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Best podcasts about fiona mozley

Latest podcast episodes about fiona mozley

Arts & Ideas
Soho

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2022 44:36


Soho in films from 1948-1963 and the 1970s glamour and porn industry discussed by Matthew Sweet and his guests Jingan Young, Benjamin Halligan and David McGillivray. Producer: Torquil MacLeod Hotbeds of Licentiousness: The British Glamour Fillm and the Permissive Society by Benjamin Halligan is out now and so is Soho On Screen: Cinematic Spaces of Bohemia and Cosmopolitanism, 1948-1963 by Jingan Young David McGillivray is the author of Doing Rude Things: The History of the British Sex Film You can find a Free Thinking discussion with architects Eric Parry and Alison Brooks, pianist Belle Chen and novelists Fiona Mozley and SI Martin who have set their work in Soho in a programme about Building London https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000x6kv and A discussion about Harlots and 18th century working women with the historians Hallie Rubenhold and Laura Lammasniemi and script writer for the TV series Moira Buffini https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rdfz

WPL Book Drop
Episode 33: New Library Director David Eckert Visits with Becky About the Library

WPL Book Drop

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 20:49


​​In the episode, new Library Director David Eckert makes his first appearance on the podcast to talk about the library.   Titles discussed:  Elmet by Fiona Mozley    The History of Jazz by Ted Gioia   Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

Front Row
BBC National Short Story Award and BBC Young Writers' Award winners

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 43:25


We announce the winners of the BBC National Short Story Award 2021 and the BBC Young Writers' Award 2021. Kirsty Lang is joined for the show by National Short Story Award judges James Runcie and Fiona Mozley and Young Writers' Award judges Katie Thistleton and Louise O'Neill. The BBC National Short Story Award is one of the most prestigious for a single short story, with the winning author receiving £15,000, and four further shortlisted authors £600 each. This year's shortlisted stories are ‘All the People Were Mean and Bad' by Lucy Caldwell, ‘The Body Audit' by Rory Gleeson, ‘Night Train' by Georgina Harding, ‘Toadstone' by Danny Rhodes and ‘Maykopsky District, Adyghe Oblast' by Richard Smyth. Now in its seventh year, The BBC Young Writers' Award with Cambridge University 2021 is open to all writers between the ages of 14 –18 years and was created to discover and inspire the next generation of writers. It is a cross-network collaboration between BBC Radio 4 and Radio 1. The 2021 BBC Young Writers' Award shortlisted stories are ‘Fatigued' by Luca Anderson-Muller, 18, from Belfast, ‘Another Boring Friday Night' by Isabella Yeo Frank, 18, from London, ‘Super-Powder by Tabitha Rubens, 19, from London, ‘Blood and Water' by Eleanor Ware, 17, from Bedfordshire and ‘Pomodoro (and Nasturtium Seeds) by Madeleine Whitmore, 16, from Bath. Kirsty also speaks to Denis Villeneuve about directing the movie remake of Dune, with a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Villeneuve, and Eric Roth. It is the first of a planned two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert, Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Simon Richardson

Books, Books, Books
Fiona Mozley "Hot Stew"

Books, Books, Books

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2021 44:38


Fiona Mozley on her thoughtful new novel, “Hot Stew”. SHOW NOTES: Nicole Abadee Website: https://www.nicoleabadee.com.au/podcast Facebook: @booksbooksbookspodcast and @nicole.abadee Twitter: @NicoleAbadee Instagram: @nicoleabadee Fiona Mozley Hachette "Hot Stew": https://www.hachette.com.au/fiona-mozley/hot-stew-the-new-novel-from-the-booker-shortlisted-author-of-elmet Instagram: @fionamozley See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Arts & Ideas
Building London

