BookBound

How anxiety gives you power; the art of the self-roast and talking to your Lego - this is Emma Byrne and Freya Daly Sadgrove in conversation with Georgie Codd on 'Language, Woman!'

Content warning: Viewer discretion advised - this talk contains explicit language, and references to depression and anxiety, sexual assault, child abuse and other topics that some may find difficult. Scroll down for places to go for support.

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Emma Byrne, 'Swearing is Good For You'

Freya Daly Sadgrove, 'Head Girl’

Georgie Codd, 'We Swim to the Shark’

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufbc4NDRKPg&t=3s

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020

Or, if you're New Zealand-based, you can make a donation to Changing Minds, and please reference BookBound as part of your donation: https://givealittle.co.nz/org/changingminds

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/

Support for mental health, depression and anxiety can be found here:

UK call the Samaritans for free: 116 123 or text/email here: https://www.samaritans.org

Lifeline 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE) or free text 4357 (HELP) – for counselling and support

New Zealand Lifeline helpline : 0800 111 757

UK: National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC): https://napac.org.uk

What is ‘women’s writing’, are the pressures different? Plus the power of writing without form or plot, and the ghost stories nurses tell - this is Emma Glass & Margarita García Robayo in conversation with Professor Susan Rudy on 'Novel(la) Ideas'.

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Emma Glass, 'Rest and Be Thankful’

Margarita García Robayo 'Fish Soup' ('Holiday Heart' forthcoming)

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHxy6eKLUfQ

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/

Growing up on an estate; who do we create art for, and thwarted lumberjack dreams - this is Stanley Donwood & Caleb Femi in conversation with author Dan Richards on ‘What the Artist Saw’

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Stanley Donwood, ‘Bad Island’

Caleb Femi, ‘Poor’

Dan Richards, ‘Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth’

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://youtu.be/lbjxRteIiak

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/

The influence of place and longing; social norms across time and space and taking your roots with you - this is Jennifer Wong and Soniah Kamal in conversation with author Romesh Gunesekera on ‘Relocation, Relocation, Relocation’

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Soniah Kamal, ‘Unmarriageable : Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan’

Jennifer Wong, ‘Letters Home’

Romesh Gunesekera, ‘Suncatcher’

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHrvqi_oM8s

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/

Voguing balls and jehovas witnesses, the “queer canon” and why ticking boxes doesn’t mean living in boxes - this is Paul Mendez & Niven Govinden in conversation with podcaster Octavia Bright.

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Paul Mendez, ‘Rainbow Milk’

Niven Govinden, ‘This Brutal House’

Listen to Octavia Bright on Literary Friction

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ioPnQPzvU

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/

Fictionalising your own family history; how to talk about the Holocaust at dinner parties; and the joy of dogs - this is Kim Sherwood and Eleanor Wasserberg in conversation with author Dan Richards on ‘Fiction and History, Now’

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Kim Sherwood, ‘Testament’

Eleanor Wasserberg, ‘The Light at the End of the Day’

Dan Richards, ‘Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth’

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dxYF9EA7KE

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/

Fissures between generations; owning the non-belonging and time as a spiral - this is Pip Adam and Guy Gunaratne in conversation with author Azadeh Moaveni on ‘Uncomfortable Truths’.

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Pip Adams, ‘Nothing to See’

Guy Gunaratne, ‘In Our Mad and Furious City’

Azadeh Moaveni, ‘Guest House for Young Widows: Among the Women of ISIS’

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://youtu.be/zZw44Nf1qeo

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020

Or, if you're New Zealand-based, you can make a donation to Changing Minds, and please reference BookBound as part of your donation: https://givealittle.co.nz/org/changingminds

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/

Bad advice, confidence,  and what makes you working class - this is Paul McVeigh, Alex Wheatle, Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett on 'A Touch of Class'.

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Paul McVeigh, 'Common People: An Anthology of Working Class Writers', ed. By Kit De Waal

Alex Wheatle, 'Home Girl'

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, 'The Tyranny of Lost Things'

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, and links to literary awards and prizes mentioned, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=venTXhFuGyA

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/

For funding and advice for new and established authors - as discussed during this video - here are links to help that is currently available, or will be soon:

https://www2.societyofauthors.org/hel... 

https://www.rlf.org.uk/helping-writer...

Writing competitions:

https://www.neonbooks.org.uk/big-list...

Paul McVeigh runs one: https://paulmcveigh.blogspot.com

And Word Factory run a monthly one: https://twitter.com/WordFactoryUK

Exploring your trauma through fiction; survival and randomness - this is Winnie M. Li & Daniel Mella in conversation with poet Jamie Trower on ‘Real Live Fiction’

Content warning: viewer discretion advised - this event contains references to sexual assault and bereavement. Scroll down for places to go for support.

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Winnie M. Li, ‘Dark Chapter’

Daniel Mella, ‘Older Brother’

Jamie Trower, ‘A Sign of Light’

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://youtu.be/i8HnQ64rwWQ 

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Please donate if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/bookbound2020

Or, if you're New Zealand-based, you can make a donation to Changing Minds, and please reference BookBound as part of your donation: https://givealittle.co.nz/org/changingminds

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/

**For advice and support on sexual abuse (many others are available via search engines too):

Advice if you have suffered sexual abuse: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/abuse/sexual-abuse/

UK support: https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/

NZ: https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/social-services/social/victim-support-2/

Grief support NZ: https://www.griefsupport.org.nz/

Grief support UK: https://www.cruse.org.uk/ 

Flotsam, the call of the sea and ghostly dogs - this is Dan Richards & Philip Hoare in conversation with Malú Ansaldo, Head of Performing Arts at Roundhouse Theatre, on ‘Writing the Fathoms’

This discussion was part of BookBound, a from-home literary festival that was held during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown. BookBound partnered with Wasafiri Magazine to champion diverse authors, and raised money for the UK mental health charity Mind.

Books:

Dan Richards, ‘Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth’

Philip Hoare, ‘RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR’

Find #BookBound2020:

Our website: https://www.bookbound2020.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BookBound2020

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookboundfest/

For subtitles, please visit the YouTube video of this discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCSgzXm7i8Y

Festival Partners:

Wasafiri Magazine: https://www.wasafiri.org/

Mind UK: www.mind.org.uk

Music: Wonder Under by Glad Rags at https://freemusicarchive.org/