Author Paul Burston is joined by special guests from the worlds of books, music, activism and the performing arts to pay tribute to the people who've helped shape their lives and discuss what heroism means to them.
Guests include David McAlmont, Louise Beech, Susie Boyt, Bernardine Evaristo, Jason Ford, David Hodge, Juno Roche, Fat Tony, Adele Anderson and Joelle Taylor.
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Author Paul Burston is joined by special guests from the worlds of books, music, activism and the performing arts to pay tribute to the people who've helped shape their lives and discuss what heroism means to them.
Guests include David McAlmont, Louise Beech, Susie Boyt, Bernardine Evaristo, Jason Ford, David Hodge, Juno Roche, Fat Tony, Adele Anderson and Joelle Taylor.
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Welcome to the podcast where author Paul Burston invites guests to pay tribute to the people who've inspired them and helped shape their lives.
Today's guest is best-selling poet Nikita Gill, whose many books include The Girl and The Goddess, These Are The Words, Fierce Fairytales and Where Hope Comes From.
Nikita's heroes and heroines include singer Freddie Mercury, poets Lucille Clifton and Maya Angelou and her own grandmother.
She also pays tribute to contemporary crime writers Lisa Jewell and Ruth Ware and talks about the challenges of being a brown queer woman and the importance of LGBTQ+ elders.
To find out more about Nikita and her work, follow her on Twitter or Instagram
Paul Burston's memoir We Can Be Heroes will be published in June 2023 and is available to pre-order now
Artwork by Mark Wardel aka Trademark
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