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Hey Bookends! We are thrilled to be bringing you our October book club episode where we chat to the absolute powerhouse that is Kamila Shamsie, about her latest novel 'Best Of Friends', which we cannot recommend enough. We spoke about childhood friendship, our standpoints on dog-earing book pages, class division and politics in Pakistan and London, the concept of 'girl-fear' and much more. It was a really insightful conversation and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Books mentioned: Best Of Friends by Kamila Shamsie Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Assembly by Natasha Brown The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante How To Read Now by Elaine Castillo TV recommendations: A League Of Their Own - Amazon Prime Good Girls - Netflix Buy 'Best of Friends': https://uk.bookshop.org/books/best-of-friends-from-the-winner-of-the-women-s-prize-for-fiction/9781526647702 Buy Kamila's previous novel 'Home Fire': https://uk.bookshop.org/books/home-fire-winner-of-the-women-s-prize-for-fiction-2018/9781408886793 Tickets for Kamila's event in Cambridge: https://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/events/kamila-shamsie-best-of-friends/ Tickets to see Kamila at Hay Festival: https://www.hayfestival.com/p-19718-kamila-shamsie-extra-event.aspx Book How To Academy event with Kamila: https://howtoacademy.com/events/an-evening-with-kamila-shamsie/ Please do rate, review & subscribe, or share with a bookish pal so we can reach more listeners. Give us a follow @apairofbookendspod on Instagram and @apairofbookends on Twitter and Tik Tok. Stay tuned for more amazing guests! Han & Lyd x

U2’s seminal album Achtung Baby was released during my senior year in high school. At the time, I was a huge fan and didn’t know what to make of this new release as it was so different from their earlier work. Once I heard the song Mysterious Ways, though, I really started to dig what I was hearing. I can honestly say I love that album even more today than I did back then. What’s the connection between U2’s Mysterious Ways and today’s guest Kamila Shamsie, well, you will just have to listen to find out! Meet Kamila Shamsie: Kamila Shamsie is the author of several novels, including Home Fire, which won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, was longlisted for the Booker Prize, and was a finalist for the International Dublin Literary Award, among other honors. She recently joined me to talk about her career and latest novel, Best of Friends. Key Topics: How she pursued writing as a career even though it took five books before she could earn a living by being an author. Why she was inspired to write about childhood friendships in her latest novel, Best of Friends. How the America she envisioned while growing up in Pakistan did not live up to the expectations she had watching pirated videotapes as a child. Why would she tell her younger self to take more risks. “Having complete control over what you are writing also means having complete responsibility. And that can be terrifying.” — Kamila Shamise Buy Best of Friends Amazon: https://amzn.to/3SFpTE4 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/a/54587/9780593421826 Connect with Kamila Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kshamsie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/kamilashamsie Connect with Mike Website: https://uncorkingastory.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvS4fuG3L1JMZeOyHvfk_g Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncorkingastory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/uncorkingastory Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uncorkingastory LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/uncorking-a-story/ If you like this episode, please share it with a friend. If you have not done so already, please rate and review Uncorking a Story on Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob and Anna interview Lisa Auger from the MCLS Acquisitions and Cataloging Department, as well as award-wining writer and novelist Kamila Shamsie. Intro and Welcome 2:59 Interview with Lisa Auger 12:25 Programs and Services @ MCLS 17:32 Interview with Kamila Shamsie 28:48 Summary and Closing Show Notes: View Kamila Shamsie's Goodreads profile at https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/168076.Kamila_Shamsie MCLS' Events Calendar is located at www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/M/MCL/EKP.cfm . Introduction and closing music provided by Skilsel from Pixabay ; music between segments is provided by ZakharValaha from Pixabay .

