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From Hamnet to Land, Maggie O'Farrell maps uncharted history

Writers and Company from CBC Radio by CBC

Jul 19, 202600:30:22Arts

Maggie O’Farrell brought Shakespeare’s son out of the footnotes of history with her 2020 novel Hamnet . Its hugely successful movie adaptation made a splash at the Oscars and Maggie herself earned a nomination for the sc...

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