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Úspěšný románový debut Shuggie Bain mu vynesl Bookerovu cenu, v češtině teď vychází jeho druhá kniha Mladej Mungo. Skotský spisovatel a designér žijící v New Yorku Douglas Stuart byl na návštěvě Prahy a přišel i do Litu.
This event is part of Conversations at the Kiln, a new event series at Kiln Theatre programmed by Intelligence Squared. For more events with speakers from the worlds of literature, art, poetry and politics, click here. Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo, is celebrated globally for his heartbreaking, funny and moving depictions of working-class life, identity and resilience. Born and raised in Glasgow, Stuart's fiction draws heavily from his own experiences growing up as a gay man in Margaret Thatcher's Britain. His debut Shuggie Bain received worldwide acclaim for its searing portrayal of poverty, addiction and one young boy's tumultuous relationship with his mother in 1980s Scotland. It was heralded as a masterpiece by many critics, and received the Booker Prize in 2020; to date, it has sold over a million copies. In his second novel Young Mungo, Stuart returned to the streets of Glasgow to tell an equally compelling story of vulnerability and strength. This coming-of-age tale delves into the forbidden love between two young men, set against the backdrop of sectarian violence and familial expectations. Similarly critically acclaimed, the book cemented Stuart's place as one of today's most compelling literary voices. In February 2025 Stuart joined us live on stage to discuss his literary journey, the inspiration behind his award-winning novels, and his insights on writing honest depictions of marginalised worlds rarely seen in the literary mainstream. With the respected production company A24 set to adapt both novels for the BBC, Stuart also discussed the process of bringing his characters to life on screen. ----- If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This event is part of Conversations at the Kiln, a new event series at Kiln Theatre programmed by Intelligence Squared. For more events with speakers from the worlds of literature, art, poetry and politics, click here. Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo, is celebrated globally for his heartbreaking, funny and moving depictions of working-class life, identity and resilience. Born and raised in Glasgow, Stuart's fiction draws heavily from his own experiences growing up as a gay man in Margaret Thatcher's Britain. His debut Shuggie Bain received worldwide acclaim for its searing portrayal of poverty, addiction and one young boy's tumultuous relationship with his mother in 1980s Scotland. It was heralded as a masterpiece by many critics, and received the Booker Prize in 2020; to date, it has sold over a million copies. In his second novel Young Mungo, Stuart returned to the streets of Glasgow to tell an equally compelling story of vulnerability and strength. This coming-of-age tale delves into the forbidden love between two young men, set against the backdrop of sectarian violence and familial expectations. Similarly critically acclaimed, the book cemented Stuart's place as one of today's most compelling literary voices. In February 2025 Stuart joined us live on stage to discuss his literary journey, the inspiration behind his award-winning novels, and his insights on writing honest depictions of marginalised worlds rarely seen in the literary mainstream. With the respected production company A24 set to adapt both novels for the BBC, Stuart also discussed the process of bringing his characters to life on screen. ----- This is the first instalment of a two-part episode. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In her first novel Hagstone (Fourth Estate), Sinéad Gleeson – who has, in the words of Anne Enright, ‘changed the Irish literary landscape through her advocacy for the female voice' – explores the darker side of human nature and the mysteries of faith and the natural world in the setting of a remote island housing a commune of women seeking refuge from the modern world.She was joined in discussion by Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo.Find more events at the Bookshop: https://lrb.me/eventspodGet Hagstone: https://lrb.me/hagstonepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Scottish-American writer Douglas Stuart talks about his Booker Prize winning Shuggie Bain. The powerful, heartbreaking story of a young boy's love for his addict mother, and a mother's chaotic love for her son.Photo credit: Martyn Pickersgill
Shuggie Bain is the heartbreaking story of a young boy growing up in Glasgow Scotland and being raised by his alcoholic mother. The story highlights the challenges Shuggie faces as he tries to navigate a spiraling home life and a bleak outside world of bullies and economic dispair. Jamey discusses this beautifully written and inciteful book with his friend John Schaeffler.
En esta ocasión te comparto mis opiniones a partir de dos libros: "My beautiful boy: Siempre serás mi hijo", una memoria escrita por David Sheff e "Historia de Shuggie Bain", una novela de ficción a partir de las experiencias de Douglas Stuart; ambos enfocados al tema de las adicciones, y cuya lectura motivó esta reflexión acerca del amor y la codependencia emocional. En este episodio trato de no hacer spoilers para el contenido de los libros, por si tú estás interesado en leerlos. De igual forma, te recomiendo ampliamente la película adaptación de "My beautiful boy", que lleva el mismo nombre y es protagonizada por Steve Carell y Timothée Chalamet, estrenada en 2008 y dirigida por Felix Van Groeningen.