Today we welcome Pakistani-British writer Kamila Shamsie, author of the new novel Best of Friends and past The Stacks Book Club pick, Home Fire . We discuss the shifting of global political climates, the idea of 'girl fear' and Kamila stresses the importance of giving new writers a chance to mature, and we tackle the question, "How do you write after success?" The Stacks Book Club selection for October is Fairest by Meredith Talusan. We will discuss the book on October 26th with Anthony Christian Ocampo. You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website: https://thestackspodcast.com/2022/10/19/ep-237-kamila-shamsie Connect with Kamila: Instagram | Twitter Connect with The Stacks: Instagram | Twitter | Shop | Patreon | Goodreads | Subscribe SUPPORT THE STACKS Join The Stacks Pack on Patreon To support The Stacks and find out more from this week’s sponsors, click here . Purchasing books through Bookshop.org or Amazon earns The Stacks a small commission. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

**Find out more about our Year of Reading here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/product/7486597/shakespeare-and-company-year-of-reading ** Kamila Shamsie’s new novel Best of Friends begins in Karachi in 1988, a year that would prove pivotal in the political history of Pakistan. Zahra and Maryam are teenagers, on the cusp of adulthood, finding their feet in a world where they have to keep one eye on the intrigues of the school yard and the other on the lives into which they are expecting or expected to step. Lives of vast opportunity but also uncertainty. In fact perhaps the only certainty for both Zahra and Maryam is their friendship. Rock solid since the age of four. But then something happens, or perhaps better to say almost happens, that continues to cast a shadow thirty years later when the story picks up again in London. Buy Best of Friends here: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/product/5782828/kamila-shamsie-shamsie-best-of-friends * SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR BONUS EPISODES Looking for Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses? https://podfollow.com/sandcoulysses If you want to spend even more time at Shakespeare and Company, you can now subscribe for regular bonus episodes and early access to Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses. Subscribe on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/sandco Subscribe on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/shakespeare-and-company-writers-books-and-paris/id1040121937?l=en All money raised goes to supporting “Friends of Shakespeare and Company” the bookshop’s non-profit, created to fund our noncommercial activities—from the upstairs reading library, to the writers-in-residence program, to our charitable collaborations, and our free events. * Kamila Shamsie was born and grew up in Karachi, Pakistan. Her most recent novel Home Fire won the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2018. It was also longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017, shortlisted for the Costa Best Novel Award, and won the London Hellenic Prize. She is the author of six previous novels including Burnt Shadows, shortlisted for the Orange Prize, and A God in Every Stone, shortlisted for the Women’s Bailey’s Prize and the Walter Scott Prize. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages. Kamila Shamsie is a Fellow and Vice President of the Royal Society of Literature and was named a Granta Best of Young British Novelist in 2013. She is professor of creative writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in London. Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company. Buy a signed copy of his novel FEEDING TIME here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/S/9781910296684/feeding-time Listen to Alex Freiman’s Play It Gentle here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4gfkDcG32HYlXnBqI0xgQX?si=mf0Vw-kuRS-ai15aL9kLNA&dl_branch=1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us Fan Mail Kamila Shamsie came to Hamilton from Pakistan with a dream of becoming a published author. This week she’s shares how that dream became a reality and how, as she gets ready to publish her eighth novel, her process helps her build on her incredible success. Preorder Kamila’s forthcoming novel Best of Friends . All music by Doctuh Michael Woods

Is writing a muscle? Kamila Shamsie, prize winning novelist, fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Granta Best of Young British author, talks to Lucy Scholes about her great-aunt, Attia Hosain, whose books are newly reissued with her introductions on the Virago Modern Classics list, and how she once took her aside to say, ‘Never stop writing’. In their conversation, they traverse the psychological journey of refugees, remember how reading Woolf for the first time felt like coming up for air and ask how much courage it takes to write. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Naughtie and audience talk to Kamila Shamsie about Burnt Shadows

The 69th Book Slam podcast is short, but serious - the perfect accompaniment, for example, for an earnest morning journey from Vauxhall to Old Street by public transport (other journeys and modes of carriage are available). Our old mucker NIKESH SHUKLA reads from his novel ' Meatspace ' and discusses ' A God In Every Stone ' with its brilliant author, KAMILA SHAMSIE . Music comes from LAURA J MARTIN . Elliott's on it, Patrick's on one.