BookBound 2020

Programme of Events

27 April – 3 May

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Programme of Events

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MON 27 April

10.30 am Storytime with Jasbinder Bilan Asha and the Spirit Bird 15-min event for younger viewers (rec. age 9-12)

2.30pm Storytime with Ernesto Cisneros Efrén Divided 15-min event for younger viewers (rec. age 9-12)

5.30 pm Nikesh Shukla | Monique Roffey Writing Lessons Hosted by Tessa McWatt

7.15 pm

Max Porter | Will Harris Lyricism and London Hosted by Jamie Trower

9.15 pm

Samantha Harvey | Georgie Codd Shapeless Fears Hosted by Sarah Allely

TUES 28 April

10.30 am Storytime with Esther Kent Molly’s Circus 15-min event for younger viewers (rec. age 2-5)

2.30 pm Storytime with Annabelle Sami Llama Out Loud 15-min event for younger viewers (rec. age 9-12)

5.30 pm Horatio Clare | Sam Mills Inside Minds

Hosted by Georgina Lawton

7.15 pm

Sarah Perry | Abi Palmer Snakes, Crows and Paddling Pools Hosted by Dan Richards

9.15 pm Emma Byrne | Freya Daly Sadgrove Language, Woman! Hosted by Georgie Codd

WEDS 29 April

10.30 am Storytime with Guy Bass Skeleton Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon 15-min event for younger viewers (rec. age 7-9)

2.30 pm Story Reading with Samuel Pollen The Year I Didn’t Eat 15-min event for young adult viewers

5.30 pm Clare Pooley | CJ Flood Authentic Authors Hosted by Octavia Bright

7.15 pm Daniel Mallory Ortberg | Rijula Das Challenging Conversations Hosted by Amber Massie-Blomfield

9.15 pm

Kim Sherwood | Eleanor Wasserberg Fiction and History, Now Hosted by Dan Richards

THURS 30 April

10.30 am Storytime with Judith Eagle The Pear Affair 15-min event for younger viewers (rec. age 9-12)

2.30 pm Storytime with William Goldsmith Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective 15-min event for younger viewers (rec. age 9-12)

5.30 pm

Paul McVeigh | Alex Wheatle | Rhiannon L Cosslett A Touch of Class Group conversation

7.15 pm

Robert Webb | Cathy Rentzenbrink Matters of the Heart Hosted by Georgie Codd

9.15 pm Emma Glass | Margarita García Robayo Novel(la) Ideas Hosted by Susan Rudy

FRI 1 May

2.30 pm Storytime with Patience Agbabi The Infinite 15-min event for younger viewers (rec. age 9-12)

5.30 pm

Stanley Donwood | Caleb Femi What the Artist Saw Hosted by Dan Richards

7.15 pm

Winnie M Li | Daniel Mella Real Live Fiction Hosted by Jamie Trower

9.15 pm

Pip Adam | Guy Gunaratne Uncomfortable Truths Hosted by Azadeh Moaveni

SAT 2 May

3.30 pm

Philip Hoare | Dan Richards Writing the Fathoms Hosted by Malú Ansaldo

5.30 pm Michelle Paver | Richard Lambert Dark Beasts Hosted by Georgie Codd

7.15 pm David Lammy | Maya Goodfellow Migration, Britain and Beyond the Pandemic Hosted by Malachi McIntosh

9.15 pm

Paul Mendez | Niven Govinden In Place of Pages Hosted by Octavia Bright

SUN 3 May

3.30 pm Jennifer Wong | Soniah Kamal Relocation, Relocation, Relocation Hosted by Romesh Gunesekera

5.30 pm

Intisar Khanani | Holly Bourne Teenage Dreams Hosted by CJ Flood

7.15 pm Lola Olufemi | Renée | Becky Manawatu Crimes of the Feminist Activist Group conversation

Mon 27 April | 10.30 am BST / 5.30 am EDT / 9.30 pm NZST

Jasbinder Bilan storytime session for younger viewers (rec. for ages 9-12)