Es ist ein gnadenlos gutes Stück autofiktionaler Literatur, das Neil Smith mit "Jones" geschrieben hat. Gnadenlos, auch gegen ihn selbst – und in jeder Zeile ist zu spüren, das muss so sein, denn im Leben der Geschwister Abi und Eli werden früh alle Schmerzgrenzen gerissen. Wie präzise und unbestechlich er die Verfangenheit in der dysfunktionalen Familiendynamik einfängt, ist so klarsichtig wie bestürzend. „Shuggie Bain“ und Jeannette Walls' „Schloss aus Glas“ haben mich sehr bewegt, „Jones“ hat mir den Boden unter den Füßen weggerissen. Ein Zeugnis, eine Abrechnung, ein Denkmal für seine Schwester. Ich wünsche Smith alles Glück! Und euch wünsche ich auch viel Glück, denn Schöffling & Co stellt drei Bücher für eine Verlosung zur Verfügung. Die Aktion läuft bis Montag, 23. September 2024, um 17.59 Uhr. Schreibt mir eine Mail FeisteBuecher@gmx.de oder macht über Insta mit! Eine Auszahlung in bar ist nicht möglich und der Rechtsweg ist ausgeschlossen. Und bitte tut mir die Liebe und abonniert den Podcast. Ein sehr gutes, englischsprachiges Interview mit Neil Smith findet ihr hier: https://xtramagazine.com/culture/neil-smith-jones-228962 „Jones“ von Neil Smith ist bei Schöffling & Co erschienen. Brigitte Walitzek hat die 304 Seiten großartig übersetzt. Das Hardcover kostet 23 €. Folge direkt herunterladen
Recorded at the Hay FestivalSHUGGIE BAIN by Douglas Stewart ON THE BLACK HILL by Bruce Chatwin AGAINST NATURE by Joris-Karl HuysmansHarriett Gilbert takes to the stage in the BBC Marquee at the Hay Festival for a special edition of the programme recorded in front of an audience. Actor and writer Doon Mackichan known for her outrageous character Cathy in the sitcom Two Doors Down chooses Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart as her good read. It's a touching but heartbreaking tale of a young Glaswegian boy's desperate efforts to save his mother Agnes from the alcoholism that ruins and degrades her. It won the Booker Prize in 2020. As we're in Wales Harriett's fitting choice is Bruce Chatwin's On The Black Hill an account of rural Welsh life in the mid 20th century. It's the story of two brothers' lives over 80 years and their connection to land and community. Bruce Robinson actor, director and writer of the hit film Withnail and I which has been adapted for stage chooses a book that features in the final scene of the film. The I character places two books in a suitcase at the end of the film, one of which is A Rebours - Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans. Bruce confesses that he's not the book's biggest fan but the ensuing discussion provides an entertaining insight into books we might read when we're younger and how differently we feel about them in later life. It's the story of an eccentric recluse Jean des Esseintes in 19th century France who loathes people and creates a fantasy world for himself but ultimately suffers from his self-inflicted pretentious ennui. "I wish I hadn't chosen this book" proclaims Bruce Robinson as he introduces it. "I wish you hadn't chosen it" agrees Doon Mackichan. They then elicit a lot of audience laughter from their deconstruction of this seminal French novel that all three find pretentious.This is a longer version of the broadcast programme.Producer: Maggie Ayre
Tive o privilégio de entrevistar o Joel Dicker, super autor suíço que há anos me encantou logo com o primeiro livro ("A Verdade sobre o caso Harry Quebert") e veio a Portugal para falar sobre o 7º e mais recente ("Animal Selvagem"). Falou nos livros que escreveu e naqueles que adorou e recomenda. Lá vamos nós aumentar a lista de livros por ler. Mas vale a pena. Os livros que escolheu: Gente pobre, Doistoievski; A Promessa, Romain Gary; A Bela do Senhor (da série Valereux), Albert Cohen; Philip Roth: A Mancha Humana e Goodbye Columbus. Outras referências: Niklas Natt Och Dag: 1793; 1794; 1795; Educação Europeia, Romain Gary; White dog, Romain Gary; Philip Roth, A biografia, Blake Bailey; Os que recomendei: Truly Madly Guilty, Liane Moriarty; Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart. À venda aqui: https://www.wook.pt/
Join Caroline, Dannelle, and Lexis as they continue to chip away at their To-Be Read lists! Books reviewed on this episode include "Dangerous Prayers" by Craig Groeschel, "Piranesi" by Susanna Clark, "Dreams in the Golden Country" by Kathryn Lasky, "How to Hug a Porcupine" by Julie Ross, "Shuggie Bain" by Douglas Stuart, and "Run Away" by Harlan Coben.
Olá, mais uma vez! (Sim, provavelmente já ouviram isto). Desta vez não podíamos trazer um episódio mais especial: a primeira discussão do nosso Clube de Leitura! O primeiro foi sobre o livro "Eu, Tituba, Bruxa Negra de Salem" de Maryse Condé e contámos com as magníficas Daniela, Sofia e Sara para falar sobre esta obra connosco. Foi um episódio muito divertido e educativo, com observações muito pertinentes e a certa altura um pouco sério (até parecia que sabíamos falar sobre livros). Foi o início de uma nova iniciativa e não podíamos estar mais contentes por partilha-la convosco. Mal podemos esperar pelos próximos! Esperemos que gostem deste formato um pouco mais diferente e mil obrigadas à Sara, à Sofia e à Daniela por terem alinhado e dispensado de 2h30 para falar connosco. Encontrem-nos no Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/demorreraler/ LIVROS MENCIONADOS: - Pássaros na Boca, Samantha Schweblin - Sete Casas Vazias, Samantha Schweblin - A Irmandade do Anel, J. R. R. Tolkien - As Duas Torres, J. R. R. Tolkien - Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier - Notas sobre uma Execução, Danya Kukafka - Lote, Shola von Reinhold - Upstream, Mary Oliver - Melancolia em Tempos de Perturbação, Joke Hermsen - Manual para Mulheres de Limpeza, Lucia Berlin - O que eu quero que todos saibam sobre Demência, Wendy Mitchell - Maternidade, Sheila Heti - Friends, Amantes e Aquela Coisa Terrível, Matthew Perry - Finding Me, Viola Davis - Bruxas de Salem, Arthur Miller - A Letra Escarlate, Nathaniel Hawthorne - A Campânula de Vidro, Sylvia Plath - Temporada de Furacões, Fernanda Melchor - Cem Anos de Solidão, Gabriel García Marquez - Lá, Onde o Vento Chora, Delia Owens - Canções de Inocência e de Experiência, William Blake - Caruncho, Layla Martínez - Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart
