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Canadian Poet and Novelist Margaret Atwood

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood tells us how technology and creative writing can mix.

Matt Damon considers ageism in Hollywood and his latest film Elysium; Ghanaian afrobeat superstar Atumpan performs his smash hit The Thing for us; Somalian writer Nadifa Mohamed draws on her family's war-torn history for her latest novel The Orchard of Lost Souls; we hear from the son of the recently deceased crime writer Elmore Leonard to discover his take on his father's famous 10 rules of writing. Hailed as one of the greatest auteur film makers Wong Kar War drops by to talk about his latest film The Grandmaster about the 20th Century Kung Fu maestro who famously trained Bruce Lee.

50 minutes

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Mon 2 Sep 2013 03:06GMT
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Chapters

  • Matt Damon on his new film Elysum and ageism in Hollywood

    Duration: 10:02

  • Afrobeat star - Atumpan

    Duration: 04:13

  • Somali-British writer, Nadifa Mohamed

    Duration: 05:46

  • ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s doc How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Love My Albatros

    Duration: 02:44

  • Peter Leonard on his late father, crime writer Elmore.

    Duration: 08:13

  • Micromovies in China - Linda Kennedy reporting

    Duration: 04:19

  • Margaret Atwood's latest novel - MaddAddam

    Duration: 03:59

  • Showbiz News with Lizo Mzimba

    Duration: 03:23

  • Film Director Wong Kar Wai's new film - The Grandmaster

    Duration: 06:31

Here's the music we played in this week's programme:

Pink Floyd – The Narrow Way

David Holmes – Foley Part 2

Riyuchi Sakamoto – music from The Handmaid’s Tale

Atumpan – The Thing (Zulu remix)

Ryan Amon – music from Elysium

Maryam Musal-Hamar – The Big City

Public Image Limited - Albatross

Sandie Shaw – Puppet on a String

John Lurie – Stink

Michael Galasso – Cassanova

John Lurie – Chilli At Airport Part 2

The Isley Brothers – It’s Your Thing

The Chamber Orchestra of London – Downton Abbey

Madonna – Ray of Light

Michael Galasso – ITMFL

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Sep 2013 00:06GMT
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Online
  • Sun 1 Sep 2013 19:06GMT
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Online
  • Mon 2 Sep 2013 03:06GMT
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Online

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