The Vintage Podcast – Stop What You’re Doing and Listen to This
The Vintage Books January podcast is now available to download, and this edition celebrates the act of reading and specificially the publication of the best-selling Stop What You're Doing And Read This: a passionate, funny and inspiring collection of essays about the revelatory and revolutionary power of reading, featuring an essay about The Reader Organisation's Reading Revolution by our very own Jane Davis.
Editor Frances Macmillan discusses how the book came into being - as well as giving Jane a mention. Michael Rosen, whose essay about his childhood experience of reading Great Expectations with his father is included in the book, and Mark Haddon also feature.
You can take a listen to the podcast on the Vintage website.
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