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Douglas Stuart's Favourite LGBTQIA+ Books
Douglas Stuart, the author of the Man Booker Shortlisted Shuggie Bain, gives us a peek at some of his favourite LGBTQIA+ books.
BUY Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart: https://amzn.to/33qAJaE
BUY The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst: https://amzn.to/2Ff6k4U
BUY As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann: https://amzn.to/330kfnO
BUY Edinburgh by Alexander Chee: https://amzn.to/336Mr8E
BUY Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson: https://amzn.to/3hc1Xot
BUY The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp: https://amzn.to/327S3A9
BUY The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt: https://amzn.to/3bAtXB6
BUY Cleanness by Garth Greenwell: https://amzn.to/2QZACLT
BUY Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin: https://amzn.to/2QZEsVa
BUY A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara: https://amzn.to/3bz2jVb
MOR...
published: 07 Sep 2020
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Reviewing a review of Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart - a rant
I felt so frustrated by this mean-spirited review of Douglas Stuart's new novel “Young Mungo” I decided to go through it line by line to show why it's WRONG! Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.
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Books discussed & purchase links:
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
https://tidd.ly/2XyzFB5
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
https://tidd.ly/3H4fDQ5
My reviews of Stuart's novels:
Shuggie Bain: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/8/9/shuggie-bain-by-douglas-stuart
Young Mungo: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/5/10/young-mungo-by-douglas-...
published: 12 May 2022
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Douglas Stuart Talks Booker Prize-Winning Novel Shuggie Bain | Shelf Isolation | BBC Scotland
Douglas Stuart talks to Damian Barr about drawing real-life inspiration for his Booker prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain, and his incredible journey from fashion designer to author.
Click here to subscribe to your BBC Scotland Channel: http://bit.ly/BBC-Scotland-Subscribe
More from Shelf Isolation: https://bbc.in/3rhnGRb
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published: 21 Apr 2021
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Douglas Stewart Company Microsoft Surface Information Center
Follow along as we explore the Microsoft Info Center on DStewart.com
Music: Lit by JNGS on Unminus.com
published: 11 Mar 2021
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Dua Lipa and Douglas Stuart, live at Hay Festival – Dua Lipa: At Your Service Podcast
A very special bonus episode of Dua Lipa: At Your Service has just landed! Tune in to hear @dualipa’s fascinating chat with Douglas Stuart, author of Service95 Book Club’s first Book of the Month – Shuggie Bain, which was recorded in front of a live audience at the Hay Festival earlier this month.
It is an in-depth chat about the book, covering everything from character backstories to issues around addiction, and the insights Douglas discovered about his own family during his writing process.
If you have been affected by the issues raised in this conversation, visit https://al-anonuk.org.uk/ and https://al-anonuk.org.uk/alateen/ on resources to access for help and support.
This episode is available to listen wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/...
published: 10 Jul 2023
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"I write about tender souls in very hard places." | Writer Douglas Stuart | Louisiana Channel
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“Being a child who was very watchful of others, felt like a huge burden, but the ability to tune into someone else’s emotional well-being is helpful as a writer”. The writer of the best-selling novel ‘Shuggie Bain’ speaks about his inspiration.
“When I look across all my work, what unites it is I am always thinking about queerness from a working-class point of view, which is a very underserved place in literature. Often when we read about a queer character, often it is someone from the middle class or higher middle class”.
“I write about tender souls in very hard places. I am always striving to get to the bottom of what makes a family. Even though my next book is a much more propulsive-d...
published: 14 Dec 2021
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Who is Douglas Stewart?
He is Venus Stewart's husband, who says he was in Virginia when she vanished from outside her parents' home the morning of April 26. He is also the only "person of interest" named by police in connection with his wife's disappearance.
published: 12 May 2010
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Douglas Stuart introduces Young Mungo
The extraordinary, powerful second novel from the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.
