Today, we're revisiting our interview with Diana Evans from a couple of years ago, as well as hearing about new books out this month. Diana Evans is the author of three novels, 26a, The Wonder, and most recently Ordinary People, which came out this spring in the UK to much acclaim and is out this week in the US. She talked to Claire about her favourite London-set books, her own past life as a dancer, why it was important for her to capture the experience of middle class black brits, and more. Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways. Books Mentioned on the Podcast: 26a, by Diana Evans The Wonder, by Diana Evans Ordinary People, by Diana Evans After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie, by Jean Rhys On Beauty, by Zadie Smith This Is London: Life and Death in the World City, by Ben Judah Heart Berries, by Terese Marie Mailhot Tender Is the Night, by F Scott Fitzgerald Dancer, by Colum McCann Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake, by Lucia Joyce Nijinski, by Richard Buckle The Cranes Dance, by Meg Howrey Revolutionary Road, by Richard Yates Get a Life, Chloe Brown, by Talia Hibbert Take a Hint, Dani Brown, by Talia Hibbert To Be Someone, by Ian Stone Out of Love, by Hazel Hayes The Seduction, by Joanna Briscoe Unscripted, by Claire Handscombe ***** I encourage you, now and always, to buy some of your books from Black-owned bookshops in London and in the UK more generally. Here's a list of books by Black British authors. Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways. Sign up for Book of the Month and get your first book for just $9.99 with the code BRITLIT! In the US, buy your hardbacks and paperbacks from Bookshop.org to support the podcast, as well as independent bookshops! Get your first three audiobooks for under $5 each with the code BRITLIT on Libro.fm. Buy Claire's novel, Unscripted. Want to help the Brit Lit Podcast survive and thrive? Here are some painless ways. Questions? Comments? Need a book recommendation? Email Claire at [email protected] ***** The Brit Lit Podcast Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Website Claire Twitter / Facebook / Blog / Novel Diana Evans Twitter

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