Books, love, connection: special anniversary show - Episode 10

In this special anniversary show, it’s our 10th episode and 3 years since we started this podcast, we go back to our common passion for books, literature, and writing that has been nurturing our daily conversations and friendship, ultimately creating the base for this podcast. You are on a treat for moving stories that even we didn’t get to reveal to each other before about how our passion for the written word and more generally for a creative life started. Spoiler alert: memorable funny childhood moments that involve both our families. We made sure to include in the show authors and books that moved us mostly this year. And we have a pull of recommendations for you to be covered for the holiday season. And that’s not all. We also take you on a tour into our home libraries. Because they don’t only host our books but peculiar objects too. Only some made it to our show (there are many and it was hard to make a selection), the stories they carry and the connections they make to our memories. Finally, we share how our interest for a creative life, for reading and writing shaped our work and helped us becoming better communicators. We wish you a lovely end of the year and happy listening and reading! We will be back in January 2021 with special guests and conversations that inspire us to live more inclusively and create a more empowering world. We can never be loud enough about the issues we care about. Much love, Canan & Laura Show Notes and Links Books that moved us this year, Laura’s recommendations On Connection by Kae Tempest The Lover’s Inventory by Cyril Wong Things I Don't Want to Know - part of a trilogy on writing, gender politics and philosophy by Deborah Levy. Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth. The 4 stages of Psychological Safety by Timothy R. Clark. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah. The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy. On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Books that moved us this year, Canan’s recommendations All about love by Bell Hooks Intimations by Zadie Smith Feminist Giant newsletter by Mona Eltahawy: https://www.feministgiant.com On Connection by Kae Tempest Sontag, her life and work by Benjamin Moser. La Difference Invisible by Mademoiselle Caroline and Julie Dachez. Silence is my Mother Tongue by Sulaiman Addonia and his essay on the wound of multilingualism: https://lithub.com/the-wound-of-multilingualism-on-surrendering-the-languages-of-home/ Projects we mention City in Translations a project developed and run by Canan Marasligil that explores languages in urban spaces, focusing on individual cities and their specificity with regard to language diversity: http://www.cityintranslation.com Performative Translation Workshop: http://www.cananmarasligil.net/calendar/performative-translation-workshop Tandem is a cultural collaboration programme that strengthens civil society in Europe and neighbouring regions: https://www.tandemforculture.org MitOst is an organisation that connects active citizens in an open and diverse network in Europe and its neighbouring regions: https://www.mitost.org Music Credits Migrant Mother by Mild Maynyrd licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License, Creative Commons. Get in touch with us Twitter: https://twitter.com/NLEpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nlepodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NotLoudEnoughPodcast/ Email: [email protected]