Main content

Literary Landscapes - Cornwall with Patrick Gale

Patrick Gale takes Mariella Frostrup around the Cornish landscape that has inspired and informed his novels.

Literary Landscapes - Cornwall

Open Book's summer series on Literary Landscapes continues at the furthest Western edge of the United Kingdom, Land's End in Cornwall. With the Atlantic waves encroaching on both sides, it's one of wildest and most exposed areas in the country and has inspired many of our great writers including Daphne Du Maurier.

Open Book's literary guide to this beautifully powerful and rugged terrain is Patrick Gale, one of the county's foremost and prolific contemporary novelists. Born in the Isle of Wight, Patrick has been based in Cornwall since the late 1980s and lives on a working farm in Land's End, with unparalleled views of the outer edge of the landscape he's so often chosen as his setting.

Producer: Hilary Dunn.

Available now

28 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mariella Frostrup
Interviewed Guest Patrick Gale
Producer Hilary Dunn

Broadcasts

  • Sun 18 Aug 2013 16:00
  • Thu 22 Aug 2013 15:30

This Week's Book List

Read along with us - a list of books discussed in each programme

Books and Authors Podcast

Books and Authors Podcast

Open Book for author interviews and A Good Read for recommended reads

Listen now to books on 成人论坛 Sounds

Listen now to books on 成人论坛 Sounds

Escape with books & stories