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Bookshelfie: Jameela Jamil
Season 4 Episode 7
Actor, presenter and advocate Jameela Jamil tells Zawe why we need to own the narrative around women’s bodies.
Jameela started out on T4 in 2009, bef…
4 years, 9 months ago
Bookshelfie: Bonnie Greer
Season 4 Episode 6
Activist, playwright, novelist, critic, broadcaster and ‘searcher’ Bonnie Greer tells Zawe about the power of being on the outside looking in.
Bonni…
4 years, 10 months ago
Bookshelfie: Nia DaCosta
Season 4 Episode 5
Film director Nia DaCosta chats to Zawe Ashton about directing the new Marvel film - The Marvels and why she’s proud of the label ‘black, female dir…
4 years, 10 months ago
Bookshelfie: June Sarpong
Season 4 Episode 4
TV presenter, executive and author June Sarpong tells Zawe Ashton how storytelling has played a central role in her life.
June must be one of the mo…
4 years, 10 months ago
Bookshelfie: Edith Bowman
Season 4 Episode 3
Radio DJ and TV presenter Edith Bowman talks to Zawe Ashton about their shared teenage obsession with Marilyn Monroe, being part of the early days of…
4 years, 10 months ago
Bookshelfie: Claire Danes
Season 4 Episode 2
Iconic actor Claire Danes talks to our new host Zawe Ashton about the messy female protagonists that have had a positive impact on her life.
Claire …
4 years, 11 months ago
Bookshelfie: Candice Carty-Williams
Season 4 Episode 1
Candice Carty-Williams, bestselling author of Queenie, talks to our new host Zawe Ashton about how groundbreaking fiction can help decolonize British…
4 years, 11 months ago
Bookshelfie: Katherine Ryan (Live at Latitude)
Season 3 Episode 15
Recorded in front of a live audience at Latitude festival, comedian and writer Katherine Ryan tells Yomi why no-one should be scared to be disliked. …
5 years ago
Live Bookshelfie: Bernardine Evaristo
Season 3 Episode 14
Recorded in front of a live audience with guest presenter Pandora Sykes, 2021 Women's Prize Chair of Judges Bernardine Evaristo shares the five books…
5 years ago
Shortlist 2021: The Authors
Season 3 Episode 13
Yomi speaks to the six incredible authors who have been shortlisted for the 2021 Prize - Brit Bennett, Patricia Lockwood, Claire Fuller, Cherie Jones…
5 years, 3 months ago