Here Douglas introduces the book & the special indie edition you can pre-order here:
https://lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781529068764
published: 24 Mar 2022
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AOD's Classic Doctor Who Retrospective: The Seeds of Doom: Part 2
Directed by Douglas Camfield from a script by Robert Banks Stewart
published: 18 Oct 2024
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The Strange Case of Venus Stewart
Venus Stewart lived in Colon Township, Michigan. When she disappeared back in 2010, all eyes turned toward her soon to be ex husband, who lived in Virginia. However, his alibi was solid as a rock, he was caught on CCTV hundreds of miles away. Or was he?
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published: 09 Jul 2021
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Douglas Stuart's Favourite LGBTQIA+ Books
Douglas Stuart, the author of the Man Booker Shortlisted Shuggie Bain, gives us a peek at some of his favourite LGBTQIA+ books.
BUY Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stu...
Douglas Stuart, the author of the Man Booker Shortlisted Shuggie Bain, gives us a peek at some of his favourite LGBTQIA+ books.
BUY Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart: https://amzn.to/33qAJaE
BUY The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst: https://amzn.to/2Ff6k4U
BUY As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann: https://amzn.to/330kfnO
BUY Edinburgh by Alexander Chee: https://amzn.to/336Mr8E
BUY Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson: https://amzn.to/3hc1Xot
BUY The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp: https://amzn.to/327S3A9
BUY The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt: https://amzn.to/3bAtXB6
BUY Cleanness by Garth Greenwell: https://amzn.to/2QZACLT
BUY Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin: https://amzn.to/2QZEsVa
BUY A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara: https://amzn.to/3bz2jVb
MORE about the book:
'We were bowled-over by Shuggie Bain, which creates an amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love. The book gives a vivid glimpse of a marginalised, impoverished community in a bygone era of British history. It's a desperately sad, almost-hopeful examination of family and the destructive powers of desire.' - The judges of the Booker Prize
An Observer 'Best Debut Novelist of 2020'
It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.
Shuggie is different. Fastidious and fussy, he shares his mother’s sense of snobbish propriety. The miners' children pick on him and adults condemn him as no’ right. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place.
Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. A counterpart to the privileged Thatcher-era London of Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty, it also recalls the work of Édouard Louis, Frank McCourt, and Hanya Yanagihara, a blistering debut by a brilliant writer with a powerful and important story to tell.
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https://wn.com/Douglas_Stuart's_Favourite_Lgbtqia_Books
Douglas Stuart, the author of the Man Booker Shortlisted Shuggie Bain, gives us a peek at some of his favourite LGBTQIA+ books.
BUY Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart: https://amzn.to/33qAJaE
BUY The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst: https://amzn.to/2Ff6k4U
BUY As Meat Loves Salt by Maria McCann: https://amzn.to/330kfnO
BUY Edinburgh by Alexander Chee: https://amzn.to/336Mr8E
BUY Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson: https://amzn.to/3hc1Xot
BUY The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp: https://amzn.to/327S3A9
BUY The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt: https://amzn.to/3bAtXB6
BUY Cleanness by Garth Greenwell: https://amzn.to/2QZACLT
BUY Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin: https://amzn.to/2QZEsVa
BUY A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara: https://amzn.to/3bz2jVb
MORE about the book:
'We were bowled-over by Shuggie Bain, which creates an amazingly intimate, compassionate, gripping portrait of addiction, courage and love. The book gives a vivid glimpse of a marginalised, impoverished community in a bygone era of British history. It's a desperately sad, almost-hopeful examination of family and the destructive powers of desire.' - The judges of the Booker Prize
An Observer 'Best Debut Novelist of 2020'
It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.
Shuggie is different. Fastidious and fussy, he shares his mother’s sense of snobbish propriety. The miners' children pick on him and adults condemn him as no’ right. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place.
Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. A counterpart to the privileged Thatcher-era London of Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty, it also recalls the work of Édouard Louis, Frank McCourt, and Hanya Yanagihara, a blistering debut by a brilliant writer with a powerful and important story to tell.
