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We're switching it up a little bit this episode, as the Booker Prize Long List has just been released and it's fun to talk about what they've chosen — plus, the judges this year are really interesting! These are "chosen from 153 submissions, celebrates the best works of long-form fiction by writers of any nationality, written in English and published in the UK and/or Ireland between 1 October 2024 and 30 September 2025." Some of the books we've read, some we've just heard about, some we have no idea about. Play along! Here's the list as we tackle it: - "Seascraper," by Benjamin Wood, which is not available in the U.S. - "The Rest of our Lives," by Ben Markovitz, which is not available in the U.S. (though Ben is from the U.S. and used to be a professional basketball player) - "Audition," by Katie Kitamura, which is so out there that Hannah legit doesn't know how to talk about it. No one seems to know what's happening with this book. - "Endling," by Maria Reva, which we talked about quite a bit in EP92 (not 94, as Sam says on the pod, for no good reason), and is a substantive, interesting, weird novel, but maybe not Sam's favorite. - "Flashlight," by Susan Choi, a National Book Award winner, which Hannah started out super excited about, but then her fervor sort of faded... There's some great stuff in here about Japan-Korea history and the immigrant story, in general. - "The Land in Winter," by Andrew Miller, which Hannah hasn't read, but she does remember that "The Optimists" was big and she meant to read it. - "Love Forms," by Claire Adam, who was published by Sarah Jessica Parker, who also happens to be a judge! But we're sure it's a coincidence. "Like a Claire Keegan novel written by Elizabeth Strout," apparently. - "Universality," by Natasha Brown, which we know is short and is all about words and meaning. - "Misinterpretation," by Ledia Xhoga, which is similarly about words and meaning. We don't know much, really. But there seems to be a theme here. - "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny," by Kiran Desai, who has a Booker Prize under her belt. This book is going to be big. - "One Boat," by Jonathan Buckley, which is about a murder and a love affair on a Greek island. - "The South," by Tash Aw, which is this year's young gay love story, Hannah thinks, though she's not sure, but it is the first of a quartet of novels, "a reimagined epic for our times." - "Flesh," by David Szalay, which is a stylish Hungarian novel, a coming-of-age sort of thing.
Claire Adam was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago. She was educated in the US and now lives in London. Her first novel Golden Child won multiple prizes and was named one of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World'. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her Booker Prize long listed new novel Love Forms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Artist Andy Goldsworthy on his retrospective exhibition, which spans a five decade career. Best known for his work in the landscape, this exhibition sees the artist create dramatic large scale works for the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh - including an avenue of oak branches, a room of reeds suspended from the ceiling, and a room full of stones gathered from graveyards in Galloway, as well as films and photography of his ephemeral works made with ice and snow. New on the auction of a masterpiece of modernist architecture in the Scottish Borders. A coalition of heritage organisations has formed to save and restore the dilapidated Bernat Klein Studio, where the celebrated textile designer and his wife Margaret produced work for international design houses. But were they successful at the sale earlier today? We hear from two novelists whose books centre on motherhood and adoption: Yrsa Dailey Ward and Claire Adam. And we pay tribute to Sylvia Young, whose Theatre School in central London helped to launch the careers of generations of performers - including Billie Piper, Amy Winehouse, Dua Lipa and Nicholas Hoult, and whose death was announced today. Presenter: KIrsty Wark Producer: Mark Crossan
W dwudziestym ósmym odcinku Podkastu Zamorskiego rozmawiamy o trynidadzkiej powieści "Kiedy byłyśmy ptakami" Ayanny Lloyd Banwo, która ukazała się w przekładzie Tomasza Wyżyńskiego nakładem Wydawnictwa Echa. Usłyszycie: Dlaczego "Kiedy byłyśmy ptakami" to wyjątkowy tytuł na polskim rynku książki Jaką muzykę można usłyszeć na cmentarzu Lapeyrouse w Port of Spain Dlaczego autorka obawiała się, czy zdoła wiernie oddać trynidadzkie realia w powieści O co chodzi ze wspięgą wężowatą i zielonymi figami Dlaczego rastafarianin Darwin mówi językiem katolickiej Biblii Kim jest sufferer (nie mylić z surferem) No i dlaczego trochę marudzimy (choć też zachęcamy) Będziemy wdzięczni, jeśli zasubskrybujecie i pozytywnie ocenicie Zamorski! Wspomniane w podkaście: "Kiedy byłyśmy ptakami" (Echa) "Postkolonialny wiersz miłosny" (Wydawnictwo Współbycie) Claire Adam: "I've always felt, ask me where I'm from!" ("Caribbean Beat") Johny Pitts rozmawia z Ayanną Lloyd Banwo (Open Book, BBC Radio 4, 2022) --- Rozmawiają Olga Godlewska i Bartosz Wójcik. Podkast powstał przy Zamorskim Klubie Czytelniczym. Zapraszamy do naszej grupy dyskusyjnej na Facebooku: https://www.facebook.com/groups/zamorskiklubczytelniczy Znajdziesz nas na https://zamorskie.pl/ oraz na Instagramie: https://www.instagram.com/podkast.zamorski
In dieser Folge: „Goldkind“ von Claire Adam, „Eisfuchs“ von Tanya Tagaq und „Die Brandstifter“ von R.O. Kwon. Hinterm Lesehorizont geht’s weiter, ein neues Buch….sorry, den konnten wir uns nicht verkneifen, denn heute geht es darum, den eigenen Lesehorizont zu erweitern! Ob es um Stimmen aus fernen Ländern geht oder solche aus dem eigenen Land, die viel zu häufig überhört werden: Lesen bedeutet, die Welt aus anderen Augen zu sehen, und Eure Podcast-Weltreisenden sind verdammt neugierig!
