Poets & Writers Theater
Every day we share a new clip of interest to creative writers—author readings, book trailers, publishing panels, craft talks, and more. So grab some popcorn, filter the theater tags by keyword or genre, and explore our sizable archive of literary videos.
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In this Waterstones video, Bernadine Evaristo introduces her novel Girl, Woman, Other (Hamish Hamilton, 2019), which she describes as “fusion fiction” and a “celebration of Black womanhood,” and the books that influenced her as a young writer. Evaristo won the 2019 Booker Prize for Girl, Woman, Other, sharing the prize with Margaret Atwood for The Testaments (Chatto & Windus, 2019).
Tags: Fiction | Bernardine Evaristo | Girl, Woman, Other | Hamish Hamilton | 2019 | Booker Prize | Waterstones | Audre Lorde | Ntozake Shange | Derek Walcott -
“I’m still in awe of the range of stories and voices that they bring and the worlds that they open up. It’s an incredibly eclectic group.” In this video, Afua Hirsch and fellow members of the judging panel talk about the six books on the 2019 Booker Prize shortlist, which include The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, Quichotte by Salman Rushdie, and Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann.
Tags: Fiction | Booker Prize | Man Booker Prize | 2019 | The Testaments | Margaret Atwood | Ducks, Newburyport | Lucy Ellmann | Girl, Woman, Other | Bernardine Evaristo | An Orchestra of Minorities | Chigozie Obioma | Quichotte | Salman Rushdie | 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World | Elif Shafak