Asha and the Spirit Bird

Costa Children’s Book Award winner Jasbinder Bilan reads the opening

chapter of her prize-winning novel, Asha and the Spirit Bird. Set in the

foothills of the Himalayas, Asha and her best friend Jeevan risk a

dangerous journey to find her father, all the while guided by a

mysterious spirit bird.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speaker: Mr. B’s Emporium (Bath), Toppings (Bath)

Asha and the Spirit Bird by Jasbinder Bilan

Mon 27 April | 2.30 pm BST / 9.30 am EDT / Tues 28 April | 1.30 am NZST

Ernesto Cisneros storytime session for younger viewers (rec. age 9-12)

Efrén Divided

Ernesto Cisneros reads an extract from his debut novel, Efrén Divided,

the story of a young boy on the search for his mother after her

deportation from their home back to Mexico.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Recommended bookshop: Hive (online)

Efrén Divided by Ernesto Cisneros

Mon 27 April | 5.30pm BST / 12.30 pm EDT / Tues 28 April | 4.30 am NZST

Nikesh Shukla & Monique Roffey hosted by author Tessa McWatt

Writing Lessons

Authors Nikesh Shukla and Monique Roffey are

connected not only by their own commitment to

writing creatively, but by careers teaching students

how to write creatively. What is the impact of the

lockdown on their work? Tune in as they unpack

lessons taught and learnt. Chaired by novelist, essayist,

and professor of creative writing, Tessa McWatt.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Paper Based (Trinidad), Storysmith (Bristol), Newham

Bookshop (London), Daunt Books (London)

Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home by Nikesh Shukla

The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey

Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging by Tessa McWatt

Mon 27 April | 7.15 pm BST / 2.15 pm EDT / Tues 28 April | 6.15 am NZST

Max Porter & Will Harris hosted by poet Jamie Trower

Lyricism and London

Where does prose end and poetry begin? Man Booker

Prize-nominated Max Porter and poet Will Harris both

experiment with these boundaries in their work.

There’s also a tone to their voices that some consider

distinctly 'London'. Join them with chair, New Zealand

poet Jamie Trower, as they discuss their distinct

approaches to writing.

Live. Subtitles available after 24 hours.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Point Reye’s Books (California), Readings (Australia), The

English Bookshop (Sweden), Burley Fisher (London), Storysmith (Bristol), Lighthouse

(Edinburgh), Unity Books (NZ)

Lanny by Max Porter

RENDANG by Will Harris

A Sign of Light by Jamie Trower

Mon 27 April | 9.15pm BST / 4.15 pm EDT / Tues 28 April | 8.15 am NZST

Samantha Harvey & Georgie Codd hosted by podcaster Sarah Allely

Shapeless Fears

In the wake of her cousin’s death, Samantha Harvey

endured a year of extreme sleep deprivation awash with

anxiety; her heart ‘a tough lump of meat, flooded by

fear.’ Georgie Codd’s fearful obsession with the sea,

and the unknown, sparked a four-year, panic-laced

mission to conquer anxiety altogether. Their recently-

published memoirs are the basis of t his conversation.

Hosted by journalist Sarah Allely, whose 2019 podcast

explores the links between nature and recovery.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Brick Lane Bookshop (London), Corsham Bookshop

(Wiltshire), Gleebooks (Sydney), Better Read Than Dead (Newtown, NSW), Gulliver’s

(Wimborne)

The Shapeless Unease by Samantha Harvey

We Swim to the Shark by Georgie Codd

Brain on Nature by Sarah Allely

Tues 28 April | 10.30 am BST / 5.30 am EDT / 9.30 pm NZST

Esther Kent storytime session for younger viewers (re. age 2-5)

Molly’s Circus

Debut author Esther Kent reads her beautiful picture book Molly’s Circus

to inject adventure and imagination into little people’s days.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshop championed by speaker: Hive (online)

Molly’s Circus by Esther Kent

Tues 28 April | 2.30 pm BST / 9.30 am EDT / Weds 29 April | 1.30 am NZST

Annabelle Sami storytime session for younger viewers

Llama Out Loud

Annabelle Sami reads from her hilarious second novel, Llama Out Loud.

