26 min
Ordinary People, with Diana Evans The Brit Lit Podcast
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Today, we’re revisiting our interview with Diana Evans from a couple of years ago, as well as hearing about new books out this month. Diana Evans is the author of three novels, 26a, The Wonder, and most recently Ordinary People, which came out this spring in the UK to much acclaim and is out this week in the US. She talked to Claire about her favourite London-set books, her own past life as a dancer, why it was important for her to capture the experience of middle class black brits, and more.
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Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
26a, by Diana Evans
The Wonder, by Diana Evans
Ordinary People, by Diana Evans
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, by Jean Rhys
On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
This Is London: Life and Death in the World City, by Ben Judah
Heart Berries, by Terese Marie Mailhot
Tender Is the Night, by F Scott Fitzgerald
Dancer, by Colum McCann
Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake, by Lucia Joyce
Nijinski, by Richard Buckle
The Cranes Dance, by Meg Howrey
Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert
Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by Talia Hibbert
To Be Someone, by Ian Stone
Out of Love, by Hazel Hayes
The Seduction, by Joanna Briscoe
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
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I encourage you, now and always, to buy some of your books from Black-owned bookshops in London and in the UK more generally.
Here's a list of books by Black British authors.
Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways.
Sign up for Book of the Month and get your first book for just $9.99 with the code BRITLIT!
In the US, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops!
Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm.
Buy Claire’s novel, Unscripted.
Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways.
Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com
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The Brit Lit Podcast
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Diana Evans
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Today, we’re revisiting our interview with Diana Evans from a couple of years ago, as well as hearing about new books out this month. Diana Evans is the author of three novels, 26a, The Wonder, and most recently Ordinary People, which came out this spring in the UK to much acclaim and is out this week in the US. She talked to Claire about her favourite London-set books, her own past life as a dancer, why it was important for her to capture the experience of middle class black brits, and more.
Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways.
Books Mentioned on the Podcast:
26a, by Diana Evans
The Wonder, by Diana Evans
Ordinary People, by Diana Evans
After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, by Jean Rhys
On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
This Is London: Life and Death in the World City, by Ben Judah
Heart Berries, by Terese Marie Mailhot
Tender Is the Night, by F Scott Fitzgerald
Dancer, by Colum McCann
Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake, by Lucia Joyce
Nijinski, by Richard Buckle
The Cranes Dance, by Meg Howrey
Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates
Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert
Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by Talia Hibbert
To Be Someone, by Ian Stone
Out of Love, by Hazel Hayes
The Seduction, by Joanna Briscoe
Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe
*****
I encourage you, now and always, to buy some of your books from Black-owned bookshops in London and in the UK more generally.
Here's a list of books by Black British authors.
Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways.
Sign up for Book of the Month and get your first book for just $9.99 with the code BRITLIT!
In the US, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops!
Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm.
Buy Claire’s novel, Unscripted.
Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways.
Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at britlitpodcast@gmail.com
*****
The Brit Lit Podcast
Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website
Claire
Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Novel
Diana Evans
Twitter
26 min