Saves the World and An Irish Country Doctor. Today Simon was joined by Professor Niall Ferguson to discuss his book and series The Ascent of Money, about how finance has driven world events.</description>
      <itunes:subtitle>In today's book review Simon and reviewers Zarah Hussain, Joel Morris and Boyd Hilton were joined by authors Alexander McCall Smith and Patrick Taylor to review La's Orchestra Saves the World and An Irish Country Doctor. Today Simon was joined by Professor Niall Ferguson to discuss his book and series The Ascent of Money, about how finance has driven world events.</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>In today's book review Simon and reviewers Zarah Hussain, Joel Morris and Boyd Hilton were joined by authors Alexander McCall Smith and Patrick Taylor to review La's Orchestra Saves the World and An Irish Country Doctor. Today Simon was joined by Professor Niall Ferguson to discuss his book and series The Ascent of Money, about how finance has driven world events.</itunes:summary>
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      <description>Hear Michael Morpurgo on his own 'This Morning I met a Whale' plus Malorie Blackman on 'Double Cross'. Reviewers Boyd Hilton, Joel Morris and Anita Sethi also join Simon to discuss these new books.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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