S5 Ep1: Bookshelfie: Gabby Logan

03/30/22 • 52 min

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Join this season’s new host Vick Hope as she talks to Gabby Logan MBE, sports presenter and former gymnast, about the three M’s – midlife, motherhood and her MBE.

Gabby is a broadcaster, prolific writer, podcaster and former gymnast. She became a familiar face on our TV screens in the 1990s, and since then has presented every major sporting event in the UK. In 2020 she received an MBE for services to sports broadcasting and the promotion of women in sport. Gabby tells us about the loves and losses in her life, through the books by women that have influenced her.

Gabby’s book choices are:

** How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

** The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3⁄4 by Sue Townsend

** The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

** This Book Will Save Your Life by AM Homes

** Life after Life by Kate Atkinson

Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season five of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors, kicking off with guest Gabby Logan. The Women’s Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and they continue to champion the very best books written by women.

Don’t want to miss the rest of Season Five? Listen and subscribe now!

This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join this season’s new host Vick Hope as she talks to Gabby Logan MBE, sports presenter and former gymnast, about the three M’s – midlife, motherhood and her MBE.

Gabby’s book choices are:

** How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

** The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3⁄4 by Sue Townsend

** The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

** This Book Will Save Your Life by AM Homes

** Life after Life by Kate Atkinson

Don’t want to miss the rest of Season Five? Listen and subscribe now!

This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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S4 Ep10: Bookshelfie: Malorie Blackman

In a special episode to mark International Women’s Day 2022, multi-award winning author, screenwriter and playwright Malorie Blackman OBE joins host Zawe Ashton to tell her why writing about black joy is so important to her.

After being discouraged from being a teacher because of the colour of her skin, Malorie went on to write over 70 children’s, YA and picture books (some of which have been adapted into hugely successful TV dramas and stage plays), and was the first black Children’s Laureate between 2013 and 2015. As she tells Zawe, the omission of black characters from the books she read as a child fueled her fire, and despite receiving over 80 rejection letters on her writing journey, she persevered. For many readers of colour, her work has allowed them to finally see themselves in literature, and her Noughts and Crosses series of six titles and three novellas are now considered one of the most substantial contributions ever to be made to young adult fiction.

Malorie’s book choices are:

** Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

** Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

** The Color Purple by Alice Walker

** The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

** The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor

Zawe Ashton, acclaimed actress, director, playwright and author, hosts this special edition 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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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S5 Ep2: Bookshelfie: Gina Miller

Campaigner, Gina Miller tells Vick Hope how she has taken adversity and turned it into power.

Gina is a businesswoman and dedicated philanthropist who strongly believes in standing up for what she thinks is right, no matter the cost. She has shown this through her social justice work, her True and Fair Campaign, and through the legal challenges she launched against the government during Brexit. Her memoir, Rise, tells Gina’s remarkable story.

Gina’s book choices are:

** The Art of War for Women – adapted from Sun Tzu's Art of War - by Chin Ning Chu

** I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

** The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

** A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season five of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women’s Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and they continue to champion the very best books written by women.

Don’t want to miss the rest of Season Five? Listen and subscribe now!

This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.