Saba Sams: Gunk

Sorry for the lisp this mic seemed to give my audio guys. This is
Saba Sams’ debut novel, all about the sticky stuff, the scum and
the scuzz. It’s about the things we’d usually scrub away – instead
of glossing over it, we linger there and embrace the mess. Set in
Brighton, we follow an unconventional family dynamic – two young
divorcees, Jules and Leon, and the girl, Nim, who gives them her
baby, I interviewed Saba at The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham
Book Festival, as part of their Voicebox programming, which
provides inclusivity at the book festival by providing free events
which are accessible for everyone. It’s such a great initiative and
I’m so pleased to have been involved. Especially when it means
getting to interview an author I adore, about a novel that was
definitely one of my favourites I read this year — at one point the
characters sit on Brighton Pier and eat a warm doughnut in the
pouring rain, and that’s exactly what this reading experience was
for me too.  In amongst the chaos, there is warmth. Learn more
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