The Words of Colour Podcast

Words of Colour executive director and The Black Love Project co-founder Joy Francis joins award-winning fiction and romance author Ola Awonubi to discuss how they are challenging cultural and societal norms by being single, unmarried and non-parents in their 50s.

Black Love Project co-founder Patsy Isles, hosts an intergenerational discussion on motherhood, maternal health and being mothered with author and lifelong educator Dr Beverley Bryan and doula and perinatal mental health coach Tracey Louis-Fernand.

Mental health campaigner and chair of the Fathers’ Forum Lee Townsend talks to ‘Dad Coach’ Thomas Scannell about the critical role fathers play in shaping their children’s lives and the emotional challenges they face when estranged from their families.

Take Flight Hub presents the Book Adaptation Podcast Series, where writers of colour share their experiences of having their book adapted for theatre, TV and film, and adapting a book themselves.

In the final episode, Alex Wheatle MBE offers a detailed insight into having his YA book Crongton Knights adapted by Emteaz Hussain for Pilot Theatre, the value of collaborative working, and the importance of having a shared vision.

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Black Love Bytes is a candid, reflective and off the cuff conversation between The Black Love Project co-founders Joy Francis and Patsy Isles, exploring Black Britons' relationship to love, dating, intimacy and sex - warts and all.

In this week's episode, Joy and Patsy interview Adeolu Fola-Alade, Co-Founder of Baking Intelligence - the online knowledge market place for bakers. Discussing food, baking, family business and learning in the midst of Covid-19.

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Take Flight Hub presents the Book Adaptation Podcast Series, where writers of colour share their experiences of having their book adapted for theatre, TV and film, and adapting a book themselves.

In this episode, award-winning author Irenosen Okojie shares her experience of having her debut novel Butterfly Fish optioned and adapted by award-winning Black British film director Veronica McKenzie.

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Take Flight Hub presents the Book Adaptation Podcast Series, where writers of colour share their experiences of having their book adapted for theatre, TV and film, and adapting a book themselves.

In this episode, award-winning author Irenosen Okojie shares her experience of having her debut novel Butterfly Fish optioned and adapted by award-winning Black British film director Veronica McKenzie.

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Take Flight Hub presents the Book Adaptation Podcast Series, where writers of colour share their experiences of having their book adapted for theatre, TV and film, and adapting a book themselves.

In this episode, award-winning writer Sathnam Sanghera discusses why he was initially reluctant to have his acclaimed novel The Boy with the Top Knot adapted for TV, and why he said yes the second time round to it being turned into a film for BBC2.

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Take Flight Hub presents the Book Adaptation Podcast Series, where writers of colour share their experiences of having their book adapted for theatre, TV and film, and adapting a book themselves.

In this episode, award-winning writer Sathnam Sanghera discusses why he was initially reluctant to have his acclaimed novel The Boy with the Top Knot adapted for TV, and why he said yes the second time round to it being turned into a film for BBC2.

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Take Flight Hub presents the Book Adaptation Podcast Series, where writers of colour share their experiences of having their book adapted for theatre, TV and film, and adapting a book themselves.

In this episode, award-winning author Dorothy Koomson talks candidly about the highs and lows of having her bestselling novel The Ice Cream Girls adapted for ITV and the importance of staying true to your characters' culture and identity.

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