Hafsa Zayyan

Our guest this week is Hafsa Zayyan. Hafsa’s book, We Are All Birds of Uganda, was published early last year and has just been released into paperback. One of the breakout debuts of 2021, it was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime and a Book Club pick for both the BBC Radio 2 and Sky Book Show. The book has attracted a lot of well-deserved praise since winning the inaugural #Merkey Books New Writers Prize chosen by a panel of judges including Stormzy. The podcast is produced and presented by the team at Mostly Books. Find us on Twitter @mostlyreading & Instagram @mostlybooks_shop. Edited by Nick Short @alongstoryshorter. We Are All Birds of Uganda is published in the UK by @penguinukbooks. Books mentioned in this episode include: We Are All Birds of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan – 9781529118667 Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters – 9781788167222 Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe – 9780141023380 The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg