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Morning Book Reading

The Blue Bear, by Lynn Schooler, 2002

Reader: Lynne Muir

With a body twisted by adolescent scoliosis and memories of the brutal dath of a woman he loved, Lynn Schooler kept the world at arm’s length, drifting through the wilds of Alaska as a commercial fisherman, outdoorsman and wilderness  guide. In 1990, Schooler met Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino, and began a friendship and passionate quest to find the elusive glacier bear, an exceedingly rare creature, seldom seen and shrouded in legend. But only after Hoshino’s tragic death from a bear attack does Schooler succeed in photographing the animal.

Five episodes a week, Monday to Friday 9:30am repeated at 9:15pm

Catch up all five episodes in a row 12pm Saturday

Afternoon Book Reading

A Highland Christmas, by M.C. Beaton, 1999.

Reader: Alastair Cheney

A standalone story in the PC Hamish MacBeth series. There’s no holiday from crime, even at Christmas. PC MacBeth find himself hunting for a missing cat belonging to a lonely spinster. Curt and unfriendly, the woman is convinced her pet has been stolen but once behind her heavily-bolted door, Hamish can sort her true problem – she lives in fear, though of who or what he cannot guess. 

Five episodes a week, Monday to Friday 5pm

Catch up all five episodes in a row 4:30pm Saturday

Children / Young Adult Book Reading

Nation, by Terry Pratchett, 2008.

Reader: Sue Farrelly

Alone on a desert island — everything and everyone he knows and loves has been washed away in a storm — Mau is the last surviving member of his nation. He’s completely alone — or so he thinks until he finds the ghost girl. She has no toes, wears strange lacy trousers like the grandfather bird, and gives him a stick that can make fire. Daphne, sole survivor of the wreck of the Sweet Judy, almost immediately regrets trying to shoot the native boy. Thank goodness the powder was wet and the gun only produced a spark. She’s certain her father, distant cousin of the Royal family, will come and rescue her but it seems, for now, that all she has for company is the boy and the foul-mouthed ship’s parrot, until other survivors arrive to take refuge on the island. Together, Mau and Daphne discover some remarkable things (including how to milk a pig, and why spitting in beer is a good thing), and start to forge a new nation.

Two episodes a week, Monday 7:30pm repeated 4pm Tuesday and Wednesday 7:30pm repeated 4pm Thursday