#101: Derek Owusu: Black Writing, Mental Health and That Reminds Me

Welcome to Time To Talk with Alex Holmes. Welcome to another episode of Time To Talk, where I sit down with inspiring people and have wholehearted conversations. Today is a special conversation with award-winning debut novelist, Derek Owusu. We speak about his critically acclaimed debut novel, ‘That Reminds Me’, his views on the future of Black British writing, SAFE and what we can do with our reminders of mental health and memories. I have two copies of the paperback book signed by me to give away. The way to enter into the prize draw is to follow me on Vero.co/alexreads and instagram.com/byalexholmes and comment ‘I’M SAFE’ and I will randomly pick from comments! Easy enough!I look forward to sending copies out to you :DI love books, and though I have spoken about books a lot on the show - find the reading list: www.amazon.co.uk/shop/alexreads You can find all of my book recommendations over there at vero.co/alexreads weekly.Head to alexholmes.co for more.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/timetotalkwithalexholmes/message See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices