Last week, at the launch of the 2012 Essex Book Festival, I joined Dave Monk from BBC Essex, author Guy Saville, and book illustrator Mary Pullen about the importance of book covers - and by the awesome power of YouTube the interview is preserved here in all it’s glory.

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To listen to a short piece about the Essex Book Festival click here.