Caleb Azumah Nelson, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Black Britain: Writing Back

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Caleb Azumah Nelson talks about his hotly anticipated Open Water, a tender and lyrical love story set in south east London. The finalist of the BBC National Short Story Award discusses his influences - musical and photographic as well as literary - and the importance of giving his two black working class characters authenticity. My Sister the Serial Killer author, Oyinkan Braithwaite, chooses the book - or books - she'd never lend. And Black Britain: Writing Back a new series of reissued novels, curated by Booker Prize-winning Bernardine Evaristo, seeks to correct historic bias in British publishing. SI Martin, author of 18th century-set historical thriller Incomparable World, and Nicola Williams, who wrote courtroom drama Without Prejudice in the 1990s early in her successful legal career, discuss their inclusion in the project. Book List – Sunday 21 February and Thursday 25 February 2021 Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson NW by Zadie Smith Go Ahead in the Rain by Hanif Abdurraqib My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Incomparable World by S.I. Martin Without Prejudice by Nicola Williams Britons Through Negro Spectacles by A.B.C. Merriman-Labor Minty Alley by C.L.R. James Presenter: Johny Pitts Producer: Ciaran Bermingham Programme Co-ordinator: Belinda Naylor Image copyright: Stuart Simpson