At 12.00pm on Sunday the 14th of November, I will be talking to Michael Berkeley on BBC Radio 3’s Private Passions. I hope you enjoy it!
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In conversation with Michael Berkeley, Jamila Gavin reveals the shocking story, which inspired her to write her first book for children. Her books deal with serious themes: particularly slavery, both historic slavery and people-trafficking now. Reading them, you can forget that these are children’s books; but, she says, any experiences which children suffer should also be experiences they can read about.
Jamila Gavin’s playlist includes Handel’s Messiah, Tippett’s A Child of Our Time, Schubert, Brahms, Stockhausen – and her favourite Night Raga.