Find out what happens when quiet Yasmin accidently brings home Levi,

a loud, sassy toy llama.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshop championed by speaker: Round Table Books (London)

Llama Out Loud by Annabelle Sami

Tues 28 April | 5.30 pm BST / 12.30 pm EDT / Weds 29 April | 4.30 am NZST

Horatio Clare & Sam Mills hosted by author Georgina Lawton

Inside Minds

Broadcaster and writer Horatio Clare took on the

challenge of a 250-mile walk in Germany in order to

find some closeness with his subject: the composer J.S.

Bach. The subject for Sam Mills’ memoir was much

nearer to home: the father she cares for, who suffers

from paranoid schizophrenia. Join Sam and Horatio as

they discuss their memoirs with the journalist and

soon-to-be-published author, Georgina Lawton.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Kirkdale Bookshop (London), Clapham Books (London),

Livraria Lello (Porto), Bookish (Crickhowell), The Book Case (Hebden Bridge)

Something of his Art by Horatio Clare

Fragments of my Father by Sam Mills

Raceless by Georgina Lawton

Tues 28 April | 7.15 pm BST / 2.15 pm EDT / Weds 29 April | 6.15 am NZST

Sarah Perry & Abi Palmer hosted by author Dan Richards

Snakes, Crows and Paddling Pools

Abi Palmer is an artist and essayist whose recent

memoir, Sanatorium, interweaves poetry and

meditations on the body to create a mesmerising,

mercurial debut. Sarah Perry’s gothic masterpiece, The

Essex Serpent was an international bestseller. Her

follow up, Melmoth, was hailed as ‘one of the great

literary achievements of our young century.’ (The

Observer). BookBound 2020 is delighted to have these two phenomenal writers with us to talk

through subjects as far-ranging as female agency, recovery, black humour and paddling pools.

Live. Subtitles available after 24 hours.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Book Hive (Norwich), Review Bookshop (London), The

Arnolfini Bookshop (Bristol)

Melmoth by Sarah Perry

Sanatorium by Abi Palmer

Outpost by Dan Richards

Tues 28 April | 9.15 pm BST / 4.15 pm EDT / Weds 29 April | 8.15 am NZST

Emma Byrne & Freya Daly Sadgrove hosted by author Georgie Codd

Language, Woman!

Robots, potty-mouth, the art of the self-roast, mental

health, and how to behave badly in public are just a few

of the topics that might crop up in conversation for

these two explosive writers. Join New Zealand poet and

performer Freya Daly Sadgrove in less-than-polite

conversation with the science writer Emma Byrne, who

is a bonafide expert on swearing. Hosted by author Georgie Codd.

Note: this conversation will cover a broad range of topics, with references to

suicide, child abuse and traumatic events among them. Viewer discretion is

advised.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Unity Books (NZ), Primrose Hill Books (London), Cogito

Books (Hexham), Jaffé and Neale (Oxon)

Head Girl by Freya Daly Sadgrove

Swearing is Good for You by Emma Byrne

We Swim to the Shark by Georgie Codd

Weds 29 April | 10.30 am BST / 5.30 am EDT / 9.30 pm NZST

Guy Bass storytime session for younger viewers (rec. age 7-9)

Skeleton Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon

Guy Bass entertains us all with a chapter from his latest novel, Skeleton

Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon. Drawing along beside him is the man

who gave a face (and body) to Skeleton Keys himself, illustrator Pete

Williamson.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshop championed by speaker: The Oundle Bookshop (Peterborough)

Skeleton Keys: The Haunting of Luna Moon by Guy Bass

Weds 29 April | 2.30 pm BST / 9.30 am EDT / Thurs 30 April | 1.30 am NZST

Samuel Pollen author session for young adult viewers

The Year I Didn’t Eat

Samuel Pollen reads from his poignant debut novel, The Year I

Didn’t Eat, an unforgettable, uplifting story of one boy's battle with

anorexia.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshop championed by speaker: Hive (online)

The Year I Didn’t Eat by Samuel Pollen

Weds 29 April | 5.30 pm BST / 12. 30 pm EDT / Thurs 30 April | 4.30 am NZST

Clare Pooley & CJ Flood hosted by podcaster Octavia Bright

Authentic Authors

Clare Pooley, author of The Sober Diaries and the

recently published novel The Authenticity Project, gets

real with Beautiful Hangover blogger CJ (Chelsey)

Flood, who hasn’t had a drink since publishing her

second YA novel in 2016. Join them as they discuss their

latest, life-writing-fuelled projects, spanning city streets

and Arctic tundra. Chaired by the writer, academic and

Literary Friction co-host Octavia Bright.

