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Award-winning writer and the founder of The Good Agency, Nikesh Shukla  (@nikeshshukla), on the journey to becoming a writer, running a Literary Agency, crowdfunding The Good Immigrant  and the process for writing his memoir. ABOUT NIKESH SHUKLANikesh Shukla is a novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of Coconut Unlimited (shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award), Meatspace, and the critically acclaimed The One Who Wrote Destiny. Nikesh is the editor of the bestselling essay collection, The Good Immigrant, which won the reader's choice at the Books Are My Bag Awards. He co-edited The Good Immigrant USA with Chimene Suleyman.He is also the author of two YA novels, Run, Riot (shortlisted for a National Book Award) and The Boxer (longlisted for the Carnegie Medal). Nikesh was one of Time Magazine's cultural leaders, Foreign Policy magazine's 100 Global Thinkers and The Bookseller's 100 most influential people in publishing in 2016 and in 2017. He is the co-founder of the literary journal, The Good Journal and The Good Literary Agency. Nikesh is a fellow of the Royal Society Of Literature and a member of the Folio Academy. Nikesh's new book, Brown Baby: A Memoir Of Race, Family And Home was released on Bluebird in February 2021. He is also the host of the Brown Baby Podcast.*RESOURCES:Twitter: Nikesh ShuklaInstagram: Nikesh Shukla WriterWebsite: Nikesh-Shukla.comNikesh's Books*For show notes, transcripts and to attend our live podcasts visit: podcast.londonwriterssalon.comFor free writing sessions, join free Writers' Hours: writershour.com*FOLLOW LONDON WRITERS' SALONTwitter: twitter.com/​​WritersSalonInstagram: instagram.com/londonwriterssalonFacebook: facebook.com/LondonWritersSalonIf you're enjoying this show, please rate and review this show!

Parenting could well be the world's toughest job. On the plus side, fatherhood's giving Nikesh Shukla some great writing material. Join us as he talks about finding motivation - both as a father and an author - and speaks openly about his frustration at publishing in a pandemic.For our Patreon subscribers at Silver Nib level and up, the extended version of the show contains ‘Shit I Wish I'd Known' from Nikesh's perspective as a mentor, author and comedy-writer. What role does humour play in his work? How is he processing grief through publishing? Why does he think his daughters will tell him to "F*ck off" eventually? Hear all about it on the extended NFP cut. Find out how at https://www.patreon.com/join/nonficpod Nikesh Shukla is an author, editor, journalist, podcaster and screenwriter with three novels to his name – including the Costa shortlisted debut, Coconut Unlimited. It's safe to say he is something of a writing powerhouse: he has also authored two books for young adults, edited the bestselling essay collection The Good Immigrant (co-editing its 2019 follow-up for US audiences) AND co-founded the literary journal The Good Journal. In February 2021, Nikesh published a new true story of his own, the book Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home, which is accompanied by a weekly podcast of the same name.You can find Nikesh at www.nikesh-shukla.com, and on Twitter and InstagramLink to transcript of this episode here (Google doc)Works & Authors Mentioned:James Baldwin, novelist and essayist, essay 'The Artist's Struggle for Integrity.' Quote cited: 'You must decide all over again whether you want to be famous or whether you want to write.'Ta-Nehisi Coates, author and journalistRobert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle MaintenanceNikesh Shukla, essay 'Namaste' in The Good ImmigrantCesar Millan and Melissa Jo Peltier, Cesar's WayEmma Byrne, How to Build a Human (forthcoming)Find Us Online- Patreon: www.patreon.com/nonficpod- Bookshop: www.uk.bookshop.org/shop/nonficpod- Twitter: www.twitter.com/nonficpod- Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/nonficpodCredits- Hosts: Emma Byrne and Georgie Codd- Producer: Georgie Codd - Guest: Nikesh Shukla- Socials and transcription: Beatrice Bazell- Composer: Mike WyerAbout UsBrought to you by author and publishing rockstar Georgie Codd and author and broadcaster Emma Byrne, NonFicPod is your home for the latest nonfiction must reads. Our premium podcast, Sh*t I Wish I'd Known teaches you the lessons that we (and our guests) have learned about writing - and life. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Brown Baby, Nikesh Shukla explores themes of racism, feminism, parenting and our shifting ideas of home. By turns heartwrenching, hilariously funny and intensely relatable, the memoir is dedicated to the author’s two young daughters and serves as an act of remembrance to the grandmother they never had a chance to meet. In this emotionally stirring session, Shukla navigates the porous boundaries of love, grief and fatherhood in conversation with British stand-up comedian, radio host and presenter Nish Kumar, ultimately showing us how it’s possible to believe in hope. Shukla is a British author and screenwriter, and the editor of the 2016 collection of essays The Good Immigrant. His other works include the novels Coconut Unlimited and The One Who Wrote Destiny. Kumar is the host of The Mash Report on BBC Two, Hello America on Quibi and BBC Radio 4 Extra's topical comedy show Newsjack, among others.

