Rebecca F. Kuang on the Power of Female Jealousy and How Living With Grief Has Inspired Her Latest Book

Podcast: Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast · Women’s Prize Podcast/ Bird Lime Media

Opublikowano: 2026-10-13

Yellowface author Rebecca F. Kuang joins Vick in the Bookshelfie studio to discuss her five favourite books by women, why Sylvia Plath’s diaries made her rethink female jealousy, and how losing her grandfather served as inspiration for her latest novel, Taipei Story. A trailblazing talent whose literary career has unfolded at an extraordinary pace, Rebecca is the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Katabasis, Babel and global phenomenon Yellowface. She has won multiple awards including Fiction Book of the Year at the British Book Awards – twice! A Marshall Scholar, she has a masters in Ch...