Niven Govinden

15 Podcast Episodes

Niven Govinden & Gareth Evans: Diary of a Film

Niven Govinden & Gareth Evans: Diary of a Film

Niven Govinden’s sixth novel Diary of a Film (Dialogue) follows an unnamed director through the streets of an Italian to... Read more

15 Jun 2022

48mins

Niven Govinden & Musa Okwonga in conversation

Niven Govinden & Musa Okwonga in conversation

This week we are joined by Niven Govinden and Musa Okwonga. On the face of it, their new novels—"Diary of a Film" and "I... Read more

27 May 2021

1hr 3mins

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Niven Govinden, Stella Duffy, Steven Appleby and Alex Reeve

Niven Govinden, Stella Duffy, Steven Appleby and Alex Reeve

The LGBTQ+ literary salon hosted by Paul Burston, Polari is currently mainly digital, with online co-hosting and episode... Read more

Literary Friction - Adaptation with Niven Govinden

Literary Friction - Adaptation with Niven Govinden

Building on our show in 2017 with Dana Spiotta that looked at books about film, this month we want to explore what happe... Read more

25 Feb 2021

1hr 13mins

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The Color Purple, Niven Govinden, U-Roy remembered, John Barber

The Color Purple, Niven Govinden, U-Roy remembered, John Barber

Leicester Curve’s recent award-winning revival of the musical The Color Purple, based on Alice Walker’s novel, has been ... Read more

19 Feb 2021

41mins

Writing a protest with Niven Govinden

Writing a protest with Niven Govinden

Join us as we plunge deeper into versions and stories of justice in the second episode of our autumn 2020 season. Niven... Read more

1 Oct 2020

36mins

Paul Mendez & Niven Govinden: In Place of Pages

Paul Mendez & Niven Govinden: In Place of Pages

Voguing balls and jehovas witnesses, the “queer canon” and why ticking boxes doesn’t mean living in boxes - this is Paul... Read more

16 Jul 2020

56mins

Literature Under The Influence: #4 – Niven Govinden on Giorgio Bassani

Literature Under The Influence: #4 – Niven Govinden on Giorgio Bassani

Niven Govinden talks to Kit Caless about his current author favourite, Giorgio Bassani. Covering Italian post-war fictio... Read more

26 May 2020

39mins

Niven Govinden Loves Paris Is Burning/ Truth or Dare

Niven Govinden Loves Paris Is Burning/ Truth or Dare

It's documentary week at The Spark Parade. How intellectual! I had a chat with author Niven Govinden about his love for ... Read more

29 Apr 2020

45mins

Little Atoms 605 - Niven Govinden's This Brutal House

Little Atoms 605 - Niven Govinden's This Brutal House

Niven Govinden joins Neil to talk about his new novel This Brutal House, about family and protest in the vogue ball comm... Read more

16 Sep 2019

36mins

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