Race, the uncomfortable truth, and legacy "I have a platform, I can share that platform with other people, that's what my mum would have expected at this stage of my career. That's why things like The Good Immigrant' came about because a win for me is a win for the community" Nikesh Shukla. Amanda Blainey talks to Nikesh Shukla who is a novelist and screenwriter. His 7th novel Brown Baby will be published in February 2021. Brown Baby is a memoir of race, family, and home that is essentially a love letter written to his children and his mum after her death. It's about loss and rebirth. In this episode, we talk about White privilege Writers of colour How The Good Immigrant came about The predominant white voice in literature Racism and its prevalence in publishing and the arts Normalising our reality Anxiety about being outspoken and burning bridges The problem with diversity panels Interrogating representation and identity How his mum's death permitted him to speak his truth Cooking his way through grief Food as a way to connect to his mum How heritage lives on in us A win for him is a win for the community Roots for change Processing grief through his new book Brown Baby Grieving in a new way since coronavirus Nikesh is the author of Coconut Unlimited (shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award), Meatspace, and the critically acclaimed The One Who Wrote Destiny. He is a contributing editor to the Observer Magazine and was previously their columnist. Nikesh is the editor of the bestselling essay collection, The Good Immigrant, which won the reader's choice at the Books Are My Bag Awards. He co-edited The Good Immigrant USA with Chimene Suleyman. He is the author of two YA novels, Run, Riot (shortlisted for a National Book Award) and The Boxer (longlisted for the Carnegia Medal). Nikesh was one of Time Magazine's cultural leaders, Foreign Policy magazine's 100 Global Thinkers, and The Bookseller's 100 most influential people in publishing in 2016 and 2017. He is the co-founder of the literary journal, The Good Journal, and The Good Literary Agency. Nikesh is a fellow of the Royal Society Of Literature and a member of the Folio Academy. Podcast references https://www.gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fund https://www.reachoutproject.co.uk/ http://www.nikesh-shukla.com/

Nikesh Shukla is a writer. His debut novel, Coconut Unlimited, was published by Quartet Books and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2010 and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011. In 2011 he co-wrote an essay about the London riots for Random House with Kieran Yates, Generation Vexed: What the Riots Don't Tell Us About Our Nation's Youth. In 2013 he released a novella about food with Galley Beggars Press, The Time Machine, donating his royalties to Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. The book won Best Novella at the Sabotage Awards. His second novel, Meatspace, was published by The Friday Project. Nikesh is the editor of the essay collection, The Good Immigrant, where 21 British writers of colour discuss race and immigration in the UK. The Good Immigrant won the reader's choice at the Books Are My Bag Awards and is shortlisted for Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. In 2014 he co-wrote Two Dosas, an award-winning short film starring Himesh Patel. His Channel 4 Comedy Lab Kabadasses aired on E4 and Channel 4 in 2011 and starred Shazad Latif, Jack Doolan and Josie Long. He currently hosts The Subaltern podcast, an anti-panel discussion featuring conversations with writers about writing. From the 5x15 special curated by Angela Saini in London on 29th May 2019. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: www.5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

This episode, we chat to Nikesh Shukla about his new book, growing up in Harrow, and navigating an increasingly polarised world as a person of colour. Nikesh Shukla is the editor of 2016's bestseller The Good Immigrant and author of Coconut Unlimited. Nikesh can be found on Twitter @nikeshshukla His new book, The Good Immigrant USA, can be bought on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Immigrant-USA-Nikesh-Shukla/dp/0349700362 Get in touch with us: Twitter @PodcastBrownie Instagram @BrowniePodcast Email browniepodcast@gmail.com Co-hosted by Eshani Bhatt and Shivani Kochhar. Produced and edited by George Swainston.

