Our series of legends continues with the novelist, short story writer, playwright and podcaster Irenosen Okojie MBE! Irenosen's debut, Butterfly Fish, won the Betty Trask Award and her short story collection, Speak Gigantular was shortlisted for the Edgehill Short Story Prize, the Saboteur Awards and nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. Her collection Nudibranch was selected as one of the best books of the year in the Guardian. She was a judge for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2023 and in 2021 she was awarded an MBE For Services to Literature. Her latest work is the highly anticipated novel Curandera. We talked to her about poetry, charity shop finds, inspirational short stories and the inside scoop on the Women's Prize Whatsapp group. Find a full list of the books Fearne mentioned at our Bookshop.org store. Pre-order your copy of Daisy's new novel Pity Party RIGHT HERE and enter the Pity Party competition and book tour dates at Daisy's Substack - Creative Confidence Clinic... The episode is sponsored by Serious Readers. To get £100 off your HD Serious Readers reading lamp (and free delivery), visit seriousreaders.com/booked and use the code: BOOKED at checkout.BOOKSIrenosen Okojie - CuranderaIrenosen Okojie - NudibranchRachel Ingalls - Mrs CalibanJune Jordan - EssentialLemn Sissay - Let the Light Pour InSylvia Plath - CollectedKatherine May - WinteringMaggie O'Farrell - I Am I Am I AmSinead Gleason - HagstoneMargaret Atwood - Cat's EyeJamaica Kincaid - At the Bottom of the RiverLauren Groff - MatrixToni Morrison - BelovedJackie Collins - The StudMaggie Nelson - BluetsMaggie Nelson - ArgonautsDaisy Buchanan - Read Yourself HappyDavid Nicholls - UsKatherine Heiny - Standard DeviationLaurie Colwin - Happy All the TimeCarol Shields - Larry's PartyLaline Paull - PodCamilla Grudova - Doll's AlphabetCamilla Grudova - Coiled SerpentJacqueline Crooks - Fire RushBarbara Kingsolver - Demon CopperheadLauren Bravo - Probably NothingChimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow SonTorrey Peters - Detransition BabyAndrea Lawlor - Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal GirlOctavia Butler - Parable of the SowerOctavia Butler - Wild SeedMiranda July - Nobody Belongs Here More Than YouDeborah Levy - Black VodkaRachel Ingalls - No Love LostLeone Ross - Come Let Us Sing AnywayLeone Ross - This One Sky DayDenis Johnson - Jesus' SonPatricia Highsmith - Strangers on a TrainJ. California Cooper - Some Love, Some Pain, SometimeRaymond Carver - CathedralTawseef Khan - DeterminationVictoria Kennefick - Egg/Shell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.