Episode 31 is all about Sare hades, apologies, Special guests, 11 behind the ba, time wasting keepers, shite refs, 3 course Scrandesliga special, Hibs preview, farewell Sam, the Loan report, can Ronny properly pronounce Ceres, On This Day with the Arab Archive and as most people have now seen... Dundee's United... | You can follow us @dodefoxpodcast on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
Gayle and Nicole talk about what they are reading, the frustration of having too many library books come in at the same time and some upcoming book-to-TV adaptations. Then they share some books that they love that are new in paperback now, just in time for beach bags and plane trips. Books mentioned in this episode: https://amzn.to/2VoJS0N (Golden Child) by Claire Adam (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2019/04/golden-child-by-claire-adam/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2V0seLD (A Woman Is No Man) by Etaf Rum https://amzn.to/2DS6uMj (My Ex-Life) by Stephen Macauley https://amzn.to/2VgGV22 (Beyond The Point) by Claire Gibson https://amzn.to/2H2IW9g (Stay Up With Hugo Best) by Erin Somers https://amzn.to/2Jhbnlz (Normal People) by Sally Rooney https://amzn.to/2PNTeNv (Conversations With Friends) by Sally Rooney (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2017/11/conversations-with-friends-by-sally-rooney/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2VhGB33 (The Last) by Hanna Jameson https://amzn.to/2VhGB33 (The Girl He Used To Know) by Tracy Garvis Graves (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2019/04/the-girl-he-used-to-know-by-tracy-garvis-graves/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2PNZUuV (A Gentleman In Moscow) by Amor Towles https://amzn.to/2LB9in0 (Tin Man) by Sarah Winman (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2019/03/tin-man-by-sarah-winman/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2H4ALt3 (The Only Story) by Julian Barnes https://amzn.to/2H5QwjF (The Sense Of An Ending) by Julian Barnes (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2012/10/sense-of-an-ending-julian-barnes/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2DVnxwR (There There) by Tommy Orange (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2019/02/there-there-by-tommy-orange/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2H5kNiq (The Hunger) by Alma Katsu https://amzn.to/2YlqX3X (The Taker) by Alma Katsu (http://nicolebonia.com/the-taker-by-alma-katsu/ (Nicole's review)) https://amzn.to/2VPdu6E (Bring Me Back) by B.A. Paris https://amzn.to/2DTSfGJ (Ghosted) by Rosie Walsh (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2018/10/ghosted-rosie-walsh/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2LrgJx2 (An Unwanted Guest) by Shari Lapena https://amzn.to/2YcUI6D (The Aftermath) by Rhidian Brook https://amzn.to/2VLOxJd (Little Fires Everywhere) by Celeste Ng (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2017/11/little-fires-everywhere-by-celeste-ng/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2Jl6mID (Everything I Never Told You) by Celeste Ng (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2015/03/everything-never-told-celeste-ng/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2DUidd5 (The Fifth Risk) by Michael Lewis https://amzn.to/2DUidd5https://amzn.to/2VPQRz8 (Woman 99) by Greer MacAllister (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2019/03/woman-99-by-greer-macallister/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2VfLg5w (The Wartime Sisters) by Lynda Cohen Loigman (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2019/02/the-wartime-sisters-by-lynda-cohen-loigman/ (Gayle's review)) https://amzn.to/2PNVapf (State Of The Union) by Nick Hornby Support this podcast
From Cain and Abel, to the Brothers Karamazov, to Fred and George Weasley, the pages of literature have been filled with memorable brothers. This month, we’ll be talking about our favourite fraternal pairs, and thinking about why siblings, with their love and rivalries, remain so evocative in books. As usual, our theme is inspired by our guest, Claire Adam, whose first novel Golden Child is a thrilling story about twin brothers growing up in Trinidad, and the very different paths their lives take. So, stay with us for the next hour for some brotherly love!
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump freaking out about the Democrats running for president.Then, Seth talks to author Marlon James about how winning the Man Booker Prize changed his life, planning out the trilogy of Black Leopard, Red Wolf and asking George R.R. Martin to write a blurb for his book. Marlon also takes a few more questions backstage just for this podcast.Then, author Claire Adam talks to Seth about growing up in Trinidad, not letting her family read her novel, Golden Child, until it was finished and her writing process. She takes a few more questions backstage as well.FOLLOW LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERSListen to the Late Night Podcast: LateNightSethPodcast.comRate the Late Night Podcast on Apple Podcasts: applepodcasts.com/LateNightSethSubscribe to Late Night on YouTube: youtube.com/LateNightSethFollow Late Night on Twitter: twitter.com/LateNightSethLike Late Night on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LateNightSethLike Late Night on Instagram: www.instagram.com/LateNightSethGet more Late Night with Seth Meyers: www.nbc.com/late-night-with-seth-meyers/Watch Late Night with Seth Meyers weeknights 12:35/11:35c on NBC.
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Claire Adam was born and brought up in Trinidad, where her debut novel Golden Child takes place. She now lives in South London, where her favourite independent bookshop, Kirkdale Bookshop, is found. From Raymond Carver and Doris Lessing to the adventures of Ernest Shackleton, Claire Adam tells us her reading recommendations.Golden Child is published by Faber & Faber, out 17th Jan See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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