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Orbiting with us this week on Wonderspace is Anna Fielding. Anna is a specialist in economic systems change and leadership for social and environmental justice. Alongside coaching and playing a non exec role with multiple organisations, Anna is the chair for the Economic Change Unit and is also a trainee psychotherapist. Anna was nominated by Daniela Barone Soares who is the CEO of Snowball. More info: The Economic Change Unit: econchange.org Global alliance for banking on values: gabv.org To view the episode page with a summary of the interview, links to social media and projects mentioned, go to https://ourwonder.space/episodes/_64 View the video orbit here: https://youtu.be/oJ-DCZRq_rw To listen to the previous 63 Wonderspace editions go to https://ourwonder.space/episodes -------------- More about Wonderspace: https://ourwonder.space Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUt53ifgsf4Hu9tQTWjEmA/videos Facebook: http://facebook.com/ourwonderspace Instagram: http://instagram.com/ourwonderspace Twitter: https://twitter.com/ourwonderspace --------------- Music: https://theade.me Re-wonder: https://asknature.org
In this episode, writer, broadcaster and the Editor-in-Chief of Empire magazine, Terri White speaks to Anna Fielding about her memoir (Coming Undone), her favourite independent bookshop (West End Lane Books in London) and shared five of her favourite books. About Coming Undone: To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream – living in New York City, with a top job editing a major magazine. In reality, she was struggling with the trauma of an abusive childhood and rapidly skidding towards a mental health crisis that would land her in a psychiatric ward. Coming Undone is Terri's story of her unravelling, and her precarious journey back from a life in pieces. Coming Undone is published by Canongate and is out now: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/coming-undone-a-memoir/9781786896810 ‘A stunning memoir . . . it feels urgent and necessary . . . White writes like a blood-stained angel’ Cathy Rentzenbrink ‘A breathtaking read . . . her honesty and her eloquence is the thing that makes it such a privilege to read . . . a raw, shocking, beautiful book’ Dolly Alderton ‘Coming Undone by Terri White is possibly the most affecting, moving memoir I've ever read. Painful and exquisite . . . It's a remarkable book’ Marian Keyes ‘Raw and remarkable’ Guardian, Book of the Year Follow Terri White on Twitter: @terri_white. Anna Fielding is a journalist and event host. Follow her on Twitter: @anna_annaThe books discussed and recommended in this episode are: Consent by Vanessa Springora Dead Girls by Selva Almada Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison Crow by Ted HughesThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode, poet, activist, broadcaster, essayist and now novelist Salena Godden speaks to Anna Fielding about her debut novel (Mrs Death Misses Death), her favourite independent bookshop (Shakespeare & Co in Paris) and recommends five brilliant writers’ books. About Mrs Death Misses Death: Mrs Death has had enough. She is exhausted from spending eternity doing her job and now she seeks someone to unburden her conscience to. Wolf Willeford, a troubled young writer, is well acquainted with death, but until now hadn’t met Death in person – a black, working-class woman who shape-shifts and does her work unseen. Enthralled by her stories, Wolf becomes Mrs Death’s scribe, and begins to write her memoirs.Using their desk as a vessel and conduit, Wolf travels across time and place with Mrs Death to witness deaths of past and present and discuss what the future holds for humanity. As the two reflect on the losses they have experienced – or, in the case of Mrs Death, facilitated – their friendship grows into a surprising affirmation of hope, resilience and love. All the while, despite her world-weariness, Death must continue to hold humans’ fates in her hands, appearing in our lives when we least expect her…Mrs Death Misses Death is published by Canongate and is out now: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/mrs-death-misses-death/9781838851194 ‘A fantastically imaginative story about life, death and everything in between’ Idris Elba‘A modern-day Pilgrim’s Progress leavened with caustic wit . . . an elegant, occasionally uproarious, danse macabre’ Guardian‘Lyrical, powerful and definitely one you need to read’ Stylist Anna Fielding is a journalist and event host. Follow her on Twitter: @anna_anna Here are the books discussed and recommended in this episode: The Collected Short Stories by Jean Rhys:Good Morning Midnight by Jean Rhys:Leaving Mr Mackenzie by Jean Rhys:Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys:The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathXstabeth by David KeenanThe Future Starts Here by John HiggsWatling Street by John HiggsWilliam Blake vs. The World by John Higgs
