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S4 Ep9: Bookshelfie: Emeli Sandé

S4 Ep9: Bookshelfie: Emeli Sandé

FromBookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast


S4 Ep9: Bookshelfie: Emeli Sandé

FromBookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast

ratings:
Length:
69 minutes
Released:
Dec 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We are closing the season with a bang as multi award-winning singer songwriter Emeli Sandé joins host Zawe Ashton to tell her how women’s writing supported her through her journey from quiet medical student to chart-topping megastar.  Emeli doesn’t really need an introduction, as you’ve undoubtedly heard of her, or her incredible music. She’s got an MBE, she performed at the London Olympics opening AND closing ceremonies, and she’s been making brilliant music for over a decade. She’s one of those artists who manages to be both other worldly and someone you really think you should be friends with all at once.  Emeli’s book choices are: ** I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings  by Dr Maya Angelou ** I, Born a Woman and Distressed by Edna St. Vincent Millay** Half of a Yellow Sun  by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie** A Room of One’s Own  by Virginia Woolf ** Maria Callas: The Woman Behind the Legend by Arianna Huffington Zawe Ashton, acclaimed actress, director, playwright and author, hosts Season Four of the chart-topping Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast. The new Women’s Prize Podcast season continues to celebrate the best fiction written by women, by interviewing inspirational women about the books that have most influenced their life and career. This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Dec 22, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (98)

Every week, join journalist and author Yomi Agedoke, and inspirational guests, including Elizabeth Day, Sara Pascoe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie as they celebrate the best books written by women. They'll discuss this year's shortlisted titles, explore the life-changing books that sit on other women’s bookshelves and talk about what the future holds for women writing today. The Women’s Prize for Fiction is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and has been running for over 25 years, and this series will offer unique access to the shortlisted authors and the 2021 Prize winner. Sit back and enjoy.