PopaHALLics #117 "Unpleasant People"They're self-centered ... pushy ... arrogant ... and sometimes murderous. But difficult people—an orchestra conductor, a marathon swimmer, two battling cops, even a serial killer—can make for great pop culture, as this episode attests. Streaming:"Maestro," Netflix. Bradley Cooper cowrote, directs, and stars as conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein and Carey Mulligan plays his actress wife in this drama about their relationship. The film received 7 Oscar nominations."Nyad," Netflix. In this true story, Annette Benning plays marathon swimmer Diana Nyad, who decides at age 60 to swim from Cuba to Florida. Jodie Foster is her long-suffering best friend and coach. Both received Oscar nominations. "True Detective: Night Country," Max. In the spooky 4th season of the series, a sheriff (Jodie Foster) and state trooper (Kali Reis) frequently butt heads as they investigate the strange disappearance of 7 men from an Alaska research station."Boston Strangler," Hulu. In this 2023 movie based on a true story, reporter Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) is the first to connect the murders of 13 women and report on the notorious serial killer. With Carrie Coon."Zorro," Prime. This 2024 Spanish TV series reinterprets the avenging vigilante in black, first created in 1919. Miguel Bernardeau plays the swordsman in a show with lots of action and a greater emphasis on indigenous and Mexican characters."The Man From Nowhere," Netflix. In this intense South Korean action flick, a little girl befriends her next door neighbor, a reclusive pawn shop owner. When bad guys take her, they quickly discover he's much more than he appears.Books:"Shuggie Bain," by Douglas Stuart. In this acclaimed novel, young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain is a sweet, lonely boy who spends his 1980s childhood in run-down public housing in Glasgow. "A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love" (Goodreads)."The Music Shop," by Rachel Joyce. In London in 1988, a music shop owner has the gift of connecting people with just the music they need. A beautiful young woman asks him to teach her about music—but she's not what she seems. Named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and The Times (UK).
A happy Burns Night to one and all. In honour of this day of celebration for ol' Rabbie Burns, and by extension all Scottish literature, we're taking a dive into one of the most popular Booker Prize winners: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. The novel, Stuart's debut, presents a blistering and heartbreaking exploration of the unsinkable love that only children can have for their damaged parents. In this episode Jo and James: Share a brief biography of Douglas Stuart Summarise the plot of Shuggie Bain Discuss their thoughts on the novel Delve into the characters, particularly Shuggie and his mother, Agnes Consider the idea of the divided self in Scottish literature Reading list: Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart Loitering With Intent by Muriel Spark His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet A full transcript of the episode is available at our website. Follow The Booker Prize Podcast so you never miss an episode. Visit http://thebookerprizes.com/podcast to find out more about us, and follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok @thebookerprizes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
En este nuevo podcast del Club de Lectura Bookake contamos con Ángela Vázquez, miembro del equipo de discurso en Más Madrid, para hablar de "Un lugar para Mungo", la última novela de Douglas Stuart. Después de ganar el Premio Booker 2020 con su primera novela, "Historia de Shuggie Bain", Stuart vuelve a la Escocia de su infancia durante los años 80 y 90 en un momento crítico para la clase obrera del país como consecuencia de las agresivas políticas de Thatcher. Clase, identidad, orientación sexual, masculinidad frágil, violencia en todas sus acepciones y política hacen de "Un lugar para Mungo" una novela durísima que muchos han comparado con "Tan poca vida". ¿Queréis saber qué pensamos nosotres al respecto? Pues dadle al Play.
Both interviews today are with author Douglas Stuart. The first is about his Booker prize-winning Shuggie Bain; a story based on his own life growing up a queer son of a single mother struggling with addiction. He told NPR's Scott Simon that he hoped people could find comfort in this story. Next, Stuart spoke to NPR's Ari Shapiro about his new book, Young Mungo. It's a story about two boys separated by faith who end up falling in love with each other. Stuart told Shapiro that when he "write[s] about heartbreak or sadness, I'm really only doing that to make the tenderness and the love shine more."
John Marrs, best-selling author of The One, The Passengers, and The Marriage Act, talks about his journey from self-published to bestselling author, his writing process, how he manages writing in multiple genres for two different publishers, and more. John's journalism background led him to ask me some thought-provoking questions as well. Our conversation was an absolute delight, and I can't wait for you to dive into his captivating universe of books. Plus, be sure to check out John's book recommendations that align nicely with my own reading tastes! This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights John's transition from working journalist to accomplished author. Spoiler-free summaries of his speculative fiction novels, The One, The Passengers, and The Marriage Act. His unique journey to becoming a bestselling author across multiple genres. John talks about his process of developing gripping plots following his rapid rise to success. Sarah and John's take on the “Match Your DNA” method from The One for finding soulmates. John's perspective on seeing his books adapted for the small screen, and his thoughts on the adaptation process. The fascinating inspiration behind The Marriage Act and its thought-provoking themes. Insights into John's meticulous research process and real-life news that influences his storytelling. John's and Sarah's views on trigger warnings. A brief peek into John's 3 upcoming books! John's Book Recommendations [34:32] Two OLD Books He Loves The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:31] The Beach by Alex Garland | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:32] Other Books Mentioned: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara [35:17] Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith [36:55] Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver [37:14] David Copperfield by Charles Dickens [37:17] The Kind Worth Saving by Peter Swanson [38:00] Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson [38:17] Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty [40:32] Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid [40:41] Normal People by Sally Rooney [40:48] Two NEW Books He Loves Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent (July 18, 2023) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[42:24] Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart | Amazon | Bookshop.org [43:54] Other Books Mentioned: Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent [42:58] Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman [43:30] Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart [44:01] NEW RELEASE He's Excited About None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell (August 8, 2023) | Amazon | Bookshop.org[49:01] Other Books Mentioned: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell [49:55] The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell [50:01] I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai [51:12] Last 5-Star Book John Read Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney | Amazon | Bookshop.org [51:41]
