S8 Ep1 Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ author of A Spell of Good Things

Booker, Wellcome Book and Women’s Prize shortlisted; Future Awards Africa, Prix Les Afriques & 9mobile Prize winning, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, author of A SPELL OF GOOD THINGS and STAY WITH ME.

Ayọ̀bámi chats about:

• How she visualises the structure of her novels as she writes them.
• Why she chose to study a creative writing MA at the University of East Anglia after gaining her BA & MA from Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.
• How she used Nigerian novels that she loves in the writing of her Booker Prize shortlisted novel
• How her interest in theatre and experience as a playwright informs the prose in her novels.

Guest Author: Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Twitter: @AyobamiAdebayo IG: @ayobamiadebayo Books: A Spell Of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ & Stay With Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀


Ayọ̀bámi’s reading recommendations:
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Home Fires by Kamilla Shamsie

Host: Kate Sawyer Twitter: @katesawyer IG: @mskatesawyer Books: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer & This Family by Kate Sawyer

Novel Experience with Kate Sawyer is recorded and produced by Kate Sawyer - GET IN TOUCH or visit https://www.mskatesawyer.com/novelexperiencepodcast for more information.