Octavia Bright

Octavia Bright is a writer, presenter and broadcaster. She co-hosted Literary Friction , the literary podcast and NTS Radio show, with Carrie Plitt. She presents programmes for BBC R4 including World Book Café and 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 many places, including the White Review , Harper's Bazaar , ELLE , Wasafiri , Stylist ,...See more

Octavia Bright is a writer, presenter and broadcaster. She co-hosted Literary Friction , the literary podcast and NTS Radio show, with Carrie Plitt. She presents programmes for BBC R4 including World Book Café and 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 many places, including the White Review , Harper's Bazaar , ELLE , Wasafiri , Stylist , Guardian and the Sunday Times . She has a PhD from UCL where she wrote about hysteria and desire in Spanish cinema. @octaviabright_ | octavia.bright See less