Michael Donkor was born in London to Ghanaian parents. He studied English at Wadham College, Oxford, followed by a Masters in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway. His first novel, Hold, was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas and shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prizes. He is a frequent contributor to outlets including the Guardian , the TLS and the Independent . Michael talks to Neil Denny his latest novel Grow Where They Fall . Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Mar 26, 2024•30 min
Lauren Oyler is the author of the novel Fake Accounts . Her essays on books and culture appear regularly in the New Yorker , the New York Times, the London Review of Books , Harper's , the Guardian and other publications. She lives in Berlin. on today's show she talks to Neil Denny about her new collection of essays No Judgement: On Being Critical . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 19, 2024•29 min
Helen Oyeyemi talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel Parasol Against The Axe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 15, 2024•22 min
Tracy King talks to Neil Denny about her memoir Learning To Think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 12, 2024•28 min
Rachel Cockerell talks to Neil Denny about her first work of non-fiction Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for a Promised Land. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 05, 2024•28 min
Dr. Hannah Durkin talks to Neil Denny about her new book Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 27, 2024•26 min
Leo Vardiashvili joins Neil Denny to talk about his debut novel Hard By A Great Forest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 20, 2024•21 min
Molly McGhee talks to Neil Denny about her debut novel Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 13, 2024•29 min
Aniefiok Ekpoudom talks to Neil Denny about his debut book Where We Come From: Rap, Home and Hope in Modern Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 06, 2024•31 min
Kiley Reid talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel Come And Get It. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 30, 2024•31 min
Sigrid Nunez talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel The Vulnerables. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 23, 2024•28 min
Kate Brody talks to Neil Denny about her debut novel Rabbit Hole. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 16, 2024•31 min
Ron Rash talks to Neil Denny about his latest novel The Caretaker. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 09, 2024•24 min
in the first show of 2024, Jonathan Lethem joins Neil Denny to talk about his new book Brooklyn Crime Novel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 02, 2024•26 min
Dann McDorman talks to Nei Denny abouty his debut novel West Heart Kill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 19, 2023•28 min
Julianne Pachico returns to Little Atoms and talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel Jungle House. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 12, 2023•27 min
Linguist Rob Drummond talks to Neil Denny about his new book You're All Talk: why we are what we speak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 08, 2023•30 min
Anne Michaels talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel Held. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 05, 2023•26 min
Jean Kwok joins Neil Denny to talk about her latest novel The Leftover Woman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 01, 2023•26 min
Mike McCormack talks to Neil Denny about his "metaphysical noir" novel This Plague of Souls. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 28, 2023•29 min
Former US Congressman and Democratic presidential nomination candidate Beto O'Rourke talks to Neil Denny about his book We've Got To Try: How the Fight for Voting Rights Makes Everything Else Possible . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 24, 2023•29 min
Ed Gillett talks to Neil Denny about his new book Party Lines: Dance Music and the Making of Modern Britain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 21, 2023•45 min
A.K. Blakemore talks to Neil Denny about her latest novel The Glutton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 14, 2023•29 min
Adam Biles talks to Neil Denny about his Animal Farm sequel Beasts of England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 10, 2023•33 min
Sandra Newman talks to Neil Denny about her new novel Julia, which retells 1984 from Julia's perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 07, 2023•31 min
Cat Jarman retrurns to Little Atoms and talks to Neil about her new book The Bone Chests: Unlocking The Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 31, 2023•29 min
Paleontologist Michael J. Benton talks to Neil about his latest book Extinction: How Life Survives, Adapts and Evolves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 26, 2023•35 min
Neil is joined by Robert Peckham to talk about his book Fear: An Alternative History of the World. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 23, 2023•28 min
Neil is on holiday so here's a repeat of our interview from earlier this year with Isabella Hammad talking about her novel Enter Ghost. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 19, 2023•25 min
Elizabeth Acevedo talks to Neil Denny about her first novel for adults, Family Lore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 16, 2023•28 min