Arts & Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 44:49


Stew, the name for brothels in London. A townhouse set to become luxury flats in the centre of Soho is the focus of the new novel Hot Stew from Fiona Mozley, who was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her debut book Elmet. SI Martin founded the 500 Years of Black London walks nearly 20 years ago. In his novel Incomparable World he depicts a bustling eighteenth century London which offers a refuge for the many black Americans who fought for liberty on the side of the British. Plus pianist and composer Belle Chen on her six original new pieces exploring London - each composition with its genesis in a field recording in the city from both before and during the pandemic. They join architects Eric Parry and Alison Brooks, and presenter Laurence Scott, for a conversation about the development of London, as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Alison Brooks is one of the judges for this year's Davidson Prize Exhibition: a digital showcase of architects' solutions to ways of living in a post-pandemic world. Eric Parry has been thinking about the changing city skyline. Fiona Mozley's novel called Hot Stew is out now, as is Incomparable World by SI Martin - part of the Black Britain: Writing Back series of books chosen by Bernadine Evaristo for republishing. You can find out more about the music of Belle Chen here - https://www.bellechen.com/ The London Festival of Architecture runs throughout June with events online and around the city https://www.londonfestivalofarchitecture.org/ https://www.alisonbrooksarchitects.com/ https://www.ericparryarchitects.co.uk/ On BBC Radio 3 Essential Classics is broadcasting five classic choices of music composed for particular buildings. Words and Music inspired by architecture features readings by Marilyn Nnadebe and Henry Goodman, from writers including Caleb Femi, Marwa al-Sabouni, Susanna Clark, Thomas Hardy, Andrew Marvell, Adrienne Rich, and music from Hildegard of Bingen to Iain Chambers. Music Matters explored buildings, acoustics, and music, looking at Bold Tendencies and the former car park they use as a venue in Peckham, in London. Producer: Emma Wallace

Monocle 24: Meet the Writers

Fiona Mozley is arguably one of Britain's most exciting young writers. The former bookseller catapulted to fame when her debut novel ‘Elmet' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It went on to earn plaudits across the board as well as winning the Somerset Maugham Award and the Polari First Book Prize. Her latest novel, ‘Hot Stew', is a fascinating story that examines the difficulties of overdevelopment and gentrification in London through the lens of sex workers in Soho.

RNZ: Nine To Noon
Book Review - Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley

RNZ: Nine To Noon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 5:27


Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley, published by Hachette NZ.

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RNZ: Nine To Noon
Book Review - Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley

RNZ: Nine To Noon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 5:27


Jessie Bray Sharpin reviews Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley, published by Hachette NZ.

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Across the Pond
Ep 4, Fiona Mozley "Hot Stew"

Across the Pond

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 53:39


The abduction of an enormous rabbit, scammers take book prize money, Rachel Kushner's husband gets a nice birthday gift, people lose their minds over Hemingway, and author Fiona Mozley joins the podcast to talk about her new novel, Hot Stew.

Books Are My People
Books Are My People - Episode 48

Books Are My People

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 12:44


On this episode, I discuss No One is Talking about This, Hot Stew and other great books! Subscribe to Books are my People using RSS, iTunes, or SpotifyFind me on instagram at @jennifercaloyerasemail me at booksaremypeople at gmail dot comBooks Discussed: (click link to be taken to my bookshop.org shop)No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood.Of Women and Salt by Gabriela GarciaToo Good To Be True Carola LoveringHot Stew by Fiona Mozley      Other Books Mentioned:Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin. Monster walter Dean MyersSarah Grien like Water for ElephantsThe Sympathizer Viet Nguyen ThangOther Things Menioned:Click here for the trailer for the movie, Monster, based on Walter Dean Myer’s novel. Click here for the article on Sara Gruen in Vulture.You can find me on instragram @jennifercaloyeras, email me at booksaremypeople.com If you have a moment please find and rate me on Apple podcasts or wherever you catch your pods! Thank you.  Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=22705533)

Books On The Go
Ep 167: New Animal by Ella Baxter

Books On The Go

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 18:31


Anna and Annie discuss the bookshops reopening in the UK and the Rathbones Folio prize scam. Our book of the week is New Animal by Ella Baxter. This debut Australian novel centres on Amelia, a cosmetician at her family's funeral home business.  It's wry, funny and tender with Six Feet Under and Fleabag vibes.  Perfect for Aussie April.  Coming up: Hot Stew by Fiona Mozley. Follow us! Email: booksonthegopodcast@gmail.com Facebook: Books On The Go Instagram: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Twitter: @abailliekaras and @mister_annie Litsy: @abailliekaras and @mr_annie Credits Artwork: Sascha Wilkosz  

The Bookshelf
Podcast Extra: Fiona Mozley reads her way into London and Edinburgh

The Bookshelf

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 25:04


Fiona Mozley's latest novel, Hot Stew, buzzes and rumbles with history, change, gangsters and sex workers. She speaks to Kate Evans about the books that have shaped her

The Bookshelf
Trevor Shearston's The Beach Caves, Fiona Mozley's Hot Stew and what Caleb Azumah Nelson reads

The Bookshelf

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 58:54


Archaeologist Estelle Lazer and writer Patrick Carey join Kate and Cassie to read books layered with history and story. Trevor Shearston's Australian novel, The Dig and English writer Fiona Mozley's Hot Stew. Also, the bookshelf and reading recommendations of Caleb Azumah Nelson, author of Open Water

Books and Authors
Elizabeth Day talks to Fiona Mozley about her second novel, Hot Stew.

