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Book Talk for BookTok

Interview with Amina Lovell

Book Talk for BookTok

Cloud10

Books, Arts

4.8644 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This we speak to YA author Amina Lovell! Born in London and raised in Antigua and Barbuda, Amina’s trilogy Opal Island is heavily based on her Caribbean upbringing and West African folklore. Before she started writing young adult fiction, she was a television news producer for three and a half years, after attending The School of Journalism at Columbia University. In the spring of 2019, she decided to quit her production job and pursue writing full-time.  This episode of Book Talk for Book Tok was recorded on Riverside.fm, a cloud-based podcast recording platform. Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm A.

0:02.0

And I'm Jay.

0:02.9

Welcome to Moxicated, a space for healing, connection, and life beyond booze.

0:07.2

We share real stories, honest convos, and the tools that helped us ditch alcohol and come back to ourselves.

0:12.3

Whether you're sober, sober curious, or just craving something deeper.

0:15.9

You can do this your way.

0:17.6

So join us every Monday and Thursday for laughs, tears, and your besties a.F. Now go listen to Moxicated, wherever you get your way. So join us every Monday and Thursday for laughs, tears, and your besties a.F.

0:21.7

Now go listen to Moxicated, wherever you get your podcasts.

0:37.4

Welcome to Book Talk for Book Talk, a literary podcast where we've been deep diving into your favorite novels.

0:42.7

This is Jack.

0:43.6

And I'm Amy.

0:44.5

And our listeners love to share their thoughts and theories via email and voicemail.

0:48.3

So we're sharing them via our weekly mini episodes.

0:53.9

The views expressed by the hosts and listeners are entirely their own and in no way

0:58.1

represent the thoughts or intentions of the original author.

1:01.3

This podcast is a discussion shared to spark thought and conversation on the characters

1:05.5

and themes of this novel.

1:07.2

Spoilers may be discussed with or without warning.

1:10.1

Explicit language as well as themes of sex, violence, abuse, death, and depression will recur throughout this podcast.

1:17.3

Listener discretion is advised.

1:22.2

Born in London and raised in Antigua and Barbuda, Amina Lovell's debut trilogy, Opal Island, is based on her Caribbean upbringing and West African folklore.

1:33.0

Before she started writing young adult fiction, she was a television news producer for three and a half years after attending the School of Journalism at Columbia University.

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