{"id":865,"date":"2020-05-22T15:48:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersrebel.com\/?p=865"},"modified":"2020-06-03T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T12:21:10","slug":"podcast-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersrebel.com\/podcast-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen: Writers Rebel Bookclub with Amitav Ghosh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 504px; height: 208px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podomatic.com\/embed\/html5\/episode\/9674971?style=normal&amp;autoplay=false\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We were thrilled to get together with Amitav Ghosh to talk about his book <em>The Great Derangement<\/em>, a seminal work about colonialism, Climate Crisis and much more. It was published in 2015, pre-dating Extinction Rebellion and the Youth Strikes.<\/p>\n<p>There follows a discussion with Mothiur Rahman (XR Muslims, Guardianship and Visioning Circles), Ami Amlani (XR Walthamstow), Miles Glyn and Paul John Nelson (XR Arts). Our rebels met in the back room of the Ridley Street social club to discuss the book over some beers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-512\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writersrebel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Amitav-Ghosh-HIRES-IVO-2.jpg?resize=215%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Amitav Ghosh (Picture credit: Ivo van der Bent)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Amitav Ghosh<\/strong> was born in Calcutta and grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He is the author of two books of non-fiction, a collection of essays and ten novels. His books have won many prizes and he holds four honorary doctorates. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and he has served on the Jury of the Locarno and Venice film festivals. In 2018 he became the first English-language writer to receive India\u2019s highest literary honor, the Jnanpith Award. His most recent publication is Gun Island, a novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were thrilled to get together with Amitav Ghosh to talk about his book The Great Derangement, a seminal work about colonialism, Climate Crisis and much more. It was published in 2015, pre-dating Extinction Rebellion and the Youth Strikes. 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