The HR and L&D sectors are built on a foundation of outsourcing. Often, the secret ingredient to ensuring those products and services add value is… the person buying them! So, this week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, we ask: what are the characteristics of a client who has a high likelihood of gaining value from their supplier? Ross G and Gemma are joined, from our sales team, by Lara Kidd and Samantha Nicks. We discuss: · why the client is so important to the implementation of any HR or L&D technology · actions the client can take to increase the likelihood of success · advice for people in a buying position. In ‘What I Learned this Week', Gemma discussed Douglas Stuart's novel Shuggie Bain. Ross G discussed David Grann's non-fiction book The Wager. For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtoolsbusiness.com. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work. Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter: · Ross Garner - @RossGarnerMT or on LinkedIn · Gemma Towersey - @GemmaTowersey or on LinkedIn · Lara Kidd – LinkedIn · Samantha Nicks - LinkedIn
Connor and Dylan are joined by Suzie Miller & Justin Martin (Prima Facie) on the eve of the 2023 Tony Awards. Live from London, Sydney, New York, and Columbus, this foursome dives in at various hours of the day to discuss the award-winning (and nominated) play Prima Facie. Justin and Suzie describe their professional meet-cute at Heathrow Airport, then dive into all aspects of their collaboration - casting, making visions come to life, and using theatre to change lives. We also cover Succession's scintillating dialogue, The Crown seasons 1 and 2 (The Foy Years), Shuggie Bain, and Courtney Act (Australia's crown jewel). Listen in for thoughtful conversations about Prima Facie, the absolute tour de force of Jodie Comer onstage, and hopes for Cynthia Erivo's take on the story on screen. We love Suzie and Justin! Prima Facie is playing on Broadway through July 2nd at the Golden Theatre.
In today's epsiode, Jess and Lauren offer a handful of reccos for pride month across a few genres in the hope that you can find something to read, whichever genre you prefer.Some of the Books Mentioned in this Episode: Own Worst Enemy by Lily Lindon, Transitional by Munroe Bergdorf, City of GIrls by Elizabeth Gilbert, Young Mungo and Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera, Mrs S by K Patrick, Page Boy by Elliot PageBook Reccos Website, Shop & newsletter: Don't forget to check out our website and checkout the Book Reccos shop to purchase your very own Book Reccos Reading Journal! And whilst you're there sign up to our newsletter to receive a monthly email from us to fill you in on our favourite reccos of the month. Head to www.bookreccos.com Get in Touch: Instagram: @bookreccos Email: hello@bookreccos.comWebsite: www.bookreccos.comJingle written and produced by Alex Thomas licensed exclusively for Book Reccos. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Douglas Stuart's debut novel Shuggie Bain won him The Booker Prize in 2020. It centres around an alcoholic single mother and her gay son navigating life on a Glasgow estate and it reflects Douglas' own troubled upbringing. After near homelessness he earned a place at The Royal College of Art…and went on to land in the epicentre of New York fashion, working for huge brands. In this edition of the podcast Douglas discusses how the music of Nick Drake helped spark romance between him and his now husband, and why Bobby Hebb's "Sunny" keeps the spirit of his late brother alive. Music Inherited - Pink Moon by Nick Drake Pass on - Sunny by Bobby Hebb Producers: Ben Mitchell and Catherine Powell
Welcome back to the Stories in Two Podcast; A podcast for those who love books. In this week's episode, we take you on a virtual trip to London as we visit some of the local bookshops, including the beautiful Book Bar in Finsbury Park. We share our book haul from a serious shopping spree and give you a small reading update on the popular Harry Potter fanfic, Manacled. We also discuss a wide range of books, including Snowdrops by A.D Miller, Eleanor Oliphont Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman, and Throttled by Lauren Asher, to name a few. During our visit to the Book Bar, we explore the shelves and recommend some must-reads, including Islanders by Cathay Thomas, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stewart, and Grief Is The Things With Feathers by Max Porter. We also talk about some non-fiction titles, including What White People Can Do Next by Emma Dabiri and Heartburn by Nora Ephron, as well as the novel Foster by Claire Keegan and Writers and Lovers by Lily King. Don't forget to leave a review of the podcast if you are enjoying it Follow us on Instagram @storiesin2 TikTok @storiesin2, Reach out to us via email at storiesin2@gmail.com. The Book Bar @bookbaruk Manacled https://archiveofourown.org/works/14454174 Books Discussed Snowdrops - A.D Miller Eleanor Oliphont Is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman One Day - David Nichols Manacled - SenLinYu Throttled - Lauren Asher Islanders - Cathay Thomas What White People Can Do Next - Emma Dabiri Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stewart Grief Is The Things With Feathers - Max Porter Foster - Claire Keegan Heartburn - Nora Ephron Writers and Lovers - Lily King
Sales has developed an obsession with Harry Styles. Also, he is young enough to be her son. All very normal and fine. Crabb has read a novel about sexual obsession, which was suggested to her by Greta, a cool Chatter she met on a plane. 1:10 Harry's House album by Harry Styles | Spotify 2:48 Perth Symphony Orchestra | Website 3:00 Western Australia Symphony Orchestra | Website 3:50 The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb | Booktopia 5:00 This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan | Booktopia 7:50 Don't Worry Darling | Apple TV+ 12:00 Cunk on Earth | Trailer | Netflix 12:30 Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart | Booktipia 13:45 War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy | Booktopia 16.40 The God of No Good by Sita Walker | Booktopia 16:40 Hip Hop & Hymns by Mawunyo Gbogbo | Booktopia 20:15 Sydney Writers Festival | Website 20:20 Bernadine Evaristo | Website 22:31 Vladimir by Julia May Jonas | Booktopia 30:45 Foreign Correspondent ‘Does #MeToo Threaten Sexual Freedom in France?' | Youtube 37:00 The Witch Trials of JK Rowling Podcast | Listen 38:00 Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse | Tickets 38:40 McQueen (documentary) | Trailer | Apple TV+ Produced by DM podcastsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Over the Christmas period and into January I'm going to be replaying some of my quiet favourite episodes of 2022. This week is acting legend, national treasure (she hates that) and my old bird role model Sheila Hancock. This episode first aired in June.