Stick on the kettle, settle in your chair and tune in to The Dorothy Edit with me, Dorothy Koomson. This episode is part of my new series where I grab an author so they can tell me all about one of their books. Edited, so you can find out all about your next favourite read in under 15 minutes. Yes, I’m so good to you because I love you. : ) Kit de Waal and The Best of EverythingKit de Waal was born in Birmingham to an Irish mother and a Caribbean father. She worked for fifteen years in criminal and family law, was a magistrate for several years and sits on adoption panels. She used to advise Social Services on the care of foster children, and has written training manuals on adoption, foster care and judgecraft for members of the judiciary. Her writing has received numerous awards including the Bridport Flash Fiction Prize 2014 and 2015 and the SI Leeds Literary Reader's Choice Prize 2014 and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year. MY NAME IS LEON, her first novel was published in 2016 and shortlisted for the Costa Book Award. She has two children and lives in the West Midlands. Find out more about Kit and The Best of Everything at: https://www.kitdewaal.com/ About your host: I’m Dorothy Koomson, award-winning, bestselling author. You can find out more here: www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/contact-me And you can buy my latest book, Give Him To Me here: https://geni.us/DK_GiveHimToMe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Possibility by Sareeta Domingo
Stick on the kettle, settle in your chair and tune in to the Dorothy Edit with me, Dorothy Koomson. This episode is part of my new series where I grab an author so they can tell me all about one of their books. Edited, so you can find out all about your next favourite read in under 15 minutes. Yes, I’m so good to you because I love you. : ) Sareeta Domingo and PossibilitySareeta Domingo is the author of several novels) and creator, editor and contributing writer of romantic fiction anthology Who's Loving You. Her novel If I Don't Have You was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards 2021. She has also written numerous erotic short stories and an erotic novella with Pavilion Books, and her books for Young Adults are published under S.A. Domingo, including Love on the Main Stage, shortlisted for the Lancashire Book of the Year 2021. She has contributed to publications including, iNews, gal-dem, Black Ballad, Stylist and Token Magazine, has appeared on BBC Woman's Hour and Sky Arts Book Club, and has taken part in events for Primadonna Festival, Black Girls Book Club and the Royal Society of Literature among others. She lives in South East London. Find out more about her at: sareetadomingo.com or on Insta at: @SareetaDomingoAuthorFind out about her novel Possibility here: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/sareeta-domingo/possibility/9781408748763/ About your host: I’m Dorothy Koomson, award-winning, bestselling author. You can find out more here: www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/contact-me And you can buy my latest book, Give Him To Me here: https://geni.us/DK_GiveHimToMe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Book Post & Book Adaptations
Let’s get to it, lovelies.What came in the post for me, apart from an extortionate water bill? Books by Emily Barr, Lisa Jewell, Mel Pennant and Sareeta Domingo. Listen to find out what they’re about. Which book adaptations have been on my TV screens? Slow Horses, Disclaimer and Get Millie Black. Listen to find out what I think of them. Hope you enjoy this episode of The Dorothy Edit. Let me know your thoughts at www.dorothykoomson.co.uk/contact-me Buy my latest book, Give Him To Me here: https://geni.us/DK_GiveHimToMe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stick on the kettle, settle in your chair and tune in to the Dorothy Edit with me, Dorothy Koomson. It’s mainly book-focused or book adjacent, but sometimes it’ll be something else completely. Basically, it’ll be a little bit of everything. Hopefully, it’ll put you onto good stuff to read, listen to, watch and take in. Enjoy. : ) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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