Books and Authors

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 27:50


Elizabeth Day talks to Fiona Mozley about her second novel, Hot Stew.

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HodderPod - Hodder books podcast
HOT STEW by Fiona Mozley, read by Nneka Okoye - Audiobook extract

HodderPod - Hodder books podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 5:39


London has changed a lot over the years. The Soho that Precious and Tabitha live and work in is barely recognisable anymore. And now, the building they call their home is under threat; its billionaire-owner Agatha wants to kick the women out to build expensive restaurants and luxury flats. Men like Robert, who visit the brothel, will have to go elsewhere. The collection of vagabonds and strays in the basement will have to find somewhere else to live. But the women are not going to go quietly. They have plans to make things difficult for Agatha but she isn't taking no for an answer. Hot Stew is an insightful and ambitious novel about property, ownership, wealth and inheritance. It is about the place we occupy in society and the importance placed on class and money. It doesn't shy away from asking difficult questions but does so with humour and intelligence.

Die Literaturagenten | radioeins
"Kleine Freiheit", "Mit dem Meer leben" und "High sein"

Die Literaturagenten | radioeins

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 46:25


Themen: Nicola Kabel: „Kleine Freiheit“ // Hörbuch: „Mit dem Meer leben“ - Karsten Reise erzählt das Watt, Dünen und Deiche // „High Sein: Ein Aufklärungsbuch“ Jörg Böckem & Henrik Jungaberle // Autoren sind auch nur Leser: Kristof Magnusson über Fiona Mozley „Elmet“ // Mirko Bonné: John Cheever: Tagebücher // Ilse Helbig: Gedankenspiele über Gelassenheit

This Writing Life
These Our Monsters LIVE: Sarah Moss reads from 'Breakynecky'

This Writing Life

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2020 4:22


On 11th March, Hatchards hosted a live event bringing together four of the authors who contributed stories to These Our Monsters : Sarah, Moss, Fiona Mozley, Edward Carey and Graeme Mcrae Burnet. I chaired the event, and recorded it for posterity. ----more---- Posterity has arrived now. The event began with readings by each writer. Here, Sarah Moss reads from her story, 'Breakyneck'. Having chosen Berwick Castle as her English Heritage location, Sarah tells a ghost story that excavates the site's violent past - above all, the pitiless exploitation of Irish workers drafted to build the 19th century railway line. These Our Monsters is a collection of modern folktales to be published by English Heritage, and featuring work by Edward Carey, Graeme Mcrae Burnet, Fiona Mozley, Sarah Hall and many others - including an introduction written by me.  Sarah Moss's website is: https: sarahmoss.org For more information on These Our Monsters, visit the English Heritage website, where you can also buy a copy. The music on the podcast is Androids Always Escape by Chris Zabriskie. 

This Writing Life
These Our Monsters Folklore Podcasts: Graeme Macrae Burnet reads from 'The Dark Thread'

This Writing Life

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2020 4:01


Last year I was asked to write an introduction for a collection of modern folktales to be published by English Heritage. ----more---- The result was These Our Monsters, featuring work by Edward Carey, Graeme Mcrae Burnet, Fiona Mozley, Sarah Hall and many others.  I talked to three of the authors for This Writing Life podcast. The third is Graeme Macrae Burnet, whose brilliant His Bloody Project was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.  Graeme's 'The Dark Thread' tackled the most infamous, and perhaps the trickiest story in the book - Bram Stoker's visit to Whitby in 1890, which is often thought to have been a turning point in the composition of Dracula.  Graeme reads an early passage in the story, which shuttles fluently between the atmospheric setting of Whitby Abbey and Stoker's inner turmoil - his exhaustion, strained marriage, and tortured relationship with the actor Henry Irving.  Our interview will follow, as will readings by and conversations with Graeme Macrae Burnet and Edward Carey.  Graeme's website is: graememacraeburnet.com For more information on These Our Monsters, visit the English Heritage website, where you can also buy a copy. The music on the podcast is Androids Always Escape by Chris Zabriskie. 

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This Writing Life
These Our Monsters Folklore Podcasts: Fiona Mozley reads from 'The Loathly Lady'

This Writing Life

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 2:49


Last year I was asked to write an introduction for a collection of modern folktales to be published by English Heritage. ----more---- The result was These Our Monsters, featuring work by Edward Carey, Graeme Mcrae Burnet, Fiona Mozley, Sarah Hall and many others.  I talked to three of the authors for This Writing Life podcast. The second is Fiona Mozley, whose debut novel Elmet was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.  Fiona's story in 'The Loathly Lady' was inspired by the Arthurian legend of Dame Ragnelle, supposedly the most hideous woman in the world who makes a trial of Sir Gawain's chivalry. The plot is a quest to find a different sort of holy grail: the answer to the question, 'What do women want?' Fiona reads an early passage full of puns and plays on words that establish Arthur's legendary status. Our interview will follow, as will readings by and conversations with Graeme Macrae Burnet and Edward Carey.  For more information on These Our Monsters, visit the English Heritage website, where you can also buy a copy. The music on the podcast is Androids Always Escape by Chris Zabriskie. 

