Mostly Lit

Welcome to a new Valentines Day episode of Mostly Lit!This week:Rai believes it's logical.Alex thinks it's spiritual.Derek says mind your business.This week we ask: Do you believe in soul mates? This week's book: Essays In Love - Alain De Botton.This week's 'flic' - Notting Hill Best Life Reads: #MostlyLitCovers ------Booklist:Essays In Love - Alain De Botton Lullaby - Laila Slimani Lincoln in the Bardo - George Sanders ----------------Get involved!Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film!Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!Follow us on:Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stprTwitter - @mostlylitInstagram - @mostlylitpodYouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - [email protected] - tinyletter.com/mostlylit

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Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit!This week's book: Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie.This week's 'flic' - Black Panther (Anticipating the Hype) Thoughts!This week:Rai is walking in the spirit.Alex has sibling questions.Derek says no to cliques.(PSA: Minor Audio Dips, soz) ------Booklist:Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie A Death In The Family - Karl Ove KnausgaardMy Struggle - Karl Ove KnausgaardHistory - Ralph Waldo Emerson Meditations - Marcus Aurelius Lullaby - Leila SlimaniHinterhoff - James FentonRich Dad, Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston Bel Ami - Guy de MaupassantGo Tell It On The Mountain - James BaldwinSong Solomon - Toni Morisson Thousand Splendid Suns - Khalid HosseiniA New Spelling of My Name - Audre Lorde ----------------Get involved!Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film!Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!Follow us on:Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stprTwitter - @mostlylitInstagram - @mostlylitpodYouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - [email protected] - tinyletter.com/mostlylit

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Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit!This week's book: Killology by Gary Owen's @RoyalCourt and @ShermanTheatre production.This week's 'flic' - Get Out and Oscar Nomination Thoughts! This week:Rai is eating Jackfruit .Alex wants a reason to live.Derek has some Black British Gems for us. ------Booklist:Killology - Gary OwensTo Sir, With Love - E.R. BraithwaiteReasons To Stay Alive - Matt Haig Stoner - John Williams ----Best Life Reads - Reasons To Stay Alive, Matt Haig -----------------Get involved!Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film!Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!Follow us on:Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stprTwitter - @mostlylitInstagram - @mostlylitpodYouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - [email protected] - tinyletter.com/mostlylit

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Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit!This week's book: If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregor (Twitter: @jon_mcgregor)This week's 'flic' - Black Mirror Season 1 - Fifteen Billion Merits This week:Rai has a new hobby.Alex is a Romeo.Derek praises Black Mirror------Booklist:If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things - Jon McGregor Oreo - Fran RossUnder the Udala Trees - Chinelo Okparanta ----Best Life 'Listens' - Malia - Late Bloomer https://open.spotify.com/artist/5o6oaYrumOkkzsOmwZXJv6-----------------Get involved!Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film!Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!Follow us on:Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/mostly-lit-2?refid=stprTwitter - @mostlylitInstagram - @mostlylitpodYouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - [email protected] - tinyletter.com/mostlylit

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Welcome to a new episode of Mostly Lit! This week's book: Turtles All The Way Down by John Green (Twitter: @johngreen) This week's film: Bright This week the trio is a duo, but we're still lit! Rai's issue is a tear jerker as we say R.I.P to Harry Uzoka.Alex asks: are you ready to jump?------Booklist:Turtles All The Way Down - John Green Home Fire - Kamila ShamsieIn Our Mad And Furious City - Guy Gunaratne When To Jump - Mike Lewis -----------------Get involved!Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film!Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!Follow us on:Twitter - @mostlylitInstagram - @mostlylitpodYouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - [email protected] - tinyletter.com/mostlylit

