Girl, Woman, Other
Dazzling and masterful
This is Britain as you’ve never read it. This is Britain as it has never been told. From Newcastle to Cornwall, from the birth of the twentieth century to the teens of the twenty-first, Girl, Woman, Other follows a cast of twelve characters on their personal journeys through this country and the last hundred years. They’re each looking for something – a shared past, an unexpected future, a place to call home, somewhere to fit in, a lover, a missed mother, a lost father, even just a touch of hope . . .
Winner of the Booker Prize 2019
‘Beautifully interwoven stories of identity, race, womanhood, and the realities of modern Britain’
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Profile of Bernardine Evaristo
(14 mins)
Bernardine Evaristo is the first black British woman to win the Booker Prize. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other shared the 2019 award with Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments. Mark Coles has been finding out about Evaristo’s life as an activist, actor and writer. Hear from her, her mum, sister and husband ! BBC Radio 4 Profile
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Author interview with Samira Ahmad
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Samira Ahmed, How I Found My Voice Podcast, speaks to Bernardine about how she found her voice, from growing up in South-East London and setting up the UK’s first black women’s theatre group to the moment she won the Booker for her novel Girl, Woman, Other.
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Review of Girl Woman Other
(57 mins)
Better Off Read Podcast. Sinead Overbye talks to Pip Adam about Bernadine Evaristo’s novel ‘Girl, Woman, Other’.
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Bernardine Evaristo
(7 mins)
Bernardine Evaristo tells us about Girl Woman Other and shares the books that inspired her in her 20s to put pen to paper herself an shaped her thinking as a writer.
WatchThe Waterstones Interview with Bernardine Evaristo
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Fresh from her success with the Booker Prize 2019, Waterstones spoke to Bernardine Evaristo about assembling her narrative, the fluidity of modern Britain and what winning the prize means to her.
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Bernardine Evaristo: on character
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Bernadine talks to The Royal Society of Literature about the art of writing, her creative process and her characters.
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The Guardian Review
+Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo review, joy as well as struggle by Misha Fraser-Carroll
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+Review of Girl, Woman, Other by Will Gompertz Arts Editor for the BBC.
Read ArticleBernardine Evaristo picks 20 books for International Women’s Day
+The Booker Prize-winner highlights contemporary Black British women authors
Read ArticleBook Club Questions for Girl, Woman, Other
+Sally Flint gives her review and suggests Book Club questions to spark debate.
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