---Today's guest is nothing less than an acting legend. Although she probably wouldn't have any truck with that. Dame Sheila Hancock is that rare thing – a successful actor with working class roots, an 89 year old who's still beating off offers with a stick and a woman who refuses to be afraid to speak her mind.Sheila has done EVERYTHING from Shakespeare to sitcoms. A member of the National Theatre Company, she was the first woman to direct at the Olivier Theatre in her 50s and has been nominated for 6 Olivier Awards, written two novels and a loose trilogy of memoirs (the second of which was about her marriage to Morse and Sweeney legend, John Thaw). The third is Old Rage, which started out as a book about the wisdom and fulfilment of old age ended up…. not!Ninety next year, Sheila is taking less prisoners than ever. She joined me from her living room to talk education and inequality, corruption, climate change and Brexit, suffering from the empathy “disease” and why being seen as a strong woman is a double-edged sword. She also told me what it was like being a working class woman in TV in the 1970s, how she learnt the consequences of speaking out the hard way and why she's no longer bothering to conceal her rage. Sheila Hancock for PM!You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at Bookshop.org, including OLD RAGE by Sheila Hancock, Sheila's book recommendation, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me!And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including transcripts of the podcast, please join The Shift community. Find out more at https://steadyhq.com/en/theshift/• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Happy Holidays Tiny Town! Tune in to hear about all the holiday happenings around Mont Vernon plus an interview with Chief Slavin of the Mont Vernon Police Department. Amy has her "Best Books of 2022" reading list because of course you're going to need a book recommendation for the New Year! Cheers!! Amy's Best of 2022 1. How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu 2. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart 3. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 4. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 5. Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett 6. Inland by Tea Obreht 7. Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley 8. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon 9. The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan 10. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell 11. Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro 12. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Honorable Mentions: Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins Valdez The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade The short story “Eyewall” from Florida by Lauren Groff Looking Forward - 2023! Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo – January 10 How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix – January 17 Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun – January 31 Exiles by Jane Harper – January 31 Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano – March 14 The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner – March 21 A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher – March 28 Homecoming by Kate Morton – April 11 The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane – May 2
Endast en femtedel av Sveriges dataspelsutvecklare är kvinnor, Mårten Melin får årets Astrid Lindgren-pris, och Douglas Stuarts hyllade debutroman "Shuggie Bain" blir tv-serie på BBC.
Join our Discord community - https://discord.gg/E43RK8Fk. This week, Prof. D. Quentin Miller (Suffolk) joins us to discuss Bob Dylan's Grammy winning album Time Out of Mind on its 25th Anniversary. What does a great album mean to us in the streaming age? Also, more historic home run balls, Cleveland's surge, Astro & Dodger firsts, and more baseball as the season draws to a close.Check It Out:Prof. Miller recommends "Shuggie Bain," a novel by Douglas Stuart (not Douglas Adams).D. Quentin Miller at Suffolk Univ. - https://tinyurl.com/hooksmiller Books by D. Quentin Miller at bookshop.org - https://tinyurl.com/hooksdqmbooks Errata: The book about the album Prof. Miller reviewed is "Dreams and Dialogs in Dylan's Time Out of Mind," by Graley Herren (2021). The second Dylan single released before Rough and Rowdy Ways in 2020 was "I Contain Multitudes." Hooks & Runs - www.hooksandruns.comHooks & Runs Discord - https://discord.gg/E43RK8FkHooks & Runs playlists on Spotify - https://tinyurl.com/hooksspotifyHooks & Runs on Twitter - https://twitter.com/hooksandrunspcCraig Estlinbaum on TwitterLink: https://twitter.com/CraigEstlinbaumAndrew Eckhoff on Tik Tok (it's true)Link: https://www.tiktok.com/@hofffestRex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/people/Krazy-Karlz-Music-Emporium/100063801500293/Opening and closing music, "Caroline" by Craig Estlinbaum. All rights reserved.This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 2022, all rights reserved.
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Andy and Dani get really, really sad. Bring Whiskey Andy back, this book is sad, realistic shit show, fiction acting like a memoir, assuming the worst is going to happen, most devastating scene, and did we mention this book is sad? Warning: This book deals HEAVILY with alcoholism and relapse.
The Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart is a master of writing about tender souls in tough spaces. He is a tender soul himself, having grown up gay in working class Glasgow with an alcoholic mother (she died when he was 16), an experience that informs both his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, which won the Booker Prize, and his 2022 follow-up, Young Mungo. In both books, Stuart has created indelible portraits of complicated mothers and their conflicted sons trying to navigate a hostile and soul-sapping world. “I'm always writing about loneliness and belonging and love,” he has said. “That's what keeps me coming back to the page.” Loneliness and belonging and love might also be what draws Stuart to the defiant heroine of Alan Warner's 1995 novel, Morvern Callar, and the tempestuous and violent world of 17th century soldiers in Cromwell's New Model Army in Maria McCann's As Meat Loves Salt, the two books he has chosen to talk about in this episode of Shelf Life.