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Happy New Year and Welcome to the first episode of the year! This week's book: Homer's OdysseyThis week the trio are back with a brand new episode for the year. Rai explores her obsession with Circe, Alex is doesn't really like Odysseus and Derek explains what it means to be among Sirens.------Get involved! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film!Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!Booklist: Trumpet - Jackie Kay Books For Living - Will Schwalbe All About Love - bell hooks The Spider King's Daughter - Chibunda OnuzoThe Symposium - Plato Keep The Aspidistra Flowing - George Orwell -----------------Follow us on:Twitter - @mostlylitInstagram - @mostlylitpodYouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - [email protected] - tinyletter.com/mostlylit----PROMO: The Roundhouse Camden in collaboration with Royal Opera House brings the opera The Return of Ulysses. Use code: 'mostlylit' to get 30% off of tickets for the show airing from Wednesday 10th - Sunday 21st January at 7.30pm. For tickets: www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/2018/the-return-of-ulysses?source_no=2623

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Merry Christmas!! This week the trio are bringing you a Christmas message filled with love, laughter and books! What are you reading this Christmas?Which books remind you of winter?And find out what the trio got each other for Secret Santa! Rai isn’t Gucci.Alex is Versace. Derek is Ethical.Get involved!We will return Monday January 8th 2018! Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film!Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!Follow us on:Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - [email protected] - tinyletter.com/mostlylit*Disclaimer: Apologies for sound hope it's not too off-putting!*

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This week, the trio discuss Existentialism. Are you free? What does freedom look like to you? Also, we ask about Black 'mediocrity', is it valid? Rai is certain. Alex is unsure. Derek's thinks it's simple.Get involved!Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film!Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!Follow us on:Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - [email protected]*Disclaimer: There is a faint echo, hope it's not too off-putting!*

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This week, the trio discusses Junot Diaz's 'Drown', the new 'Black' Queen, Jay-Z's confession and books to find your inner calm, and inner child!Adolescence...Rai wanted money.Alex wanted to escape. Derek wanted strength.Join them for their weekly does books and film chat! Get involved!Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books!Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!Follow us on:Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - [email protected] - Lolita - Nabakov Drown - Junot Diaz This Is How You Lose Her - Junot Diaz For Esme with Love and Squalor - J.D. Salinger The Book of Dust - Phillip Pullman Black Panther - Ta Na-Hesi Coates Franny and Zooey - J. D Salinger Things You See When You Slow Down - Haemin SuminI Want My Hat Back - Jon Klassen So Much - Trish Cooke Where The Wild Things Are - Maurice ZendakMeg and Mog - Jan PieńkowskiElmer The Patchwork Elephant - David McKeeNot Now Bernard - David McKee Films - Kiss Kiss Bang BangFor Colored Girls

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BONUS EPISODE: What a better way to end National Novel Writing Month, than to collaborate with Penguin Random House UK and WriteNow! Today we have an exciting episode in collaboration with Penguin Random House UK and #WriteNowLive. WriteNow aims to find, mentor and publish new writers from under-represented communities. WriteNow was created by Penguin Random House in 2016 to help ensure books and publishing better reflect UK society. It aims to find unpublished voices that are currently under-represented in books across all genres, including Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children’s. This includes writers from a socio-economically marginalised background, LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer) or BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) writers, or writers with a disability.Mostly Lit joined Penguin Random House UK at WriteNow London to find out more.Have a listen to writers Elif Shafak (@Elif_Safak) author of Three Daughters of Eve and Mahsuda Snaith (@mahsudasnaith) author of The Things We Thought We Knew about what it means to be published writers and novelists. Mostly Lit also speak to 2017 mentees Reeta Loi (@r_e_e_t_a_ )and Iqbaal Hussein who are unpublished writers as they talk about their experiences with writing, editing and at WriteNow. The trio also talks to former mentee from WriteNow 2016, Charlene Allcott (Twitter @moderatemum) who has recently had her novel bought by Transworld, about her writing process. And finally, William Heinemann editor Tom Avery talks about the editing process. Have a look at the website here: www.penguinrandomhouse.co.uk/writenow@PenguinRHUK Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the books and film!Rate and review us on iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube!Follow us on:Twitter - @mostlylit Instagram - @mostlylitpod YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - [email protected]

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