Kia Abdullah

15/01/2023 28 min
Kia Abdullah

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Episode Synopsis

Kia Abdullah discusses with Ivan six things which she thinks should be better known.
Kia Abdullah is a bestselling author and travel writer. Her novels include Take It Back, a Guardian and Telegraph thriller of the year; Truth Be Told, which was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards; and Next of Kin, which was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award and won the Diverse Book Awards in 2022. Kia has also been selected for The Times Crime Club. Her latest novel is Those People Next Door.
Kia has written for The New York Times, the Guardian, the Financial Times, The Times and the BBC, and is the founder of Asian Booklist, a non-profit that advocates for diversity in publishing and helps readers discover new books by British Asian authors.
For more information about Kia and her writing, visit her website at kiaabdullah.com, or follow her at @KiaAbdullah on Instagram and Twitter.


Yellowjackets https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-12-09/yellowjackets-showtime-juliette-lewis-christina-ricci-melanie-lynskey


Danakil Depression https://www.brilliant-ethiopia.com/regions/danakil-depression


Cultural Muslims https://theconversation.com/cultural-muslims-like-cultural-christians-are-a-silent-majority-32097


Small Kindnesses http://www.danushalameris.com/poems.html


Plain English campaign https://www.plainenglish.co.uk/


London Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpyg2Ig7wRo



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