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There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak with Elif Shafak

There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak with Elif Shafak

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club
23 gen 2025 47 min
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<p>This week's book guest is <em>There are Rivers in the Sky</em> by Elif Shafak.</p><br><p>Sara and Cariad are joined by the award winning Turkish-British novelist Elif Shafak. Elif has published 21 books and is best known for her novels, which include <em>The Bastard of Istanbul, The Forty Rules of Love, Three Daughters of Eve</em> and <em>10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World</em>. Her works have been translated into 57 languages&nbsp;and she has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Costa Book Awards, the British Book Awards and the Women's Prize For Fiction.</p><br><p>In this episode they discuss the British Museum, archaeology, buried rivers, Samuel Beckett, literature festivals and Hemingway's writing schedule.</p><br><p>Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!</p><br><p><strong><em>Trigger warning: In this episode we discuss genocide, sexual slavery and trafficking.</em></strong></p><br><p><em>There are Rivers in the Sky </em>is available to buy <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316776/there-are-rivers-in-the-sky-by-shafak-elif/9780241435014" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><br><p>You can find Elif on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/shafakelif/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @shafakelif</p><p>Her website is <a href="https://www.elifsafak.com.tr/home" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.elifsafak.com</a></p><p>Her Substack is called <a href="https://elifshafak.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unmapped Storylands</a></p><br><p>Tickets for Sara's tour show<em> I Am A Strange Gloop </em>are available to buy from <a href="https://sarapascoe.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sarapascoe.co.uk</a></p><br><p>Sara’s debut novel <em>Weirdo </em>is published by Faber &amp; Faber and is available to buy <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571374526-weirdo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Cariad’s book <em>You Are Not Alone</em> is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/you-are-not-alone-9781526621870/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>Cariad’s children's book <em>The Christmas Wish-tastrophe </em>is available to <a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/cariad-lloyd/the-christmas-wish-tastrophe/9781444971484/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">buy</a> now.</p><br><p>Follow Sara &amp; Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and <a href="https://twitter.com/weirdosbookclub" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> @weirdosbookclub</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for <a href="https://www.plosive.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plosive</a>.</p><p>Artwork by Welcome Studio.&nbsp;</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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