EPISODE · Sep 12, 2022 · 50 MIN
What I've Learnt - Nikki Gemmell
from WHAT I'VE LEARNT · host Deborah Blashki- Marks
Nikki Gemmell is the best-selling author of thirteen novels and four works of non-fiction. They have been translated into 22 languages. Her distinctive writing has gained her critical acclaim in France, where she’s been described as a “female Jack Kerouac“. The French literary magazine Lire has included her in a list of what it called the fifty most important writers in the world – those it believes will have a significant influence on the literature of the 21st century. Her first renowned work is the 2003 novel The Bride Stripped Bare, an explicit exploration of female sexuality thrust the new author Nikki into the headlights and limelight.As well as publishing her powerful and much anticipated books Nikki regularly pens a weekly column for The Australian newspaper.Stirring the pot while raising some of the key issues particularly affecting women her column Is like a big beautiful sometimes scary mirror reflecting many home truths and female issues.Four books by Gemmell, Shiver, Cleave, The Bride Stripped Bare and The Book of Rapture, made the longlist of “Favourite Australian Novels” as chosen by readers of the Australian Book Review.Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBkBuzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850Deborah's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/what.ive.learnt/Mind, Film and Publishing: https://www.mindfilmandpublishing.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/what-ive-learnt/id153556330Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TQjCspxcrSi4yw2YugxBkBuzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1365850
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Nikki Gemmell is the best-selling author of thirteen novels and four works of non-fiction. They have been translated into 22 languages. Her distinctive writing has gained her critical acclaim in France, where she’s been described as a “female Jack Kerouac“. The French literary magazine Lire has included her in a list of what it called the fifty most important writers in the world – those it believes will have a significant influence on the literature of the 21st century. Her first ren...
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