Nikesh Shukla, author of Coconut Unlimited and Meatspace, talks to Daniel Ford about The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America, which he edited with Chimene Suleyman. To learn more about Nikesh Shukla, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Today’s episode is sponsored by Libro.fm and OneRoom.

In this episode, I had a chat with author Nikesh Shukla. You may have heard him in Season 1 where the two of us looked at a listener’s first page. If you’re not familiar with his work he’s written three novels so far: Coconut Unlimited which was nominated for the Costa, Meatspace and his latest, The One Who Wrote Destiny. He’s got a fourth, a YA title, called Run, Riot coming out in June of this year. He also edited a collection of essays called The Good Immigrant which, after a successful Unbound funding campaign, went on to huge critical acclaim, sold a bunch of copies and won a Readers’ Choice Award. As Nikesh mentions at the beginning, we’re both sleep-deprived dads so, it takes us a little while to get to the punch but I think you’re going to get a lot out of this talk. He’s modest and self-deprecating but we talk about craft and finding what a story’s really about and the story of his latest book is a journey that’s taken nearly 20 years. Really inspiring. This is a great episode to listen to if you want to know: - what are different ways I can approach a character's 'voice'? - how can I decide what to write about? - what's the best way to approach a writing routine? - who should I be writing for? THE ONE WHO WROTE DESTINY: https://wordery.com/the-one-who-wrote-destiny-nikesh-shukla-9781786492784#oid=1908_1 MEATSPACE: https://wordery.com/meatspace-nikesh-shukla-9780007565078#oid=1908_1 COCONUT UNLIMITED: https://wordery.com/coconut-unlimited-nikesh-shukla-9780704372047#oid=1908_1 THE GOOD IMMIGRANT: https://wordery.com/the-good-immigrant-nikesh-shukla-9781783523955#oid=1908_1 THE ART OF THE NOVEL: https://wordery.com/the-art-of-the-novel-nicholas-royle-9781907773655#oid=1908_1 And of course you can get my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#oid=1908_1

Kassia interviews Nikesh Shukla, a TV and fiction writer. We spoke about his novels Coconut Unlimited and Meatspace, and how he came to edit The Good Immigrant, the collection of essays about race and immigration and what it means to be a model "good immigrant" in the UK. You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at facebook.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Kassia St Clair and Simon Akam, and produced by Olivia Crellin, Ed Kiernan and Elizabeth Davies. Olivia Crellin edited this episode. Zahra Hankir is our communities editor and deals with all things social media. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

Nikesh Shukla talks about how isolated incidents of racism have a lasting impact on people’s mental health and as we watch the rise of the far right, we need to be careful to understand their power. Nikesh Shukla is the author of the critically-acclaimed novel Meatspace, and the Costa shortlisted novel, Coconut Unlimited. His short stories have featured in Best British Short Stories 2013, Five Dials, The Moth Magazine, Pen Pusher, The Sunday Times, Book Slam, BBC Radio 4, First City Magazine and Teller Magazine. He has written for the Guardian, Esquire, Buzzfeed, Vice and BBC and he’s been writer in residence for BBC Asian Network and Royal Festival Hall. He is the editor of the forthcoming anthology, The Good Immigrant, in which fifteen writers explore what it means to be Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic in Britain today. Recorded at the 5x15 event in Bristol, on September 11, 2016. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Another episode of the fiction writing podcast where we smash apart the first page of a listener's novel to see if we can rebuild it bigger, stronger, and deadlier. This episode I'm joined by novelist and screenwriter Nikesh Shukla, author of Coconut Unlimited, The One Who Wrote Destiny and Meatspace. Buy MEATSPACE here: https://wordery.com/meatspace-nikesh-shukla-9780007565078#oid=1908_1 Buy THE ONE WHO WROTE DESTINY: https://wordery.com/the-one-who-wrote-destiny-nikesh-shukla-9781786492784#oid=1908_1 Buy my novel, THE HONOURS: https://wordery.com/the-honours-tim-clare-9781782114765#=oid1908_1