A very special episode, live from London Book Fair: host Anna Fielding is joined by three authors for a discussion of historical fiction, the genre that unites their latest books:Jess Kidd's Things in Jars is set in London in 1863. Bridie Devine, the finest female detective of her age, is taking on her toughest case yet: the kidnapping of a young girl. But Christabel Berwick is no ordinary child. She is not supposed to exist. As Bridie fights to recover the stolen child she enters a world of fanatical anatomists, crooked surgeons and mercenary showmen. Things in Jars is an enchanting Victorian detective novel that explores what it is to be human in inhumane times. (Canongate, April 2019)Meanwhile Claire McGlasson's The Rapture centres on Dilys, a devoted member of a terribly English cult: The Panacea Society, populated almost entirely by virtuous single ladies. When she strikes up a friendship with Grace, a new recruit, God finally seems to be smiling upon her. But Dilys is wary of their leader's zealotry and suspicious of those who would seem to influence her for their own ends. As her feelings for Grace bloom, the Society around her begins to crumble. Faith is supplanted by doubt as both women come to question what is true and fear what is real. (Faber & Faber, June 2019)And The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan takes the late eighteenth century as its setting. Inspired by a real document uncovered by Nathan, it tells the story of a semi-literatre labourer, John Warlow, recruited by a wealthy man of science to live, as an experiment, in the cellar of the main house, without human contact but with meals and luxuries provided, for a period of seven years. The experiment is, of course, a classic Enlightenment exercise gone mad, that promises unforeseen consequences for all included. In this seductive tale of self-delusion and obsession, Alix Nathan has created an utterly transporting historical novel which is both elegant and unforgettably sinister. (Serpent's Tail, July 2019)Listen to Alix, Claire and Jess discuss their novels with Anna, tell you about books they've loved or yearn to read, and about their favourite independent bookshops. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In our Read Like a Writer Christmas special, each of this season's five guests tells us which books they'll be giving and receiving this Christmas. With thanks to Matt Haig, E. Foley and B. Coates, Ambrose Parry (aka Chris Brookmyre & Marisa Haetzman), Shaun Bythell, Sarah Perry and of course to our wonderful host, Anna Fielding.Join us on Twitter @readlikeawriter and tell us your Christmas book recommendations.Wishing you a merry Christmas, a happy new year and abundant reading over the break from all of us at Faber & Faber, Canongate, Profile and Serpent's Tail. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ambrose Parry is the pen name of Chris Brookmyre (award-winning author of the Jack Parlabane books) and consultant anaesthetist Marisa Haetzman. In this episode, Anna Fielding talks to the couple about their first book together: The Way of All Flesh, a story of murder in 19th century Edinburgh. They also discuss some of their favourite books and their love for the independent bookshop The Watermill in Aberfeldy. Books discussed in this episode:This Thing of Darkness by Harry ThompsonThe Alienist by Caleb CarrCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonThe Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver, The Confusion and The System of the WorldLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonA God in Ruins by Kate AtkinsonAny Human Heart by William Boyd See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Matt Haig's most recent book, Notes on a Nervous Planet, is about how to stay human and sane in the ever more hectic age in which we live. In the first ever episode of Read Like a Writer, he talks mental health, City Books (his local independent bookshop in Brighton), and some of his own favourite books with Anna Fielding. Notes on a Nervous Planet is published by Canongate - order your copy from a UK independent bookshop here. Books discussed this episode:The Outsiders by S.E. HintonCosmos by Carl SaganInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BrontëThe Power and the Glory by Graham GreeneBoy by Roald Dahl See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week Andrew’s old boss DAVID HEPWORTH of Word, Q and Live Aid fame comes in to discuss his book ‘Uncommon People: The Rise And Fall Of The Rock Stars’, out now in paperback. Are rock stars really finished, and did Dave fiddle the scores so he didn’t have to write about Liam Gallagher? Plus fellow guest ANNA FIELDING of Stylist magazine piles in to look at IDRIS ELBA’S new comedy ‘In The Long Run’, dissect the latest LP by fun-with-depression rock hermits EELS, and confess to the album that only she likes. Clue: ratty dreads. It’s all in the pop culture podcast for discerning dilettantes, co-presented by Siân Pattenden and Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Sophie Black. Bigmouth is a Podmasters Production. Help keep BIGMOUTH in rude health – buy us a metaphorical pint via the crowdfunding platform Patreon. