The Read - Series 1

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The Lonely Londoners

1 - The Lonely Londoners

Air Date: April 10, 2022

A creative performance reading of The Lonely Londoners that juxtaposes modern imagery and fascinating archive footage to reflect on how Sam Selvon's novel shaped the London of today.

On the Black Hill

2 - On the Black Hill

Air Date: June 5, 2022

A performance reading of the abridged novel On the Black Hill, by Bruce Chatwin. Identical twin brothers grow up on a farm in rural Wales and never leave home.

The Day of the Sardine

3 - The Day of the Sardine

Air Date: November 6, 2022

A creative performance reading of a powerful novel of disaffection that charts a young man's uneasy passage into adulthood.

A Vision of Loveliness

4 - A Vision of Loveliness

Air Date: April 2, 2023

Performance reading of A Vision of Loveliness by Louise Levene. A darkly comic novel that reveals the seedy underbelly of London in the 1960s, rich with period detail.