Derek Owusu

25 Podcast Episodes

Derek Owusu & Jason Okundaye: Losing the Plot

Derek Owusu & Jason Okundaye: Losing the Plot

Derek Owusu’s first novel That Reminds Me, a haunting, edgy Bildungsroman, won the Desmond Elliott prize in 2020. He was... Read more

8 Feb 2023

56mins

Cormac McCarthy, The Writers, Derek Owusu

Cormac McCarthy, The Writers, Derek Owusu

Cormac McCarthy, The Writers, Derek Owusu

20 Nov 2022

27mins

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Nick Hornby, dancer Cecilia Iliesiu, Derek Owusu and Anthony Anaxagorou

Nick Hornby, dancer Cecilia Iliesiu, Derek Owusu and Anthony Anaxagorou

Author Nick Hornby on the similarities of Dickens and Prince, as he publishes his new book on the “genius” of the Victor... Read more

Yomi Sode with Derek Owusu

Yomi Sode with Derek Owusu

 This week on the Penguin Podcast, Derek Owusu talks to playwright and poet, Yomi Sode. Yomi joins us to discuss his deb... Read more

5 Oct 2022

51mins

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Nadifa Mohamed with Derek Owusu

Nadifa Mohamed with Derek Owusu

This week on the penguin podcast, Derek Owusu is joined by Booker and Costa shortlisted novelist, Nadifa Mohamed. Nadif... Read more

10 Aug 2022

30mins

Alison Hammond with Derek Owusu

Alison Hammond with Derek Owusu

This week on the Penguin Podcast, Derek Owusu is joined by presenter, TV personality, actress and children's author, Ali... Read more

1 Jun 2022

35mins

Benjamin Zephaniah with Derek Owusu

Benjamin Zephaniah with Derek Owusu

This week on the Penguin Podcast, new host Derek Owusu is joined by Poet, activist, musician, actor, presenter and child... Read more

18 May 2022

35mins

Derek Owusu: Storytelling, Music and Mental Health

Derek Owusu: Storytelling, Music and Mental Health

Today Michaela talks to Derek Owusu, an award winning writer and poet from North London. Derek is one of our collaborato... Read more

20 Jan 2022

34mins

#123 Raphael Sofoluke, Derek Owusu and Lolly Adefope on Knowing Your Worth

#123 Raphael Sofoluke, Derek Owusu and Lolly Adefope on Knowing Your Worth

Welcome back to Wanna Be- the podcast takes you from where you are now to where you wanna be in 30 minutes or less.I’m I... Read more

30 Jun 2021

25mins

Derek Owusu: Weather With You #2

Derek Owusu: Weather With You #2

Three writers reflect on the atmospheric pressure of the year they’ve just had in Weather With You – a series of three w... Read more

25 May 2021

40mins

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