FIND us on:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/panmacmillan
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/panmacmillan/?hl=en
https://www.panmacmillan.com/
- published: 07 Sep 2020
- views: 13506
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Reviewing a review of Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart - a rant
I felt so frustrated by this mean-spirited review of Douglas Stuart's new novel “Young Mungo” I decided to go through it line by line to show why it's WRONG! Cl...
I felt so frustrated by this mean-spirited review of Douglas Stuart's new novel “Young Mungo” I decided to go through it line by line to show why it's WRONG! Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.
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Books discussed & purchase links:
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
https://tidd.ly/2XyzFB5
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
https://tidd.ly/3H4fDQ5
My reviews of Stuart's novels:
Shuggie Bain: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/8/9/shuggie-bain-by-douglas-stuart
Young Mungo: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/5/10/young-mungo-by-douglas-stuart
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I felt so frustrated by this mean-spirited review of Douglas Stuart's new novel “Young Mungo” I decided to go through it line by line to show why it's WRONG! Click ‘Show More’ for info & links.
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Books discussed & purchase links:
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
https://tidd.ly/2XyzFB5
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
https://tidd.ly/3H4fDQ5
My reviews of Stuart's novels:
Shuggie Bain: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2020/8/9/shuggie-bain-by-douglas-stuart
Young Mungo: https://lonesomereader.com/blog/2022/5/10/young-mungo-by-douglas-stuart
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- published: 12 May 2022
- views: 11371
4:15
Douglas Stuart Talks Booker Prize-Winning Novel Shuggie Bain | Shelf Isolation | BBC Scotland
Douglas Stuart talks to Damian Barr about drawing real-life inspiration for his Booker prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain, and his incredible journey from fashion...
Douglas Stuart talks to Damian Barr about drawing real-life inspiration for his Booker prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain, and his incredible journey from fashion designer to author.
Click here to subscribe to your BBC Scotland Channel: http://bit.ly/BBC-Scotland-Subscribe
More from Shelf Isolation: https://bbc.in/3rhnGRb
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https://wn.com/Douglas_Stuart_Talks_Booker_Prize_Winning_Novel_Shuggie_Bain_|_Shelf_Isolation_|_BBC_Scotland
Douglas Stuart talks to Damian Barr about drawing real-life inspiration for his Booker prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain, and his incredible journey from fashion designer to author.
Click here to subscribe to your BBC Scotland Channel: http://bit.ly/BBC-Scotland-Subscribe
More from Shelf Isolation: https://bbc.in/3rhnGRb
We’re also on other channels too:
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bbcscotland
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- published: 21 Apr 2021
- views: 14438
1:56
Douglas Stewart Company Microsoft Surface Information Center
Follow along as we explore the Microsoft Info Center on DStewart.com
Music: Lit by JNGS on Unminus.com
Follow along as we explore the Microsoft Info Center on DStewart.com
Music: Lit by JNGS on Unminus.com
https://wn.com/Douglas_Stewart_Company_Microsoft_Surface_Information_Center
Follow along as we explore the Microsoft Info Center on DStewart.com
Music: Lit by JNGS on Unminus.com
- published: 11 Mar 2021
- views: 39
35:32
Dua Lipa and Douglas Stuart, live at Hay Festival – Dua Lipa: At Your Service Podcast
A very special bonus episode of Dua Lipa: At Your Service has just landed! Tune in to hear @dualipa’s fascinating chat with Douglas Stuart, author of Service95 ...
A very special bonus episode of Dua Lipa: At Your Service has just landed! Tune in to hear @dualipa’s fascinating chat with Douglas Stuart, author of Service95 Book Club’s first Book of the Month – Shuggie Bain, which was recorded in front of a live audience at the Hay Festival earlier this month.
It is an in-depth chat about the book, covering everything from character backstories to issues around addiction, and the insights Douglas discovered about his own family during his writing process.
If you have been affected by the issues raised in this conversation, visit https://al-anonuk.org.uk/ and https://al-anonuk.org.uk/alateen/ on resources to access for help and support.
