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Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Black British Book Festival, Gesbeen Mohammad

Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Black British Book Festival, Gesbeen Mohammad

FromWoman's Hour


Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Black British Book Festival, Gesbeen Mohammad

FromWoman's Hour

ratings:
Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Oct 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Leigh-Anne Pinnock has embarked on her own solo career, almost two years after her band, Little Mix, called a hiatus - and has already released two songs. Now she's got a new book out, Believe, all about her life growing up, what it was really like going through the X Factor and how she found her voice. She joins Anita Rani to discuss it all.

The Black British Book Festival is now in its third year. It aims to celebrate new and emerging Black British authors across all genres of literature. To find out more, Anita speaks to author and events producer Selina Brown, who launched the festival, and Margaret Busby, Britain’s first black woman publisher, who is also currently President of English PEN, one of the world's oldest human rights organisations that campaigns for freedom of expression.

Gesbeen Mohammed is the producer and director of Inside Iran: The Fight For Freedom, a new documentary that has taken more than a year to make. It’s a story told through the eyes of ordinary Iranian women who took to the streets when Mahsa Amini died in September 2022. Gesbeen tells Anita about why these women chose to tell their stories, and what the current situation is in Iran.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Lottie Garton
Released:
Oct 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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