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Episode 4

Damian Barr discusses new books with Naomi Alderman and Nikesh Shukla, and Jack Docherty gives his book picks.

Damian Barr hosts The Big Scottish Book Club from Leith Theatre, recorded with a live audience during the Edinburgh Festival.

Naomi Alderman talks her latest novel, The Future, the follow-up to The Power, which became a TV hit on Prime. Nikesh Shukla talks about his comic adventures with Indian Spider-Man Pavitr Prabhakar, and Jack Docherty gives his book picks and talks about his own superhero – David Bowie.

There are more book picks from the capital’s cabbies, and Margaret McDonald talks about bringing her debut novel, Glasgow Boys, to the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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28 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest Jack Docherty
Interviewed Guest Naomi Alderman
Interviewed Guest Nikesh Shukla
Director Donald MacInnes
Series Producer Colin Lennox
Executive Producer Pauline Law

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