Fiona Malcolm on her recent Literature Festival Cruise

Fiona Malcolm is a librarian at the Athenaeum Library. In December she spent a week on board the Queen Mary 2 ocean liner travelling from New York to Southampton. Also on board: 1 Literature Festival at sea; 28 authors; 6 journalists; 1,000 fellow passengers; and no way to get off the liner during the transatlantic crossing. Join Fiona as she explores the highs and lows of a literature festival at sea with Ian Rankin, Lionel Shriver, Mick Herron, Prue Leith, Alexander McCall Smith and others.

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