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Rough Trade Books presents... Musa Okwonga
Exeter UNESCO City of Literature, Devon & Exeter Institution (DEI), and Rough Trade Books are partnering on an author series called Rough Trade Books presents… exploring contemporary topics in an atmosphere of idea exchange, conversation, and connection.
This series will bring renowned and innovative authors to Exeter in dialogue with experts from Devon, as well as the event attendees in an intimate, beautiful setting in DEI’s library.
Rough Trade Books presents... Musa Okwonga
Podcaster, poet, writer and musician Musa Okwonga will be in conversation with a local expert, discussing socio-political issues in football, living multiple lives/identities, conservatism & power in private education, grappling with perfectionism & competitiveness personally/professionally, and the alienation & mask-wearing of being Black in white spaces.
Thursday 15th June, 6.00 - 7.30pm
Musa Okwonga is a writer, broadcaster and musician. The co-host of the Stadio football podcast, he has published one collection of poetry and three books about football, the first of which, A Cultured Left Foot, was nominated for the 2008 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Recent publications include: In The End, It Was All About Love (Rough Trade, 2021), a memoir set in Berlin; One of Them (Unbound, 2021), a memoir about his five years at Eton College; and Striking Out (Scholastic, 2021), a children’s novel written in collaboration with and based on the life of Ian Wright. Musa’s work has appeared in various outlets, including Africa Is A Country, The Byline Times, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Economist and The Ringer. He lives in Berlin.
Bookbag - Exeter’s only independent bookshop - will sell books, zines, and pamphlets at the event.
After Rough Trade Books presents… ends, the events will be transcribed and designed into a Rough Trade Books pamphlet with Rough Trade Books award-winning design team Office of Craig and Exeter College students working in collaboration. It will be available for sale at DEI and independent bookshops.
2023 is the year of Rough Trade Books’ 5th year anniversary and this series forms part of the many events that are taking place to celebrate this independent publisher.
These events are pay what you can afford - £10/£5/FoC