A Pair of Bookends
April Book Club with Elif Shafak: Inequality in the Arts, Representing Marginalised Communities & Water Scarcity
16 Apr 2025
On today's episde Hannah was joined by the wonderful Elif Shafak to discuss her latest novel There Are Rivers in the Sky which is out now in paperback. They discuss the importance of storytelling, not letting fear hold her back, why she wanted to write about the Yazidi people and so much more. If you enjoy this episode please do rate, review & subscribe and for more content you can find us via Patreon. You can find Elif via Instagram and via her Substack: Unmapped Storylands.You can find us via Instagram, Twitter/X & Tik TokBooks & other mentions in this episode:The Poems of Hannah ArendtTheft by Abdulrazak GurnahThe Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif ShafakHow To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir by Safiya SinclairThanks so much for listening, until next time- happy reading!
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