Live. Subtitles available after 24 hours.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Nomad (London), Mainstreet Trading Company (Scottish

Borders), Mrs Dalloway’s (California), Pages Hackney (London), Toppings (Bath), Shakespeare &

Co (Paris)

The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley

Infinite Sky by CJ Flood

Literary Friction by Octavia Bright and Carrie Plitt

Weds 29 April | 7.15 pm BST / 2.15 pm EDT / Thurs 30 April | 6.15 am NZST

Daniel M Ortberg & Rijula Das hosted by author Amber Massie-Blomfield

Challenging Conversations

Acclaimed American author, Daniel M Ortberg, is

Slate’s Dear Prudence columnist, and a leading writer

on issues of gender, identity and what it means to

transition. He’ll be speaking with New Zealand-based

author, Rijula Das, whose academic work focuses on the

connections between public space and sexual violence. A

Death in Shonagachhi, her powerful debut novel, is

rooted of this research. Chaired by international theatre

producer and author, Amber Massie-Blomfield.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Books are Magic (Brooklyn), Pegasus Books (Oakland),

Seagull Books (Calcutta), Pages Cheshire Street (London), Golden Hare Books (Edinburgh)

Something That May Shock and Discredit You by Daniel M Ortberg

A Death in Shonagachhi by Rijula Das

Twenty Theatres to See Before You Die by Amber Massie-Blomfield

Weds 29 April | 9:15 pm BST / 4.15 pm EDT / Thurs 30 April | 8.15 am NZST

Kim Sherwood & Eleanor Wasserberg hosted by author Dan Richards

Fiction and History, Now

Art, war and witness are key themes and concerns for

Kim Sherwood and Eleanor Wasserberg in their novels

Testament and The Light at the End of the Day. Join

these two compelling storytellers as they rove from

Russia and Hungary to England, past and present, in

what promises to be a gripping conversation about

family histories, personal identity and the ongoing grief, loss and trauma of the Holocaust.

Chaired by Dan Richards.

Live. Subtitles available after 24 hours.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Mr. B’s (Bath), The Book Hive (Norwich), Barter Books

(Alnwick), Toppings (Ely)

Testament by Kim Sherwood

The Light at the End of the Day by Eleanor Wasserberg

Outpost by Dan Richards

Thurs 30 April | 10.30 am BST / 5.30 am EDT / 9.30 pm NZST

Judith Eagle storytime session for younger viewers (rec. age 9-12)

The Pear Affair

Judith Eagle reads the opening chapter of her latest novel The Pear Affair

and introduces the audience to Nell Magnificent and her awful, but filthy-

rich parents before a trip to Paris that turns Nell’s life upside down.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshop championed by speaker: Tales on Moon Lane (London)

The Pear Affair by Judith Eagle

Thurs 30 April | 2.30 pm BST / 9.30 am EDT / Fri 1 May | 1.30 am NZST

William Goldsmith storytime session for younger viewers

Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective

William Goldsmith reads from his new children’s novel, Mark Anchovy:

Pizza Detective. Meet Colin Kinsley, pizza delivery boy and aspiring

detective as he joins a league of the world’s first ‘caterer-detectives’ and

gets sucked into the world of art theft and gangsters.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshop championed by speaker: Barter Books, Alnwick

Mark Anchovy: Pizza Detective by William Goldsmith

Thurs 30 April | 5.30 pm BST / 12.30 pm EDT / Fri 1 May | 4.30 am NZST

Paul McVeigh, Alex Wheatle & Rhiannon L Cosslett

A Touch of Class

BookBound 2020 is thrilled to be

bringing together Paul McVeigh,

Alex Wheatle and Rhiannon L

Cosslett, whose approaches to

writing span genres, backgrounds

and audiences. Why did we link

them? Their common interests in

matters of class and publishing. Tune in to hear this unique trio discuss their latest projects:

Common People: An Anthology of Working Class Writers (McVeigh), acclaimed YA novel Home

Girl (Wheatle), and compelling debut The Tyranny of Lost Things (Cosslett).

