China Room by Sunjeev Sahota is the story of Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, and that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its china room locked and barred. To celebrate its publication and being longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021, in this episode, Ted Hodgkinson talks to Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota about China Room, authorship, writing histories, and more.
You can find out more about China Room by Sunjeev Sahota here: https://bit.ly/33lucwP
You can find out more about Kamila Shamsie's books here: https://bit.ly/3DQbDBF
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Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota: Authorship and Writing Histories

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Tune in to hear Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black Conch (Costa Book of the Year 2020), in conversation with editor Jeremy Poynting from Peepal Tree Press.
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Writing and editing a Book of the Year: Monique Roffey and Jeremy Poynting

Tune into hear Ossian Ward in conversation with Ai Weiwei, author of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows. This conversation was recorded in partnership with Penguin Live and Manchester's HOME. You can find out more about 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows here: https://bit.ly/3Cyazk5
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Art under tyranny: Ai Weiwei

South African writer Damon Galgut, author of The Promise, speaks to Ted Hodgkinson (Head of Literature and Spoken Word at Southbank Centre) just days before it is announced that The Promise has won the 2021 Booker Prize.
You can find out more about The Promise here: https://bit.ly/306y1rp
Books and authors mentioned: Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf https://bit.ly/3BWMjHX Howards End by E. M. Forster https://bit.ly/2ZYO22U William Faulkner https://bit.ly/3bOdCK7 Patrick White https://bit.ly/3kfQ7OF
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2021 Booker Prize Winner: Damon Galgut

This year marks 100 years of Vintage imprint Jonathan Cape. To celebrate, we’ve launched Cape in Conversation, a Vintage Books podcast miniseries which will see authors from across the generations and genres of Cape’s list discuss their work and ideas, and give you a flavour of the many kinds of book and different voices that Cape publishes.
Today, series host Shahidha Bari is in conversation with an artist who writes and a writer whose subject is often art, Celia Paul and Julian Barnes.
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Julian recommends They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell 
Celia Paul recommends The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald 
Bookseller article on the history of Jonathan Cape: https://bit.ly/3wx4n9w
Host Shahidha Bari is also a Jonathan Cape author – read more about her book and work as a journalist here: https://bit.ly/2RQpYuI
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Delving into the art world. Julian Barnes and Celia Paul: Cape in Conversation

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Kamila Shamsie and Sunjeev Sahota: Authorship and Writing Histories

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