Episode 16 - David Ebsworth 'The house on Hunter Street' and Monika Evans on literature in translation

In this episode Paul interviews author David Ebsworth (aka Dave McCall) about his new book ‘The House on Hunter Street’ set in Liverpool in 1911. For more information about Dave and his previous books go to www.davidebsworth.com Paul also talks to Monika Evans about her love for ‘The Master and Magarita’ by Mikhail Bulgakov and the challenges and surprises (Robert Burns in Silesian!) of literature in translation. Dave also speaks from about having his novel ‘Until the Curtain Falls’ translated into Spanish. You can go and check out Monika’s excellent work as a singer songwriter here https://soundcloud.com/monikaevans-music Gwyn, Lara and Paul catch up after the long summer and check in on their current reading. Here is a link to Bloody Scotland and click here if you want to find out more about Shelterbox Book Club and Adventurous Ink Here are some of the other books we talked about: Alexandre Dumas – The Count of Monte Cristo Charlotte Belton – Putin’s People Janina Ramirez - Femina Elise Downing - Coasting Arthur C. Clarke – Cradle John Woolf – The Wonders, lifting the curtain on the freak show, circus and the Victorian age Dan Jones – Hollow Crown Graham Swift – Waterland Nyuyen Phan Que Mai – The Mountains Sing Cixin Liu – The Three Body Problem Andri Snaer Magnason - Lovestar Tove Jansson – The True Deceiver Stieg Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo Victor Hugo – Les Miserables Marjane Satrapi - Persepolis Nora Krug - Heimat

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