Hashi Mohamed (Replay): The Truth About Luck & Privilege
08/04/22 • 38 min
My guest today is Hashi Mohamed, one of the UK’s leading barristers, a BBC broadcaster and author on social mobility in Britain. His book is out now, called People Like Us. He is one of 12 children, Hashi came to the UK as an unaccompanied child refugee from Kenya in the summer of 1993 when he was just 9 years old. When he arrived he spoke basic English, attended failing school, raised on state benefits in a deprived area of North West London. Today, he is also a published author who attended Oxford University for his postgraduate degree and Bar School on a full scholarship. He is an incredible person, who inspires so many with his story of hope, ambition, success, resilience and adaptability. I’m excited to share this episode again with you. If you enjoyed, please do leave a review and check out Hashi's book.
Buy People Like Us: What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781788161138
My books:.https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon
My favourite 2020 books: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/my-favourite-reads-of-2020-9bf19342-f535-4856-ab1a-d523f5ecd98a
My 2021 picks: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/2021-books-i-m-excited-about-619ab32f-f22e-4282-a0e7-71732055e3c7
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My guest today is Hashi Mohamed, one of the UK’s leading barristers, a BBC broadcaster and author on social mobility in Britain. His book is out now, called People Like Us. He is one of 12 children, Hashi came to the UK as an unaccompanied child refugee from Kenya in the summer of 1993 when he was just 9 years old. When he arrived he spoke basic English, attended failing school, raised on state benefits in a deprived area of North West London. Today, he is also a published author who attended Oxford University for his postgraduate degree and Bar School on a full scholarship. He is an incredible person, who inspires so many with his story of hope, ambition, success, resilience and adaptability. I’m excited to share this episode again with you. If you enjoyed, please do leave a review and check out Hashi's book.
Buy People Like Us: What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781788161138
My books:.https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon
My favourite 2020 books: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/my-favourite-reads-of-2020-9bf19342-f535-4856-ab1a-d523f5ecd98a
My 2021 picks: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/2021-books-i-m-excited-about-619ab32f-f22e-4282-a0e7-71732055e3c7
Twitter: Twitter.com/emmagannon
Instagram: Instagram.com/emmagannonuk
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#396 Tetyana Denford: Should You Self-Publish Your Book?
My guest today is Tetyana Denford, a Ukrainian-American author, translator, and freelance writer. Her debut novel, Motherland, based on an incredible family secret that was revealed by her maternal grandmother, was longlisted for the Readers Digest Self-Published Book Awards, and has been met with critical global acclaim. She is also the author of a beautiful poetry book series on the topics of hope, magic, empowerment, and love. This episode is about self-publishing, something Tetyana know so much about and we discuss the pros and cons of both self-publishing and traditional publishing, how to keep going with your writing and how to get your work out there plus retaining your creative integrity. Hope you enjoy this conversation!
- Join my Substack community and come and say hi! https://thehyphen.substack.com/
- Check out Tetyana's self-published books here: https://www.tetyanadenford.com/
- Check out The Child of Ukraine, out now: https://geni.us/B0B2S45GSNcover
- Buy DISCONNECTED here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9781529373127
- My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon
- My favourite 2022 reads: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/best-reads-of-2022
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Cate Sevilla (Replay): How To Deal With A Toxic Workplace
This is a replay episode from 2021 with the brilliant Cate Sevilla! She is currently editor in chief of Huffington Post UK and author of How to Work Without Losing Your Mind. The book is a relatable and reassuring guide to the messy, stressful and sometimes bizarre side of work that everyone experiences but no one talks about. I loved this book because it’s for people who don’t necessarily want work to take over their lives, people who don’t necessarily want to keep climbing a ladder or taking over the world, it’s for people who simply would like to be a bit happier at work every day. If you enjoyed this conversation, please do leave a little review somewhere! Thank you!
- My Substack page, come and say hi: https://thehyphen.substack.com/
- Check out Cate's book: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/153/9780241988992
- My books: https://uk.bookshop.org/contributors/emma-gannon
- Books mentioned on Ctrl Alt Delete podcast: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/books-mentioned-on-ctrl-alt-delete-podcast
- Twitter: Twitter.com/emmagannon
- Instagram: Instagram.com/emmagannonuk
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