Mostly Lit

This week Rai, Alex and Derek are talking everything from writers prizes to TikTok Awards and we ask: do these prizes make a difference?

We also discuss The Booker Prize Longlist: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024

Let us know your thoughts!

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This week, the trio discusses James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room discussing the different ways that the book made them feel and whether the book was his best work, or whether it's the book to start with when reading Baldwin.

Also:

What is the culture of Black British fiction nowadays?

Do all books need a plot?

Books this week:

• Kei Miller - Things I Have Withheld
• Kei Miller - August Town
• Hazel Hayes - Out of Love
• Rache...

In this episode the trio have a chinwag on the various news within the book world, ranging from The British Book Award winners, criticising authors on social media and literary vs commercial fiction triggered by a poor review of James Baldwin. 

Make yourself a beverage and get stuck in. 

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In this week’s episode, the trio discusses drugs, vices, and the inner pain of Clay in Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis.

Rai discusses the difference between life-ache and heartache, Derek’s sleeping pattern is still in disarray and Alex is finally going through an existential crisis. 

BOOKS: 

• The Road - Cormac McCarthy
• For Such a Time as This - Shani Akilah 
• Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
• Middlesex - Jeffrey Eu...

Is this thing still on?

Books:

• Main Book Discussion: The Hours, Michael Cunningham
• Wool, Hugh Howey
• Goblet of Fire, by She Who Shall Not Be Names
• Build The Life You Want, Arthur Brooks
• Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin.
• The Crescent City Series, Sarah J Maas

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Books:

• Main Discussion: An American Marriage, Tayari Jones
• How To Stop Time, Matt Haig
• The People In The Trees, Hanya Yannagihara
• Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
• A Good School, Richard Yates

Question for you, the Page Turners: 'Where do you read?'

Let's go!

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Welcome to Mostly Lit!

Part 2!

A much lighter and more joyful episode to its more depressing sibling.

Sit back, relax and listen to the end - thank you for listening and sticking with us through this journey. We love you!

Books:

A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney - Okechukwu Nzelu

The 392 - Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom

Daughters of Nri - Reni K Amayo

Sha...

Welcome to Mostly Lit!

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2019

#BlackHistoryMonth2019

On this two part episode, we delve into A Little Life giving you an equal balance of tears and laughter, joy and a lot of pain. 

Listen with a mug of beverage of your choice.

Books:

A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney - Okechukwu Nzelu

The 392 - Ashley Hickson-Lovence

Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom

Daught...

Mostly Live is back again with the live show, this time at London Podcast Festival featuring a long time friend of the show, JJ Bola.

Alex is away this week, so listen to Rai and JJ talk about everything books, culture and of course - expect laughs!

You can buy JJ's book 'Mask Off' here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mask-Off-Masculinity-Redefined-Outspoken/dp/0745338747/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1P8BBTJ1F7DZQ&keywords=mask+off+jj+bola...

This week we have a free flowing conversation about arts, culture, writing and life.

We discuss everything from Toni Morrison's passing, to carnival prep.

We also speak at length about Abe Adeyemi's sell out rehearsed reading of All The Shit I Couldn't Say To My Dad, and other things theatre!

This is one to definitely listen to start your week with some joy.

Books:

Everything by Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou and James...

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This week we are both in quite the happy mood. Listen to us discussing the poems that make us happy and shine from within.

This is one to definitely listen to. Start your week with some joy.

Books:

The Thing Around Your Neck- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Silence is my Mother Tongue - Sulaiman Addonai

A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara

The Art of Not Falling Apart

The Crane Wife - CJ Hauser

Poems

Love aft...

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This week we are back from our hiatus to speak about Julie Cohen's Louis and Louise, and explore the question of gender, sexuality and how it can impact our world view.

This is one to definitely listen to. 

Books:

Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari

Everything I Know About Love - Dolly Alderton

That Thing Around Your Neck - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Announcements: We will be at the London Podcas...

Welcome to Mostly Lit!

This week we share our Summer Reads with you guys!

Books:

Louis and Louise - Julie Cohen

My Dark Vanessa - Kate Elizabeth Russell

The Clapback - Elijah Lawal

The Body Keeps The Score - Bessel van der Kolk

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones

Hinch Yourself Happy - Mrs Hinch

Milkman - Anna Burns

A Monks Guide To A Clean House and Mind - Shoukeii Matsumoto

Living Beautifully with Uncertainty and Change - Pema Chodr...