Booker Prize-winning Scottish novelist Douglas Stuart speaks with Kathryn Ryan about his new novel, Young Mungo which is breaking hearts. Young Mungo develops into a romance between two teenage boys. Mungo is Protestant, James is Catholic. Their relationship is forbidden on so many levels. Set in the early '90s in hard-bitten Glaswegian tenements riven with sectarian violence, where unemployed former shipbuilders "rot in front of daytime tv" and real men prove themselves as thugs. Young Mungo is a story exploring the bounds of masculinity, the magnetism and disappointment of family, the violence experienced by many queer people, and the dangers of falling in love. Douglas Stuart is Glagwegian born and bred. He won the Booker Prize two years ago for his first novel, Shuggie Bain, finally trying his hand at writing age 40, after a glittering career in fashion design.
SHUGGIE BAIN đào sâu vào từng góc khuất tăm tối của Glasgow vào thập niên 1980 dưới thời Margaret Thatcher, qua đó hé lộ một câu chuyện xúc động về những mảnh đời chật vật trong cảnh bế tắc mà không thấy được ánh sáng. Bằng lối kể pha trộn giữa bi kịch với hài hước, tàn nhẫn với dịu dàng, lòng trắc ẩn với đau đớn tột cùng, SHUGGIE BAIN khắc họa nên bức tranh đầy ám ảnh về quan hệ gia đình, về định kiến xã hội, về sự tự nhận thức bản thân, về đói nghèo và tệ nạn. Khi con người ngập ngụa dưới đáy khốn khổ, họ hiến dâng mù quáng cho tình yêu, họ chạm tới giới hạn tưởng chừng vô tận, họ bám víu điên cuồng vào niềm kiêu hãnh và hy vọng để khao khát làm chủ vận mệnh. Cuốn tiểu thuyết đầy day dứt này sẽ khiến bạn phải khóc! THÔNG TIN TÁC GIẢ: Douglas Stuart sinh ra và lớn lên tại thành phố Glasgow, Scotland. Năm 24 tuổi, Douglas chuyển đến New York theo đuổi ngành thời trang sau khi tốt nghiệp Đại học Nghệ thuật Hoàng gia ở London. Douglas Stuart đến với nghiệp viết lách khá muộn nhưng cuốn sách đầu tay của ông - SHUGGIE BAIN - đã lập tức gây tiếng vang khi lọt vào đề cử giải Sách quốc gia Mỹ và giành giải Booker 2020. #TrạmRadio #RadioVănHọc #DouglasStuar __________ Để cam kết với bạn nghe đài dự án Trạm Radio sẽ chạy đường dài, chúng tôi cần sự ủng hộ của quý bạn để duy trì những dịch vụ phải trả phí. Mọi tấm lòng đều vô cùng trân quý đối với ban biên tập, và tạo động lực cho chúng tôi tiếp tục sản xuất và trau chuốt nội dung hấp dẫn hơn nữa. Mọi đóng góp cho Trạm Radio xin gửi về: Nguyen Ha Trang STK 19034705725015 Ngân hàng Techcombank. Chi nhánh Hà Nội.
The 2020 Booker Prize winner, Douglas Stuart, spoke to me about his sensational second novel, Young Mungo. Stuart became an international writing sensation after his debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the Booker, and gained him countless readers and fans in the literary world. In this episode, we explored the story of Mungo in great detail. As I summated in a review recently ( https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2022-05-19-book-review-the-quiet-violence-of-young-mungo/ ), "Young Mungo is set in Glasgow and tells the story of Mungo and his family. They are a working-class Protestant family, with plenty of trials and tribulations. His mom, Maureen, is an alcoholic. His brother, Hamish, several years older, is addicted to violence, and his sister Jodie, desperate to escape the horror of their circumstances, is forced to play mother to her younger brother Mungo because Maureen is never around."Stuart started off reading from a scene in which a neighbour, Mrs Campbell, appears to defend her husband who had beaten her up, resisting the moral criticism of him from young Jodie. We discussed, in some detail, the complexities of this scene, and the issues they surface, including the brutalising effect that working on the ships and in the mines had on many men in working-class communities. Without excusing domestic violence, Young Mungo examines the class fissures in 1980s and 1990s Glasgow and Britain that led to some of the social ills that are illuminated throughout the novel including alcholism, religious bigotry, domestic violence, etcetera. The whole episode is riveting. Have a listen!