This Writing Life
These Our Monsters Folklore Podcasts: Edward Carey reads from 'These Our Monsters'

This Writing Life

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 2:45


Last year I was asked to write an introduction for a collection of modern folktales, myths and legends to be published by English Heritage. ----more---- The result was These Our Monsters, featuring work by Edward Carey, Graeme Mcrae Burnet, Fiona Mozley, Sarah Hall and many others.  I talked to three of the authors for This Writing Life podcast. The first is Edward Carey, the novelist and illustrator whose works include the 'Iremonger Trilogy' and his fabulous novel about Madame Tussaud, Little. Edward's story 'These Our Monsters', which gives the book its title, is inspired by the legend of the Green Children of Woolpit, in Suffolk. Its extraordinary narrator is one of the villagers, whom I described (if memory serves) as two parts Gollum to one part Alf Garnet, as he attempts to make sense of this universe-altering visitation.  Edward's reading more than lives up to his prose. Our interview will follow, as will readings by and conversations with Graeme Macrae Burnet and Fiona Mozley.  Edward's website is: edwardcareyauthor.com For more information on These Our Monsters, visit the English Heritage website, where you can also buy a copy. The music on the podcast is Androids Always Escape by Chris Zabriskie. 

Papertrail Podcast
040 - Fiona Mozley

Papertrail Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2019 52:45


Fiona’s debut novel, Elmet, is set in Yorkshire and explores what happens when a family’s idyllic, self-sufficient life is interrupted by the world outside of them. The novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and Ondaatje Prize and was also longlisted for the Dylan Thomas and Womens prize. Fiona is currently working on her second novel. Fiona's Book Choices: The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. LeGuin Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy Painter To The King by Amy Sackville You can follow Fiona on twitter @fjmoz If you haven't already, please consider leaving the podcast a review on iTunes. It makes a massive difference and helps new people discover the show. You can also support us financially by donating to our Patreon/Steady page, or by buying a book through our affiliate programme. For more information. Click here.

British Council Arts
Meet the writers: Sunday Times and PFD Young Writer of the Year award 2018

British Council Arts

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2018 33:58


The Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, in association with the University of Warwick, rewards the best work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author aged between 18 and 35. The British Council is delighted, through our partnership with the prize, to be supporting young writers in exploring international opportunities that will inspire them for the rest of their careers. In this podcast, Georgina Godwin meets the four shortlisted authors for 2018: Laura Freeman, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Fiona Mozley and Adam Weymouth.

Novel Writers: The Warm Up
Novel Writers: The Warm Up with Fiona Mozley

Novel Writers: The Warm Up

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2018 29:23


Fiona Mozley discusses her debut novel Elmet. Novel Writers is a great way to discover new writing talent and great books. Each month, Spike Island and Bristol Festival of Ideas invite exciting debut novelists to come to Bristol and introduce their book. 'The Warm Up' podcast is a cosy introduction to the event, where we ask the writer about the making of their book; the story before the story. Interviews are by Bristol-based writer and translator Julie Fuster.

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North Cornwall Book Festival
Fiona Mozley & Wyl Menuir

North Cornwall Book Festival

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2018 58:53


Wyl Menmuir and Fiona Mozley, both Booker-nominated for their dark first novels, The Many and Elmet, in conversation about landscape, Gothic and more.

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Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
Fiona Mozley and Lisa McInerney – at Hay Festival, Cartagena

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2018 61:02


This special episode – a live recording of an event at Hay Festival, in Cartagena, Colombia, earlier this year – features a discussion with two novelists: Fiona Mozley, whose Booker-shortlisted novel Elmet caused a stir last year, and Lisa McInerney, an Irish writer described by the TLS as “busily combining the traditions of hardcore Irish crime writing with fast-talking foul-mouthed wit and gentle good humour”. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fully Booked by Kirkus Reviews
Paul Kix and Fiona Mozley

Fully Booked by Kirkus Reviews

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2017 58:00


This week, we interview Paul Kix, a debut writer whose new nonfiction book THE SABOTEUR is one of the most thrilling nonfiction reads of 2017. It’s about French aristocrat Robert de la Rochefoucauld, who could’ve sat through World War II but instead became a resistance commando sabotaging the Nazis. And we also catch up with British novelist Fiona Mozley, whose new novel ELMET was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Lastly, our editors divulge their picks for bestsellers they think you ought to read and the bestsellers you don’t need to spend you time on. 

