Hong Ying, George Szirtes, Michel Faber, Holly Pester
Presented by Ian McMillan. With Chinese author Hong Ying, George Szirtes on Winnie-the-Pooh, novelist Michel Faber on his new novel and a commission from sound poet Holly Pester.
Ian's guests on the 'cabaret of the word' include the internationally bestselling Chinese author Hong Ying, whose books include 'K: The Art of Love' (Penguin) and her memoir 'Daughter of the River' (Bloomsbury).
We continue our series looking at the language of Instruction Manuals with a new commission from sound poet Holly Pester.
Poet George Szirtes explains why his fellow countrymen think that Winnie the Pooh is much better translated into Hungarian.
And novelist Michel Faber explains why he came up with a new language for his latest novel which is about a Christian missionary in space.
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George Szirtes
The poet and translator George Szirtes examines the status of Winnie the Pooh in his native Hungary as part of our series looking at 鈥楩oreign Books in Foreign Lands鈥�. He tells Ian that the version by Frigyes Karinthy is considered by many Hungarians to be better than A.A.Milne鈥檚 and also reads a poem which draws on imagery from Winnie the Pooh. George Szirtes latest collection of poetry is 鈥楤ad Machine鈥� (Bloodaxe)
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Holly Pester
The latest commission in our 鈥榠nstruction manuals鈥� series comes from the sound poet Holly Pester. Using a 1920鈥檚 lawnmower manual as her starting point, Holly鈥檚 poem 鈥楾he Old Lawnmower Club鈥�, investigates the boundaries between beast and machine. Holly鈥檚 work includes the installation 鈥樷�楾emperament, Temperature鈥�, which is available to listen to in a telephone box at Burlington House in London until 14th November.
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Michael Faber
The novelist Michel Faber鈥檚 previous books include 鈥楿nder the Skin鈥� (Cannongate) and 鈥楾he Crimson Petal and the White鈥�, which have both been adapted for film and television. In his latest novel, 鈥楾he Book of Strange New Things鈥�, Michel has invented an unpronounceable language. Michel discusses the difficulties of both verbal and written communication, and the importance of the body when trying to connect.
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鈥榊ou need to be sad to write鈥�, 鈥榊ou can鈥檛 wait for inspiration鈥�, 鈥榃rite what you know鈥�,听 鈥榊ou need to find 鈥測our voice鈥� as a writer 鈥� - 听each week听 Ian and a Verb guest interrogate the so-called rules of creative writing, in a brand new series available as a bonus at the end of The Verb podcast.听 The creative writing myths must explode within five minutes otherwise the producer鈥檚 alarm clock goes off.听
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