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: No Alibis (Belfast), Gay’s the Word (London), The Owl

Bookshop (London), Kenilworth Books (Warwickshire), Dulwich Bookshop (London)

Common People: An Anthology of Working Class Writers Ed. Kit de Wall

The Tyranny of Lost Things by Rhiannon L Cosslett

Home Girl by Alex Wheatle

Thurs 30 April | 7:15 pm BST / 2.15 pm EDT / Fri 1 May | 6.15 am NZST

Robert Webb & Cathy Rentzenbrink hosted by author Georgie Codd

Matters of the Heart

Comedian and writer Robert Webb – best known for

his roles on Peep Show and as one half of That

Mitchell and Webb Look – has followed his #1

bestselling memoir How Not To Be A Boy with the

recently-published novel Come Again. His

conversation partner is the journalist, podcaster and

author Cathy Rentzenbrink, whose memoir A Manual for Heartache is a beautiful exploration of

love, loss and finding joy. Tune in for a live discussion about grief, humour and novel-writing,

hosted by Georgie Codd.

Live. Subtitles available after 24 hours.

Bookshops championed by speakers: West End Lane Books (London), Falmouth Bookseller

(Cornwall), Hunting Raven (Frome)

Come Again by Robert Webb

A Manual for Heartache by Cathy Rentzenbrink

We Swim to the Shark by Georgie Codd

Thurs 30 April | 9:15 pm BST / 5.15 pm EDT / Fri 1 May | 8.15 am NZST

Emma Glass & Margarita García Robayo hosted by Prof. Susan Rudy

Novel(la) Ideas

Emma Glass is the author of the acclaimed debut

novella Peach. Colombian writer Margarita García

Robayo is the author of numerous works of fiction and

non-fiction. Listen in as these two novella maestros,

alert to the power of poetry and pith, discuss ideas and

experiences, sharing details about their new projects:

Rest and Be Thankful (Glass) and Holiday Heart

(García Robayo). Hosted by Professor Susan Rudy, an academic specialising in women’s

experimental writing.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Burley Fisher Books (London), Review Bookshop (London),

Westend Lane Books (London)

Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass

Fish Soup by Margarita García Robayo

Fri 1 May | 2.30 pm BST / 9.30 am EDT / Sat 2 May | 1.30 am NZST

Patience Agbabi storytime session for younger viewers (rec. age 9-12)

The Infinite

Performer and poet Patience Agbabi reads from her debut children’s

novel, The Infinite, a story of time-travel, detectives and palindromes.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshop championed by speaker: Hive (online)

The Infinite by Patience Agbabi

Fri 1 May | 5.30 pm BST / 12.30 pm EDT / Sat 2 May | 4.30 am NZST

Stanley Donwood & Caleb Femi hosted by author Dan Richards

What the Artist Saw

Robert Macfarlane described cult graphic designer and

long-time Radiohead collaborator Stanley Donwood’s

Bad Island as ‘a mute future archive, discovered in the

remnants of a civilisation.’ Likewise Caleb Femi’s

forthcoming poetry collection Poor is itself a kind of

archive—a tribute in photography and poetry to the

South London he grew up in. Join these two versatile

artists as they talk about their work within the converging worlds of music, art and language.

Live. Subtitles available after 24 hours.

