Harry Potter author to tackle topics including shoes and literary pseudonyms during guest slot on BBC Radio 4 programme
JK Rowling will be followed as guest editor of Woman's Hour by Kelly Holmes, Naomi Alderman, Doreen Lawrence, and Lauren Laverne. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
JK Rowling will be a guest editor on Woman's Hour later this month, the Harry Potter author has announced. Topics up for discussion will range from the use of pseudonyms in literature – Rowling herself writes thrillers as Robert Galbraith – to "the power and myth of the shoe in popular culture".
Rowling has revealed that she will be the first of five guest editors on the BBC Radio 4 programme's "takeover week", which will run from 28 April to 2 May. Her stewardship of the show will mark "the first time in nearly 60 years of broadcasting that Woman's Hour has ceded the reins to guest editors", according to the Radio Times.
Shoes and pseudonyms aside, Rowling's programme will also feature a discussion on "the issue of orphanages, and why so many children continue to be cared for in institutions worldwide", as well a look at "why Scotland has the highest number of multiple sclerosis sufferers in the world".
Her editing stint will be followed by slots from Kelly Holmes, Naomi Alderman, Doreen Lawrence, and Lauren Laverne.
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Rowling has revealed that she will be the first of five guest editors on the BBC Radio 4 programme's "takeover week", which will run from 28 April to 2 May. Her stewardship of the show will mark "the first time in nearly 60 years of broadcasting that Woman's Hour has ceded the reins to guest editors", according to the Radio Times.
Shoes and pseudonyms aside, Rowling's programme will also feature a discussion on "the issue of orphanages, and why so many children continue to be cared for in institutions worldwide", as well a look at "why Scotland has the highest number of multiple sclerosis sufferers in the world".
Her editing stint will be followed by slots from Kelly Holmes, Naomi Alderman, Doreen Lawrence, and Lauren Laverne.
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