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Roll up, roll up as open book delves into the murky world of Victorian freak shows,

with the authors of two new novels featuring dodgy anatomists and eye-popping curiosities

and take a trip with us to distant planets

with a celebration of a much-loved work of popular science.

But we begin with our feet firmly on home soil

with the poet and novelist Bernardine Everisto and her intriguingly

titled latest novel, Girl, Woman, Other. In a series of connected stories, Everisto embraces a

multi-generational cast to take an expansive look at what it is to be black, British and female.

From the adjut-prop playwright Amma to her rebellious

dogma-issuing teenage daughter Yaz, Winsome, a lonely Caribbean migrant, to Carol, a banker

trying to distance herself from her roots. These are all women trying to find their place in the

world and live life on their own terms. Despite the wide-ranging themes from identity to

abusive relationships, the authenticity of each woman's experience kept me glued to the page. And

Bernardine Everisto joins me now. Welcome, Bernardine. A girl woman, other, is populated with a kind

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