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Apr 2011
15 m

Archipelago by Marcus Sedgwick

Edinburgh International Book Festival
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Marcus Sedgwick reading Archipelago. Part of an engaging and varied series of podcasts of leading authors reading their remarkable new stories, poems or essays on the theme of ‘Elsewhere’. Commissioned by Edinburgh International Book Festival and supported by the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund. You can read or download the Elsewhere stor ... Show More
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