This episode is available to listen wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dua-lipa-at-your-service/id1608224209
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FmvJeZbaveegz43O3cFKp?si=HyhXgsEXSFidjzOxYXQRug
All other streaming services: https://link.chtbl.com/Dua_Lipa_At_Your_Service
Follow @service95 on Instagram and Twitter for all Dua Lipa: At Your Service updates. To receive the Service95 newsletter, introduced each week by Dua herself, and to keep up to date with all Book Club content, subscribe at www.service95.com
https://wn.com/Dua_Lipa_And_Douglas_Stuart,_Live_At_Hay_Festival_–_Dua_Lipa_At_Your_Service_Podcast
A very special bonus episode of Dua Lipa: At Your Service has just landed! Tune in to hear @dualipa’s fascinating chat with Douglas Stuart, author of Service95 Book Club’s first Book of the Month – Shuggie Bain, which was recorded in front of a live audience at the Hay Festival earlier this month.
It is an in-depth chat about the book, covering everything from character backstories to issues around addiction, and the insights Douglas discovered about his own family during his writing process.
If you have been affected by the issues raised in this conversation, visit https://al-anonuk.org.uk/ and https://al-anonuk.org.uk/alateen/ on resources to access for help and support.
This episode is available to listen wherever you get your podcasts:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dua-lipa-at-your-service/id1608224209
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FmvJeZbaveegz43O3cFKp?si=HyhXgsEXSFidjzOxYXQRug
All other streaming services: https://link.chtbl.com/Dua_Lipa_At_Your_Service
Follow @service95 on Instagram and Twitter for all Dua Lipa: At Your Service updates. To receive the Service95 newsletter, introduced each week by Dua herself, and to keep up to date with all Book Club content, subscribe at www.service95.com
- published: 10 Jul 2023
- views: 7811
44:53
"I write about tender souls in very hard places." | Writer Douglas Stuart | Louisiana Channel
Subscribe to our channel for more videos on literature: https://www.youtube.com/thelouisianachannel
“Being a child who was very watchful of others, felt like a...
Subscribe to our channel for more videos on literature: https://www.youtube.com/thelouisianachannel
“Being a child who was very watchful of others, felt like a huge burden, but the ability to tune into someone else’s emotional well-being is helpful as a writer”. The writer of the best-selling novel ‘Shuggie Bain’ speaks about his inspiration.
“When I look across all my work, what unites it is I am always thinking about queerness from a working-class point of view, which is a very underserved place in literature. Often when we read about a queer character, often it is someone from the middle class or higher middle class”.
“I write about tender souls in very hard places. I am always striving to get to the bottom of what makes a family. Even though my next book is a much more propulsive-driven book than Shuggie Bain and deals with sexuality in a very different way than Shuggie does, it is still about people who feel excluded from patriarchy”.
Douglas Stuart grew up without many books. “I discovered the power of books at 17 when my mother has died. Thomas Hardy was one of the first writers I read, to travel in place and time, just blew my mind“.
“When I lost my mother at 16, I was reeling for most of my adult life, and at 44, I am still not over it. It was such a love that felt incredibly wasteful. Now, as a man, I would do anything to reach back through time and use all the resources I have as an adult and scoop my mother up. That compulsion brought me to the page. Her defiance, her pride, her wit, her absolute belief in herself, the star of her own movie even though the landscape behind her was incredible grey.”
“One of the most perverse things about having a parent who is suffering from addiction is that the role of caregiver and child flips. When you are a child who is suffering from a parent with addiction, that parent is the centre of the universe because all of the caring concern has to turn to them: Are they going to be okay? We have a good Tuesday, but is Wednesday going to be terrible? As a child, you learn that very, very quickly, so you never have that sense of yourself as the centre of this. It is always the parent who is struggling. Even though you don’t have agency as ,a child you try so hard. If you can be brighter, funnier if you can distract the parent, keep the house clean, anything that will alter their behaviour and perhaps not make them turn into the drink. That is a lot of the trauma that Shuggie goes through in the book, he is always reading the weather as it comes into the room. “
“I also often think as a young boy who is a son of a single mother, I was often exposed to this inner sanctum of women which young boys don’t get to see. My mother couldn’t afford a babysitter, so I just orbited her. As a young boy, I thought, why am I here, but as an adult and writer although it was not an experience I had wished for as a child I am incredibly lucky to have seen the inner world of that. And I draw a lot on that when creating the female characters of my work.”
