Octavia Bright is a writer and broadcaster. She co-hosts Literary Friction, the literary podcast and NTS Radio show, with Carrie Plitt. Recommended by the New York Times, Guardian, BBC Culture, Electric Literature, Sunday Times and others, it has run for ten years and has listeners worldwide. She has also presented programmes for BBC R4 including Open Book, and hosts literary events for bookshops, publishers, and festivals - such as Cheltenham Literature Festival and events for The Southbank Centre. Her writing has been published in a number of magazines including the White Review,Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Wasafiri, Somesuch Stories, and the Sunday Times, amongst others. She has a PhD from UCL where she wrote about hysteria and desire in Spanish cinema. @octaviabright_ | octavia.bright
'An extraordinary, electrifying book about loss, chaos, addiction
and death, and the wild work of staying tender in the face of it' -
OLIVIA LAING
'The intelligence of the writing is a kind of grace in itself -
light and deep and beautiful' - DEBORAH LEVY
'This Ragged Grace examines the fragility of the self in exquisite
detail. Generous, compelling, poignant and ultimately, life
affirming; Bright has managed to capture the complexity of being
human' - HEIDI JAMES
'A truly enlightening read: poetic, courageous and surprising.
Beautiful, intelligent prose and such a brave journey into art,
family and the deep structures of an addictive personality. On top
of that This Ragged Grace is a love letter to the sea and the
wisdom we share with it. I loved it' - DORTHE NORS
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