#512 Davina Quinlivan, memoirist, cultural producer and ecological storyteller

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RLF beneficiary Davina Quinlivan shares her journey writing Possessions, her memoir exploring decolonisation, academia and identity from the standpoint of growing up the child of Anglo-Burmese parents in Britain. She also talks about featuring elements of the fantastic in non-fiction, how class affects access to books, and shifting attitudes to Englishness in the work of writers with migrant heritage. © Royal Literary Fund www.rlf.org.uk

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