Shuggie Bain (Douglas Stuart) - Scots Reading By Alistair Heather by VisitScotland
Today's guest is nothing less than an acting legend. Although she probably wouldn't have any truck with that. Dame Sheila Hancock is that rare thing – a successful actor with working class roots, an 89 year old who's still beating off offers with a stick and a woman who refuses to be afraid to speak her mind.Sheila has done EVERYTHING from Shakespeare to sitcoms. A member of the National Theatre Company, she was the first woman to direct at the Olivier Theatre in her 50s and has been nominated for 6 Olivier Awards, written two novels and a loose trilogy of memoirs (the second of which was about her marriage to Morse and Sweeney legend, John Thaw). The third is Old Rage, which started out as a book about the wisdom and fulfilment of old age ended up…. not!Ninety next year, Sheila is taking less prisoners than ever. She joined me from her living room to talk education and inequality, corruption, climate change and Brexit, suffering from the empathy “disease” and why being seen as a strong woman is a double-edged sword. She also told me what it was like being a working class woman in TV in the 1970s, how she learnt the consequences of speaking out the hard way and why she's no longer bothering to conceal her rage. Sheila Hancock for PM!You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at Bookshop.org, including OLD RAGE by Sheila Hancock, Sheila's book recommendation, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me!And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including transcripts of the podcast, please join The Shift community. Find out more at https://steadyhq.com/en/theshift/• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
I invited Daily Maverick's Mark Heywood (himself an author, and also a well-known activist who has spent decades fighting for justice) to join me to talk about Young Mungo, the second novel written by brilliant Douglas Stuart. Stuart won the Booker Prize for his stunning debut, Shuggie Bain.I couldn't ask for a better guest than Mark. He has a deep love of literature and of reading - he really remains a student of literature - and he found the evocative writing of Stuart in both of his novels to be moving, and a brilliant exposition of important structural realities and injustices in Great Britain that endure beyond the 1980s. In this podcast episode, we delved into the major themes of these works (with a closer focus on Young Mungo). With Mark's intimate knowledge of the country where he spent time during his early years (he was schooled in Yorkshire), and of his beloved South Africa, he shone light on the many interesting layers beneath the shocking, dramatic and melancholic storylines of/in Young Mungo. The comparisons between Glasgow/Scotland, and our own community/communities here, are manifold. [Enjoy the podcast. Buy the book. And remember to subscribe to In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser before you leave your preferred podcast platform. Kindly also rate the podcast on your app, and leave a comment.]Here, for your further interest, is my written review of the book too:https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times-daily/opinion-and-analysis/2022-05-19-book-review-the-quiet-violence-of-young-mungo/
People become writers for myriad reasons - novelist Max Porter suspects that for him the crucial spur was his fascination with Bekonscot model village, which he visited scores of times as a child. It was there that he discovered the pleasure and value of people watching at a life-size and miniature scale. In A Life In Miniatures he returns to Bekonscot to celebrate not just the care, craft and love that have gone into its construction, but also the opportunity it affords to create complicated stories out of the various people and scenes on show. He interrogates whether these places are necessarily escapist and reactionary or offer a more radical opportunity to critique society. He visits Jimmy Cauty of KLF fame to hear about the dystopian model village he has toured around the world in a shipping container and talks with Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain, about the miniature appearance of a miniature village that appears in that book. Max also speaks with academic Melinda Rabb about the rise of miniatures in 18th Century England - and how smart phones are keeping the tradition alive in various unexpected ways. Produced by Geoff Bird A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
Douglas Stuart’s debut novel "Shuggie Bain" was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize and his new second novel, "Young Mungo" is a portrayal of working-class life and a moving and suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James - who should be sworn enemies if they’re to be seen as men at all.
Douglas Stuart's debut novel "Shuggie Bain" was awarded the 2020 Booker Prize and his new second novel, "Young Mungo" is a portrayal of working-class life and a moving and suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James - who should be sworn enemies if they're to be seen as men at all.
Booker winner Douglas Stuart's second novel, Young Mungo, is again set in gritty working class Glasgow, but also explores blossoming queer love. And, two debut novels also exploring queer identity with Indyana Schneider's 28 Questions and Omar Sakr's Son of Sin.
Author Douglas Stuart joins Eric Newman to talk about his new novel Young Mungo. Stuart's previous work, Shuggie Bain, won the 2020 Booker Prize and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Young Mungo is a coming of age novel about a young Protestant boy, growing up in working class Glasgow, who finds friendship and love with a Catholic boy who lives nearby. Together, they form a bond that promises to heal the wounds inflicted by family, class, and culture, hoping to build a world all their own before it all comes crashing down. Also, Margo Jefferson, author of "Constructing a Nervous System," returns to recommend "The Deja Vu: Black Dreams and Black Time" by performance artist Gabrielle Civil.
Author Douglas Stuart joins Eric Newman to talk about his new novel Young Mungo. Stuart's previous work, Shuggie Bain, won the 2020 Booker Prize and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Young Mungo is a coming of age novel about a young Protestant boy, growing up in working class Glasgow, who finds friendship and love with a Catholic boy who lives nearby. Together, they form a bond that promises to heal the wounds inflicted by family, class, and culture, hoping to build a world all their own before it all comes crashing down. Also, Margo Jefferson, author of "Constructing a Nervous System," returns to recommend "The Deja Vu: Black Dreams and Black Time" by performance artist Gabrielle Civil.
Amanda and Jenn discuss actionable activism, romances with elves, unrequited love, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Fill out our listener survey and be entered to win a $50 gift card to an indie bookstore! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Feedback Night Boat to Tangier and That Old Country Music by Kevin Barry; The Heart's Invisible Furies and Shuggie Bain (rec'd by Elizabeth) Agrippina: The Most Extraordinary Woman of the Roman World and A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Murder in Ancient Rome by Emma Southon (rec'd by Amber) The Guest List by Lucy Foley (rec'd by Becky) Books Discussed In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (tw: domestic abuse) Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons by Marilyn Hacker (sample poem) Uptown Thief by Aya de Leon Travelers Along The Way by Aminah Mae Safi Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim (tw: rape) Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju Bonus TV rec: Our Beloved Summer on Netflix side character, from Jamie Geekerella by Ashley Poston The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad Elvish by SG Prince Witchmark by CL Polk (cw: PTSD, harm to women and children) For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Pages 532 - 540 │ Oxen of the Sun, part V │ Read by Douglas StuartDouglas Stuart is a Scottish-American author. His debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the 2020 Booker Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. His short stories are published in The New Yorker. His next novel, Young Mungo, publishes in 2022. