Mostly Books Meets...

It’s our great pleasure to welcome onto the podcast this week writer, journalist, and academic Sunny Singh.

Sunny was born in Varanasi, India and went on to study in India, the USA, and Spain. Her first book, published in the year 2000, was the prize-winning Nani’s Book of Suicides. She has since gone on to release two other novels as well as works of nonfiction, and her short stories have been published by the likes of Drawbridge and World Literature Today.

In 2016, she co-founded the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour which seeks to champion the work of British and British resident BAME writers. For two years in a row Mostly Books has been proud to be a Jhalak Prize Champion.

The podcast is produced and presented by the team at Mostly Books. Find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/mostlyreading & Instagram www.instagram.com/mostlybooks_shop. Edited by Nick Short www.instagram.com/alongstoryshorter. We’re Going to Find the Monster is published in the UK by Puffin Books.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

The Three Fat Men by Yuri Olesha – 9781843914525
Living While Black by Guilaine Kinouani – 9781529109436

Jhalak Prize Children’s and YA Shortlist:

We’re Going to Find the Monster by Malorie Blackman & Dapo Adeola – 9780241401309 (https://bit.ly/3PCMxMy)
Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide – 9781474967532 (https://bit.ly/3wOIdm2)
Musical Truth by Jeffrey Boakye – 9780571366491 (https://bit.ly/3wSNB6m)
The Crossing by Manjeet Mann – 9780241411445 (https://bit.ly/3sYc5tO)
Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths by Maisie Chan – 9781800780019
The Sound of Everything by Rebecca Henry – 9781911427155

Show Notes

It’s our great pleasure to welcome onto the podcast this week writer, journalist, and academic Sunny Singh. Sunny was born in Varanasi, India and went on to study in India, the USA, and Spain. Her first book, published in the year 2000, was the prize-winning Nani’s Book of Suicides. She has since gone on to release two other novels as well as works of nonfiction, and her short stories have been published by the likes of Drawbridge and World Literature Today. In 2016, she co-founded the Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour which seeks to champion the work of British and British resident BAME writers. For two years in a row Mostly Books has been proud to be a Jhalak Prize Champion. The podcast is produced and presented by the team at Mostly Books. Find us on Twitter www.twitter.com/mostlyreading & Instagram www.instagram.com/mostlybooks_shop. Edited by Nick Short www.instagram.com/alongstoryshorter. We’re Going to Find the Monster is published in the UK by Puffin Books. Books mentioned in this episode include: The Three Fat Men by Yuri Olesha – 9781843914525 Living While Black by Guilaine Kinouani – 9781529109436 Jhalak Prize Children’s and YA Shortlist: We’re Going to Find the Monster by Malorie Blackman & Dapo Adeola – 9780241401309 (https://bit.ly/3PCMxMy) Ace of Spades by Faridah Abike-Iyimide – 9781474967532 (https://bit.ly/3wOIdm2) Musical Truth by Jeffrey Boakye – 9780571366491 (https://bit.ly/3wSNB6m) The Crossing by Manjeet Mann – 9780241411445 (https://bit.ly/3sYc5tO) Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths by Maisie Chan – 9781800780019 The Sound of Everything by Rebecca Henry – 9781911427155

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Welcome to Mostly Books Meets, a podcast by the independent bookshop, Mostly Books. Booksellers from an award-winning indie bookshop chatting books and how they have shaped people's lives, with a whole bunch of people from the world of publishing - authors, poets, journalists and many more. Join us for the journey.