
octavia bright
@octaviabright_
Writer/Talker. THIS RAGGED GRACE (June 2023, Canongate). Co-host of @LitFriction. Occasional host of Open Book. She/her. Agent: @thestormboy
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On Open Book with octavia bright : Maggie Nelson on Like Love; Jessie Greengrass and Nicola Chester on climate fiction and Keshini Naidoo with a reading recommendation Thanks to all of them for great insights bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…

Great to talk to Maggie Nelson on Open Book abt Like Love, a collection of writing & conversations that will give you life ❤️ Plus, I spoke to Nicola Chester & Jessie Greengrass abt a new climate fiction prize, & more… produced by brilliant Nicola Holloway bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Tonight we’re launching TRG in paperback (with its gorgeous new cover 🌋) at Southwark cathedral (!!), where I’ll be in conversation with the one & only Imogen West-Knights - I think there are still a couple tickets left if you’d like to join us 🌀🌀🌀 eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-ragged-…





If you’re in West London this weekend, there are a bunch of signed copies of the paperback in two gorgeous bookshops: Daunt Books Holland Park and Lutyens & Rubinstein 🌀🌀🌀


A full house at the shop this evening to hear Lauren Elkin discussing her outstanding first novel SCAFFOLDING with Octavia Bright londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/scaffold… @LaurenElkin octavia bright Chatto&Windus



@ScribePedersen octavia bright Torsten Bell Mark Cocker Jon Savage Faber Books Canongate (has left) Vintage Books Corsair Books Granta Books This Ragged Grace by octavia bright is a deeply compelling and personal memoir of recovery and renewal, taking in London, Stromboli, New York, Cornwall and Margate. Out now from Canongate (has left) in paperback: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/this-r…


JUICY EVENTS lined up too: 🌋 Delightful octavia bright is interviewing Rufi & Ruth Ivo about motherhood, performance, the Madonna/whore complex, and creative a narrative for oneself at the wonderful @DauntSummertown on 2 July. Tickets are selling fast! dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/ru…



Join us on publication eve to celebrate Sarah Moss's brilliant new memoir MY GOOD BRIGHT WOLF. She'll be in conversation with octavia bright Book your tickets now: lrb.me/nn3

⭐️ Merve Emre: Turned Tables Hear the incredible @mervatim in conversation with octavia bright about her role as a literary critic. Sun 25 Aug 15:15 - 16:15 edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…

Thrilled to hear that Han Kang has won #NobelPrize2024 for Literature. A truly inspired choice. Her last visit to Southbank Centre was for this captivating conversation with octavia bright for Greek Lessons in April 2023. Huge congratulations deborah smith 🍉 durga ki maa Simon Prosser and all!



If you missed Han Kang at Southbank Centre you can listen back to our conversation at the link below - it was a fantastic event, and Greek Lessons is a book that has really stayed with me.

The end of an era. Raising a glass to the passion & expert brilliance of the team behind Open Book BBC Radio 4 Chris Power @johnypitts octavia bright Elizabeth Day Mariella Frostrup Kirsten Locke Nicola Holloway Allegra McIlroy Belinda Naylor Emma Wallace Rick Woska Di Speirs et al 4pm today