Bookshops championed by speakers: City Books (Brighton), Mr. B’s (Bath), Red Lion Books

(Colchester)

Bad Island by Stanley Donwood

Poor by Caleb Femi

Outpost by Dan Richards

Fri 1 May | 7.15 pm BST / 2.15 pm EDT / Sat 2 May | 6.15 am NZST

Winnie M Li & Daniel Mella hosted by poet Jamie Trower

Real Live Fiction

What are the boundaries between real life events and their fictional versions? Winnie M Li’s

powerful first novel Dark Chapter, a fictionalised retelling of her own rape, won the Not The

Booker Prize. She talks with the internationally-acclaimed Uruguayan author Daniel Mella,

whose latest novel, Older Brother, was created as a

response to the death of Mella’s brother. Their

conversation is hosted by the poet Jamie Trower.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: News From

Nowhere (Liverpool), Newham Bookshop (London),

Lautréamont Libreria (Montevideo), Unity Books (NZ)

Dark Chapter by Winnie M. Li

Older Brother by Daniel Mella

A Sign of Light by Jamie Trower

Fri 1 May | 9.15 pm BST / 4.15 pm EDT / Sat 2 May | 8.15 am NZST

Pip Adam & Guy Gunaratne hosted by Azadeh Moaveni

Uncomfortable Truths

‘We may be able to provide a private place to tell

uncomfortable truths’, novelist and human rights

journalist, Guy Gunaratne, said of writers in his

keynote at the Ubad Readers and Writers Festival last

year. The celebrated New Zealand author and

podcaster, Pip Adam, whose own award-winning

fictions are uncomfortably truthful, partners Guy in

conversation for BookBound 2020. Tune in for an honest, hemisphere-straddling conversation

about writing, life and the truths in-between. Hosted by journalist and academic Azadeh

Moaveni, whose latest book, Guest House for Young Widows, explores the role of women inside

the Islamic State.

Live. Subtitles available after 24 hours.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Unity Books (NZ), Big Green Bookshop (London), Vic

Books (NZ)

In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne

The New Animals by Pip Adam

Guest House for Young Widows by Azadeh Moaveni

Sat 2 May | 3.30 pm BST / 10.30 am EDT / Sun 3 May | 2.30 am NZST

Dan Richards & Philip Hoare hosted by producer Malú Ansaldo

Writing the Fathoms

Dan Richards and Philip Hoare share a fascination

for wilderness and wildness. In Outpost and

RisingTideFallingStar, they travel far off lands and

mysterious seas to better understand the human

imagination and tell stories of artists, writers and

explorers similarly drawn to the ends of the earth.

Here they will discuss creativity, the natural world, and the changing role of ‘travel writing’ in the

21st century. Chaired by the Head of Performing Arts at the Roundhouse, London, Malú Ansaldo.

Live. Subtitles available after 24 hours.

Bookshops championed by speakers: October Books (Southampton), BookStop (Tavistock),

Lighthouse Books (Edinburgh), Eterna Cadencia (Buenos Aires), Libreria Ultima Spiaggia

(Camogli)

RisingTideFallingStar by Philip Hoare

Outpost by Dan Richards

Sat 2 May | 5.30 pm BST / 12.30 pm EDT / Sun 3 May | 4.30 am NZST

Michelle Paver & Richard Lambert hosted by author Georgie Codd

Dark Beasts

Join global bestselling YA sensation Michelle Paver,

author of the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, in

conversation with award-winning short-story writer,

poet, and debut YA novelist Richard Lambert as they

discuss boyhood quests, grief, and the haunting powers

of wolves. Chaired by Georgie Codd, whose recently-

published We Swim to the Shark has its own share of

beasts and fears.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: The Aldeburgh Bookshop (Norfolk), Book Hive (Norwich),

Broadway Bookshop (London), Review Bookshop (London)

The Wolf Road by Richard Lambert

Viper’s Daughter by Michelle Paver

We Swim to the Shark by Georgie Codd

Sat 2 May | 7.15 pm BST / 2.15 pm EDT / Sun 3 May | 6.15 am NZST

David Lammy & Maya Goodfellow hosted by editor Malachi McIntosh

Migration, Britain and Beyond the

Pandemic

How do immigrants fare in a pandemic? What questions

do politicians and policy-makers need to start asking

about migration? What should we expect in, and from

Britain, post-Covid? Former barrister and newly-

appointed shadow cabinet minister, David Lammy, and writer-academic, Maya Goodfellow come

together to discuss their work, and the politics of migration before, during, and after Covid-

19. Chaired by the editor and publishing director of Wasafiri magazine, Malachi McIntosh.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: New Beacon Books (London), Brattle Bookshop (Boston,

