01: Locked Up in the South - Colson Whitehead and Tayari Jones

Louise and Virginia discuss a number of books that delve into what it means to be a person of colour in America, and the issue of wrongful incarceration. They also talk about a secret religious group that wields considerable power in Washington, run by men only, and a few other things they've been diving into. Email hello@divinginpodcast.com Instagram @diving_in_podcast Virginia's Instagram @les__livres__ Song 'Diving In' - original music and lyrics written and performed by Laura Adeline - https://linktr.ee/llauraadeline Podcast sound production and editing by Andy Maher. Books The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, 2019, published by Hachette. The Underground Railway by Colson Whitehead, 2016, published by Hachette. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, 2018, published by Oneworld Publications. Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala, 2018, published by John Murray. Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, 2018, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing. The Sellout by Paul Beatty, 2015, published by Oneworld Publications. SBS on Demand (Australia) Back to Life (TV series BBC1, 2019, 6 episodes) Bosch (TV series, Amazon Entertainment, Season 5, 2019) Netflix The Family (Documentary 2019, 5 episodes) Podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz - 2016 Siri, 2017 Evolution of Accents, 2019 Stradivarius, Plants That Sing, Deaf Gain. Women's Prize for Fiction - womensprizeforfiction.co.uk

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Diving In is a conversation you will want to be part of - Louise and Virginia have been best friends since university - they share a passion for story telling and read loads of good books. Make yourself a cup of tea and listen in as they share the books they’ve been loving, and also the films, TV series, podcasts and articles they’ve enjoyed.