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Ian McMillan presents the best words around in Radio 3's language cabaret. This week, the Man Booker nominated novelist Emma Donoghue reads a brand new commission, a breathless adventure called Fall and featuring Annie Edson Taylor, the first person to survive a trip over the Niagara Falls in a barrel. Spoken word artist Hannah Silva premieres a new piece entitled 'Opposition' using David Cameron's Big Society speech. Russian-born novelist and humorist Gary Shteyngart explains the grip of his native language on his imagination and why he counts money and dreams in Russian. Roz Goddard reads from a suite of poems inspired by HBO's The Sopranos. And, William Sieghart announces Winning Words, nominated in a public vote as the line of poetry which will be engraved as a permanent installation in the Olympic Village.