MA), Waterstone’s Birmingham

Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats by Maya Goodfellow

Tribes: How our Need to Belong can Make or Break Society by David Lammy

Wasafiri Magazine Ed. Malachi McIntosh

Sat 2 May | 9.15 pm BST / 4.15 pm EDT / Sun 3 May | 8.15 am NZST

Paul Mendez & Niven Govinden hosted by Octavia Brght

In Place of Pages

Authors Paul Mendez and Niven Govinden were all

set to discuss their latest novels at the Pages Hackney

bookshop this May. In the wake of that cancellation,

we are delighted to be introducing them to the

BookBound 2020 audience, hosted by the brilliant

Octavia Bright, creator of Literary Friction podcast.

Tune in for a conversation covering queerness, creative writing and the LGBTQI+ experience in

relation to Paul’s stunning debut Rainbow Milk, and Niven’s fierce fourth novel This Brutal

House.

Live. Subtitles available after 24 hours

Bookshops championed by speakers: Pages Hackney (London), Gay’s the Word (London),

Housmans (London), Category Is (Glasgow), Desperate Literature (Madrid), Bookseller Crow

(London), Halls Bookshop (Kent)

Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez

This Brutal House by Niven Govinden

Sun 3 May | 3.3o pm BST / 10.30 am EDT / Mon 4 May | 2.30 am NZST

Jennifer Wong & Soniah Kamal hosted by author Romesh Gunesekera

Relocation, Relocation, Relocation

UK-based poet Jennifer Wong was born and raised

in Hong Kong. US-based novelist, Soniah Kamal,

was born in Pakistan, and grew up between England

and Saudi Arabia. In very different, yet equally

masterful ways, their work digs into subjects of place

and belonging: through the poetry of Wong’s bold

collection Letters Home and Kamal’s smart re-

imagining of Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan, Unmarriageable. Their conversation is hosted by

the Sri-Lankan born, London-based author Romesh Gunesekera, whose books have attracted

critical acclaim across the globe.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Chener Books (London), London Review Bookshop, Jane

Austen Books (Ohio), Lark & Owl Booksellers (Texas), Charis Books and More (Georgia, US)

Unmarriageable: Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan by Soniah Kamal

Letters Home by Jennifer Wong

Suncatcher by Romesh Gunesekera

Sun 3 May | 5.30 pm BST / 12.30 pm EDT / Mon 4 May | 4.30 am NZST

Intisar Khanani & Holly Bourne hosted by author C.J. Flood

Teenage Dreams

BookBound 2020 is excited to link authors across the

Atlantic in this event, for a fascinating discussion about

the world of writing for young adults (YA). Best-selling

British author Holly Bourne will be in conversation

with US-based YA novelist Intisar Khanani about all

things teen – from their decisions to write for this age

group, to the importance of an authentic YA voice, and just how they access that headspace when

they write. Their chat will be hosted by fellow YA author and memoir writer CJ Flood.

Live. Subtitles available after 24 hours.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Joseph Beth Bookstore (Ohio), Bloom and Curll (Bristol),

Big Green Bookshop (London)

Thorn by Intisar Khanani

All the Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly Bourne

Infinite Sky by CJ Flood

Sun 3 May| 7.15 pm BST / 2.15 pm EDT / Mon 4 May | 6.15 am NZST

Lola Olufemi, Renée & Becky Manawatu

Crimes of the Feminist Activist

From New Zealand’s remote West

Coast, novelist and journalist Becky

Manawatu (Ngāi Tahu) speaks with

black feminist writer, organiser and

researcher Lola Olufemi, in

London. They are joined by the 90-

year-old New Zealand literary legend, Renée (Ngāti Kahungunu), who describes herself as ‘a

lesbian feminist with socialist working-class ideals’ and whose first crime novel The Wild Card

was published earlier this year.

Pre-recorded. Subtitles available.

Bookshops championed by speakers: Unity Books (NZ), The Women’s Bookshop (NZ), New

Beacon Books (London), The Feminist Library (London)

Feminism Interrupted by Lola Olufemi

Auē by Becky Manawatu

The Wild Card by Renée