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Tag: Sharmaine Lovegrove

Interview with Buki Papillon: ‘Know the rules, so that you can break them’

13th April 202113th April 2021  Emma Hanson

Emma Hanson talks to novelist Buki Papillon about her stunning debut, An Ordinary Wonder, her literary inspirations, studying law and getting over rejection as a writer.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: An Ordinary Wonder, Buki Papillon, debut, Dialogue Books, Fiction, Interview, Millie Seaward, Novel, queer literature, Sharmaine Lovegrove, trans journeys

Interview with award-winning novelist Okechukwu Nzelu: ‘I wanted people to empathise with those whose experience is different’

7th April 202025th May 2020  Victoria Smith

Victoria Smith interviews award-winning writer and Desmond Elliott Prize nominee, Okechukwu Nzelu, and discusses his debut novel, Nnenna Maloney, literary inspirations like Bernadine Evaristo, balancing writing with teaching and ensuring that underrepresented voices are heard in literature.

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Posted in Arts, Books, InterviewsTagged: Bernadine Evaristo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Chinua Achebe, Derek Owusu, Desmond Elliott Prize, Dialogue Books, Dialogue Books Lounge, Dodie Smith, Jane Austen, Nnenna Maloney, Okechukwu Nzelu, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space, Sharmaine Lovegrove, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney, Zadie Smith

Stories to Stockpile: Books to soothe, inspire & entertain during self-isolation

26th March 202029th April 2020  Lucy Writers

In these difficult, uncertain times, we’re turning to books for consolation, comfort and creative inspiration. Here are our writers’ suggestions for reading during self-isolation.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Annabel Banks, Becky Chambers, Books, Corona Virus, Covid-19, Cygnet, Dialogue Books, Dialogue Books Lounge, Edith Pattou, Edward carey, Eimear McBride, Elizabeth Goudge, Exercises in Control, Faber, Fantasy, Irenosen Okojie, JD Salinger, Little, Millie Seaward, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Nudibranch, Patsy, Philip Pulman, Season Butler, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction, Stories to Stockpile, Ursula K Le Guin, Yukiko Motoya

The Good Immigrant USA – rich essays exploring identity in the “land of the free”

24th September 201924th September 2019  Sana Soomro

Sana Soomro finds more than food for thought in Nikesh Shukla and Chimene Suleyman’s The Good Immigrant USA, their excellent follow-up to the UK original.

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Posted in Arts, BooksTagged: Basim Usmani, Chigozie Obioma, Chimene Suleyman, Daniel José Older, Dialogue Books, Fatima Mirza, Fatimah Asghar, Jade Chang, Jim St. Germain, Mona Chalabi, Nikesh Shukla, Porochista Khakpour, Priya Minhas, Rahawa Haile, Sharmaine Lovegrove, Tejal Rao, Teju Cole, The Good Immigrant, The Good Immigrant USA
  • As I Fall Apart by Oriana Rose, with illustrations by Natasha Natarajan
    By Umang Kalra
  • To Avantisundari & other poems by Sanjukta Dasgupta
    By Sanjukta Dasgupta
  • The Essay, The Object and The Re-mix: de-centring the human in The Opposite of a Person by Lieke Marsman review
    By Kathryn Cutler-MacKenzie
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