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Our end-of-year round-up reaches a festive crescendo with guests ANNA FIELDING of Stylist magazine and EAMONN FORDE of The Guardian and Q on what they liked best this year. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’! Sparks! Kelela! ‘The Death Of Stalin!’ The Oreilles! Plus Matt Hall finally gets to Have His Say about his own favourites of the year. We’re back with the regular show on Sat 6 Jan – so have a lovely Christmas and an even lovelier New Year. Click here to listen now or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week on the pop culture podcast with added snap and crackle, it's a Game Of Thrones S7 wrap-up special with Thronecast's Jamie East together with superfans Dorian Lynskey and Anna Fielding joining Andrew and Matt to pick over the bones of the penultimate season, and try to divine how the story is going to pan out. Plus, we look at the return of LCD Soundsystem. Subscribe po.st/BGM // iTunes po.st/BGMitunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Winter is here… well, that's the British summer for you. Special guests JAMIE EAST of Thronecast/Virgin Radio and ANNA FIELDING of Emerald Street/Stylist join Matt and Andrew to talk about the penultimate series of television’s most brutal fantasy. Plus the Goldie album we missed, and our guests’ selections for beach listening. Click here to listen now or subscribe at http://po.st/BigmouthiTunes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In the penultimate episode of our 2016 series, we look at what makes a winner with Ben Okri. First, Joe Haddow is joined by Catherine Taylor, Deputy Director of English PEN and Anna Fielding, Editor of Emerald Street to discuss former Man Booker winner Margaret Atwood and the duty of writers to question the status quo. Then we take a trip down to local betting shop Ladbrokes with PR Manager Alex Donohue, to find out how the odds are looking for this year's shortlisted authors. Last but certainly not least, Joe talks to poet, author and former Man Booker Prize winner, Ben Okri who gives his advice to this year's winner and tells us that the size of a book has nothing to do with its value. Join in the conversation @ManBookerPrize with #ManBooker2016 and #FinestFiction
In the penultimate episode of our 2016 series, we look at what makes a winner with Ben Okri. First, Joe Haddow is joined by Catherine Taylor, Deputy Director of English PEN and Anna Fielding, Editor of Emerald Street to discuss former Man Booker winner Margaret Atwood and the duty of writers to question the status quo. Then we take a trip down to local betting shop Ladbrokes with PR Manager Alex Donohue, to find out how the odds are looking for this year's shortlisted authors. Last but certainly not least, Joe talks to poet, author and former Man Booker Prize winner, Ben Okri who gives his advice to this year's winner and tells us that the size of a book has nothing to do with its value. Join in the conversation @ManBookerPrize with #ManBooker2016 and #FinestFiction
Listen to one of Stylist Live's most popular talks as Anna Fielding, editor of Emerald Street, talks to North Korean human rights activist Yeonmi Park, followed by an audience Q&A.
There was a slight problem with last week’s show, but it will hopefully turn up at some point. In the meantime, here is this weeks Freaky Trigger and The Lollards Of Pop which for once is serious about the serious and silly about the silly. Pete Baran is joined by Anna Fielding, Katie Grocott and […]
Today’s episode of FreakyTrigger and the Lollards Of Pop starring Pete Baran, Anna Fielding, Magnus Anderson and Tom Ewing is on now. Or was when this was posted. The theme is Lost Property and losing it in general. And since with have such trouble referring to visual items on air, I though I would throw […]
Apologies for the late arrival of this podcast, technical difficulties combined with having to run it past the Lord Chamberlain delayed the posting. Tom Ewing, Anna Fielding, Mark Sinker and Pete Baran talk about eyes, lies, Google Street View, elephants in the room and the five blind boys of Alabama called Moe, was Walt Disney […]