The Book Club Review
11. Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

The Book Club Review

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2017 49:35


For Laura's book club we delve into The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy. Longlisted for the Booker Prize (2017), it didn't make the shortlist, but did it make for a good book club read? Meanwhile for fans of horror and Halloween enthusiasts alike we met up with Andy Russell of London's Horror Book Club to find out about the joys of being frightened by your book at bedtime. And we have recommendations for your next book club read including our bookseller recommendation from James Elliott at Daunt's in Belsize Park.  • Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @bookclubreviewpodcast. Email us at thebookclubreview@gmail.com, or leave us a comment on iTunes. If you like the show then click subscribe and never miss an episode.  • Find out more about the Horror Book Club at www.thehorrorbookclub.com. Daunt Books are at www.dauntbooks.co.uk • Books mentioned in this episode: Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje, The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota, When I Hit You by Meena Kandasami, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, The Troop by Nick Cutter, House of Leaves by Danielewski, Elmet by Fiona Mozley, The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer, The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides and The Cormoran Strike novels by Robert Galbraith.  • For our next book club we will be reading and discussing All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West. • If you have read this far then you're probably the sort of person who might want to keep listening for our extra bit at the end, where we talk about what we've been reading outside of book club. 

RNIB Talking Books - Read On
Man Booker 2017 - Fiona Mozley - 'Elmet'

RNIB Talking Books - Read On

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2017 9:44


The Booker shortlisted author talks to Red Szell about 'Elmet' and how she was influenced by Westerns and wrote some of the book on her phone - Extended interview including parts that didn't make the broadcast.

Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize 2017 podcast – The shortlist

Man Booker Prize

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2017 56:52


In this episode of our 2017 podcast host Joe Haddow takes us through the six books which made the cut with two of this year's judges, artist Tom Philips and author Sarah Hall, and goes behind the scenes at the shortlist party to catch up with authors Ali Smith and Fiona Mozley, plus radio presenter Jim Naughtie. We also sit in on TV presenter Mel Giedroyc's Bibliotherapy session, where she receives a prescription of books from the School Of Life. And as if that wasn't enough, Joe peruses the bookshelves of singer-songwriter Lucy Rose.

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon
The world's most mysterious manuscript

Freedom, Books, Flowers & the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 42:30


With Stig Abell and Thea Lenarduzzi – The meaning of the 15th-century Voynich manuscript – a strange compendium of undecipherable signs, astrological symbols and pictures of nude bathing women – has long eluded scholars. We're joined by bibliographical sleuth Nicholas Gibbs, who appears to have discovered the manuscript's secret; to mark the double anniversary of one of America's greatest poets, Robert Lowell (1917-1977), Paul Muldoon – himself a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, and Poetry editor at the New Yorker – reads his new poem 'Robert Lowell at Castletown House'; finally, TLS Fiction editor Toby Lichtig discusses the latest releases from established writers (including John le Carré and Salman Rushdie) and debut novelists (Gabriel Tallent and Fiona Mozley) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Front Row
Patrick Gale's Man in an Orange Shirt, Olly Alexander's Queer Icon, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2017 28:43


A family secret inspired novelist Patrick Gale's first TV screenplay Man in an Orange Shirt. Part of the BBC's Gay Britannia season, the drama focuses on gay relationships in two interlinking episodes set during the '40s and in the present day.The Man Booker Prize 2017 longlist has just been announced and includes big names including previous winner Arundhati Roy, as well as Zadie Smith and Sebastian Barry, and Colson Whitehead and his Pulitzer-prizewinning The Underground Railroad. There are a few surprises there too including debut novelist Fiona Mozley's Elmet. Literary critic Alex Clark and Toby Lichtig of the Times Literary Supplement join John to talk about the significance of this year's choices.The 12 Albums of the Year nominated for the prestigious Mercury Prize were announced earlier today. From pop to jazz to grime, the diverse shortlist includes some of the UK's biggest acts, and then some you may never have heard of - we'll be discussing it with BBC Radio 6 music presenter Tom Ravenscroft.For our Queer Icons series, Olly Alexander - lead singer of the band Years & Years - talks about Anne Carson's verse novel Autobiography of Red, and his identification with its central character, a red winged monster. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Harry ParkerMain Image: Michael (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), and Thomas (James Mcardle) in Man in an Orange Shirt. Image Credit: BBC / Kudos / Nick Briggs.