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he now lives and works in New York City. douglasdstuart.comFollow on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Doug_D_StuartFollow on Instagram: www.instagram.com/douglas_stuartBuy Young Mungo here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/I/9781529068771/young-mungo*Looking for our author interview podcast? Listen here: https://podfollow.com/shakespeare-and-companySUBSCRIBE NOW FOR EARLY EPISODES AND BONUS FEATURESAll episodes of our Ulysses podcast are free and available to everyone. However, if you want to be the first to hear the recordings, by subscribing, you can now get early access to recordings of complete sections.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/channel/shakespeare-and-company/id6442697026Subscribe on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/sandcoIn addition a subscription gets you access to regular bonus episodes of our author interview podcast. All money raised goes to supporting “Friends of Shakespeare and Company” the bookshop's non-profit.*Discover more about Shakespeare and Company here: https://shakespeareandcompany.comBuy the Penguin Classics official partner edition of Ulysses here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/d/9780241552636/ulyssesFind out more about Hay Festival here: https://www.hayfestival.com/homeAdam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Find out more about him here: https://www.adambiles.netBuy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-timeDr. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the School of Collective Intelligence at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique in Morocco.Original music & sound design by Alex Freiman.Hear more from Alex Freiman here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1Follow Alex Freiman on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/alex.guitarfreiman/Featuring Flora Hibberd on vocals.Hear more of Flora Hibberd here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5EFG7rqfVfdyaXiRZbRkpSVisit Flora Hibberd's website: This is my website:florahibberd.com and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/florahibberd/ Music production by Adrien Chicot.Hear more from Adrien Chicot here: https://bbact.lnk.to/utco90/Follow Adrien Chicot on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/adrienchicot/Photo of Douglas Stuart by Clive Smith See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
EXTRA SPECIAL EPISODE ALERT! Enjoy this full-length Literary Salon with Douglas Stuart, hot-off-the-press! Last week we held a very special evening with Douglas in conversation with Damian at an in-person Salon in Brighton - it was an incredible conversation, and we're still thinking about it. So join us as we celebrate Douglas' brilliant new novel 'Young Mungo', the story of two boys, two tribes and two Scotlands. Catholic James and Protestant Mungo live in the violent, macho world of Glasgow's council schemes. They dream of escaping the gangs and the grey, fractured city. Will their dream come true? 'Thanks so much for a wonderful Salon Damian. I could have listened to Douglas all night. Such a tender, interesting and poignant interview.' - Araminta Hall Young Mungo is out now and a definite must-read for 2022. If you'd like to support the Salon podcast and indie bookshops at the same time, you can grab a copy from our shop at bookshop.org (where you can also pick up a copy of Douglas' Booker-winning debut, Shuggie Bain). Podcast introduced, produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Author Douglas Stewart writes vividly about addiction, love and queer adolescence in working-class Glasgow. He wrote Booker Prize-winning "Shuggie Bain" and the new novel "Young Mungo." And, Michael Madigan was the speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives for 36 years, the longest reign of any legislative leader in the country. A new book tells the story of his rise from Chicago machine politics and his fall from grace amid a corruption investigation.
“I knew that after writing this sweeping family portrait that goes over about 40 years in the Bain family's history, that for my next novel, I wanted to write something that was very focused, that was quite propulsive, and quite edited in the scope and the time that we spend with the characters. And so, for me, it was about romance. It's about that love between these two young men.” Douglas Stuart has charmed more than a million and a half readers with his National Booker Award and Booker Prize-winning debut novel, Shuggie Bain. Douglas joins us on the show to talk about his incredible new novel, Young Mungo, optimism, writing about the working class and being gay, masculinity, love, mobility, Margaret Thatcher's legacy, the importance of having a plan before you sit down to write, the writers who inspire him, and much more with Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer. And we end the episode with a TBR Topoff segment featuring Margie and Marc. Featured Books: Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy Poured Over is hosted and produced by Miwa Messer. This episode was mixed by Chris Gillespie. Follow us here for new episodes Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays). A full transcript of this show is available here.
Both interviews today are with author Douglas Stuart. The first about his Booker prize-winning Shuggie Bain; a story based on his own life growing up a queer son of a single mother struggling with addiction. He told NPR's Scott Simon that he hoped people could find comfort in this story. Next, Stuart spoke to NPR's Ari Shapiro about his new book, Young Mungo. It's a story about two boys separated by faith who end up falling in love with each other. Stuart told Shapiro that when he "write[s] about heartbreak or sadness, I'm really only doing that to make the tenderness and the love shine more."
Douglas Stuart is the 2020 Booker Prize winning author. His story is one of survival, perseverance and defying people's expectations. Douglas' incredible debut novel Shuggie Bain was inspired by his upbringing in Glasgow, a time when he describes himself as a young queer son of a single mother struggling with addiction and poverty. Following his mother's death, Douglas fended for himself and remarkably went on to study fashion at the Royal College of art in London where he was recognised and moved to New York to work for some of the biggest fashion brands in the world. He still lives in New York but now finally, after many rejections, as a writer, an acclaimed writer. Revisiting his past and putting pen to paper changed everything for him. His writing is so immersive, due to his granular descriptions of the worlds his characters inhabit. They struggle against and around brutal violence and substance use and always with the backdrop of relentless poverty. His stories are sad, and frightening and viscerally told. His books take over your world and you can't forget them. Here he shares the story of his life changes with Annie. Stuart's second novel Young Mungo will be published this Thursday (14th April). You can pre order it here: https://www.douglasdstuart.com/books-1Should you be affected by any of the issues raised in this episode, in the UK, The Samaritans can be reached on 116 123. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 1-800-273-8255. Hotlines in other countries can be found here http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Douglas Stuart is a Scottish - American author. His debut novel, Shuggie Bain, won the Booker Prize. His new novel is Young Mungo. His short stories, Found Wanting, and The Englishman, were published in The New Yorker magazine. His essay, Poverty, Anxiety, and Gender in Scottish Working-Class Literature was published by Lit Hub. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he has an MA from the Royal College of Art in London and since 2000 he has lived and worked in New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Müge İplikçi, Zeytin Dalı'nda bugün 2020 Booker Ödülü'nü kazanan Douglas Stuart'ın Shuggie Bain romanını, çevirmeni Duygu Akın ile konuştu.