The Dorothy Edit with Dorothy Koomson
by Dorothy Koomson
Stick on the kettle, settle in your chair and tune in to the Dorothy Edit with me, Dorothy Koomson. It’s mainly book-focused or book adjacent, but sometimes it’ll be something else completely. Basically, it’ll be a little bit of everything. Hopefully, it’ll put you onto good stuff to read, listen to, watch and take in. Enjoy. : )
Episodes
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Awakened by Dorothy Koomson
Awakened by Kelechi Okafor Kelechi Okafor is a British-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist, writer, presenter, actor, and political commentator. She is the creator of the podcast Say Your Mind, which explores self-reclamation through an unflinching critique of society. She has written books for...
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When We Ruled by Paula Akpan
Paula Akpan is a historian and journalist. Her writing has appeared in British Vogue, Teen Vogue, The Independent, The i Paper, VICE, GAY TIMES, The Bookseller, DIVA Magazine, i-D and more. Her essays have featured in Loud Black Girls, The Queer Bible and The Black History Book. Paula holds a BA…
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Isolation Island by Louise Minchin
Louise Minchin and Isolation Island Louise Minchin is most famous for her twenty-year stint on BBC Breakfast's red sofa, but she has also been the main news anchor on the BBC News Channel and the BBC's One O'clock News and presented The One Show, Five Live Drive, Real Rescues and Missing Live....
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The Best of Everything by Kit de Waal
Kit de Waal and The Best of Everything Kit de Waal was born in Birmingham to an Irish mother and a Caribbean father. She worked for fifteen years in criminal and family law, was a magistrate for several years and sits on adoption panels. She used to advise Social Services on the care of foster...
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Possibility by Sareeta Domingo
Sareeta Domingo and Possibility Sareeta Domingo is the author of several novels) and creator, editor and contributing writer of romantic fiction anthology Who's Loving You. Her novel If I Don't Have You was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards 2021. She has also written numerous erotic short...
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Book Post & Book Adaptations
Let’s get to it, lovelies. What came in the post for me, apart from an extortionate water bill? Books by Emily Barr, Lisa Jewell, Mel Pennant and Sareeta Domingo. Listen to find out what they’re about. Which book adaptations have been on my TV screens? Slow Horses, Disclaimer and Get Millie…
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About this show
Stick on the kettle, settle in your chair and tune in to the Dorothy Edit with me, Dorothy Koomson. It’s mainly book-focused or book adjacent, but sometimes it’ll be something else completely. Basically, it’ll be a little bit of everything. Hopefully, it’ll put you onto good stuff to read, listen to, watch and take in. Enjoy. : )
Hosted by
Dorothy Koomson