I was aware of the literature in the United Kingdom of working-class books, like James Calvin and Irving Welsh, but they are often told from a man’s point of view and in a masculine form. In writing Shuggie Bain I almost wanted to exclude men and really focus on the feminine.”
Douglas Stuart (born 1976, in Glasgow) published his debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain’ in 2020. It won the Booker Prize 2020 and the Fiction Debut of the Year 2021 – British Book Awards. ‘Shuggie Bain’ was a finalist for several prizes: the National Book Award for Fiction, The Pen Hemingway Award, The Kirkus Prize for fiction, among many others. In 2022 Douglas Stuart is to publish his second novel, ‘Young Mungo’, described as a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the story of the dangerous first love of two young men.
Douglas Stuart was interviewed by Danish author Jesper Stein at the Louisiana Literature festival in August 2021 at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. During the video, Douglas Stuart reads excerpts from ‘Shuggie Bain’.
Camera: Jakob Solbakken
Edit: Johan von Bülow
Produced by Christian Lund
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2021.
Supported by Den A.P. Møllerske Støttefond, Ny Carlsbergfondet and C.L. Davids Fond og Samling
CHAPTERS
00:00 The desire to write
11:08 Reading from Shuggie Bain
12:54 Discovering books
23:51 Reading from Shuggie Bain
26:18 Inspirations
38:39 Reading from Shuggie Bain
40:35 Writers that had an influence
#DouglasStuart #BookerPrize #ShuggieBain
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“Being a child who was very watchful of others, felt like a huge burden, but the ability to tune into someone else’s emotional well-being is helpful as a writer”. The writer of the best-selling novel ‘Shuggie Bain’ speaks about his inspiration.
“When I look across all my work, what unites it is I am always thinking about queerness from a working-class point of view, which is a very underserved place in literature. Often when we read about a queer character, often it is someone from the middle class or higher middle class”.
“I write about tender souls in very hard places. I am always striving to get to the bottom of what makes a family. Even though my next book is a much more propulsive-driven book than Shuggie Bain and deals with sexuality in a very different way than Shuggie does, it is still about people who feel excluded from patriarchy”.
Douglas Stuart grew up without many books. “I discovered the power of books at 17 when my mother has died. Thomas Hardy was one of the first writers I read, to travel in place and time, just blew my mind“.
“When I lost my mother at 16, I was reeling for most of my adult life, and at 44, I am still not over it. It was such a love that felt incredibly wasteful. Now, as a man, I would do anything to reach back through time and use all the resources I have as an adult and scoop my mother up. That compulsion brought me to the page. Her defiance, her pride, her wit, her absolute belief in herself, the star of her own movie even though the landscape behind her was incredible grey.”
“One of the most perverse things about having a parent who is suffering from addiction is that the role of caregiver and child flips. When you are a child who is suffering from a parent with addiction, that parent is the centre of the universe because all of the caring concern has to turn to them: Are they going to be okay? We have a good Tuesday, but is Wednesday going to be terrible? As a child, you learn that very, very quickly, so you never have that sense of yourself as the centre of this. It is always the parent who is struggling. Even though you don’t have agency as ,a child you try so hard. If you can be brighter, funnier if you can distract the parent, keep the house clean, anything that will alter their behaviour and perhaps not make them turn into the drink. That is a lot of the trauma that Shuggie goes through in the book, he is always reading the weather as it comes into the room. “
“I also often think as a young boy who is a son of a single mother, I was often exposed to this inner sanctum of women which young boys don’t get to see. My mother couldn’t afford a babysitter, so I just orbited her. As a young boy, I thought, why am I here, but as an adult and writer although it was not an experience I had wished for as a child I am incredibly lucky to have seen the inner world of that. And I draw a lot on that when creating the female characters of my work.”
