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Rónán Hession

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Jan 4, 202628:30Society & Culture

Presented by James Naughtie, the Irish writer Rónán Hession takes questions from a Bookclub audience on his debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul. The book was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Debut Book of the Yea...

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Rónán Hession is an episode from Bookclub by BBC. Presented by James Naughtie, the Irish writer Rónán Hession takes questions from a Bookclub audience on his debut novel, Leonard and Hungry Paul. The book was shortlisted for the British Boo...

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Published Jan 4, 2026, 28:30 long, audio available.

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