Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, published in 2008 by Gallic Books.

Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery, published in 2008 by Gallic Books.

Joining Charles Adrian in the shadow of the Royal Free Hospital in London for the 106th Second Hand Book Factory is writer, poet and storyteller Clair Whitefield. They talk about longing and love and connection.

Episode released: 16th May, 2017.

 

Book listing:

The Book Of Longing by Leonard Cohen

Lullaby by W. H. Auden (from Tell Me The Truth About Love)

The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (trans. Alison Anderson)

 

Links:

Clair Whitefield

Charles Adrian