I was aware of the literature in the United Kingdom of working-class books, like James Calvin and Irving Welsh, but they are often told from a man’s point of view and in a masculine form. In writing Shuggie Bain I almost wanted to exclude men and really focus on the feminine.”
Douglas Stuart (born 1976, in Glasgow) published his debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain’ in 2020. It won the Booker Prize 2020 and the Fiction Debut of the Year 2021 – British Book Awards. ‘Shuggie Bain’ was a finalist for several prizes: the National Book Award for Fiction, The Pen Hemingway Award, The Kirkus Prize for fiction, among many others. In 2022 Douglas Stuart is to publish his second novel, ‘Young Mungo’, described as a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the story of the dangerous first love of two young men.
Douglas Stuart was interviewed by Danish author Jesper Stein at the Louisiana Literature festival in August 2021 at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark. During the video, Douglas Stuart reads excerpts from ‘Shuggie Bain’.
Camera: Jakob Solbakken
Edit: Johan von Bülow
Produced by Christian Lund
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2021.
Supported by Den A.P. Møllerske Støttefond, Ny Carlsbergfondet and C.L. Davids Fond og Samling
CHAPTERS
00:00 The desire to write
11:08 Reading from Shuggie Bain
12:54 Discovering books
23:51 Reading from Shuggie Bain
26:18 Inspirations
38:39 Reading from Shuggie Bain
40:35 Writers that had an influence
#DouglasStuart #BookerPrize #ShuggieBain
FOLLOW US HERE!
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- published: 14 Dec 2021
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Who is Douglas Stewart?
He is Venus Stewart's husband, who says he was in Virginia when she vanished from outside her parents' home the morning of April 26. He is also the only "person...
He is Venus Stewart's husband, who says he was in Virginia when she vanished from outside her parents' home the morning of April 26. He is also the only "person of interest" named by police in connection with his wife's disappearance.
https://wn.com/Who_Is_Douglas_Stewart
He is Venus Stewart's husband, who says he was in Virginia when she vanished from outside her parents' home the morning of April 26. He is also the only "person of interest" named by police in connection with his wife's disappearance.
- published: 12 May 2010
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Douglas Stuart introduces Young Mungo
The extraordinary, powerful second novel from the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and t...
The extraordinary, powerful second novel from the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.
Here Douglas introduces the book & the special indie edition you can pre-order here:
https://lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781529068764
https://wn.com/Douglas_Stuart_Introduces_Young_Mungo
The extraordinary, powerful second novel from the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.
Here Douglas introduces the book & the special indie edition you can pre-order here:
https://lighthousebookshop.com/book/9781529068764
- published: 24 Mar 2022
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The Strange Case of Venus Stewart
Venus Stewart lived in Colon Township, Michigan. When she disappeared back in 2010, all eyes turned toward her soon to be ex husband, who lived in Virginia. How...
Venus Stewart lived in Colon Township, Michigan. When she disappeared back in 2010, all eyes turned toward her soon to be ex husband, who lived in Virginia. However, his alibi was solid as a rock, he was caught on CCTV hundreds of miles away. Or was he?
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https://wn.com/The_Strange_Case_Of_Venus_Stewart
Venus Stewart lived in Colon Township, Michigan. When she disappeared back in 2010, all eyes turned toward her soon to be ex husband, who lived in Virginia. However, his alibi was solid as a rock, he was caught on CCTV hundreds of miles away. Or was he?
Patreon► https://www.patreon.com/thatchapter
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Merch►https://teespring.com/stores/that-chapter
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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD5aIDn0HlluTTOV5WWZQyUIASKu4CS6n
- published: 09 Jul 2021
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