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
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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
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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
16 Apr 2021
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59mins
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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36mins
