Malorie Blackman, Trump verdict, Kitemark for female-founded firms, Netball

Published: May 10, 2023, 10:39 a.m.

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Just Saying\\u2019 is a memoir by the bestselling author Malorie Blackman, former Children\\u2019s Laureate, best known for her Noughts & Crosses series for young adults. Malorie received eighty-two rejection letters before she finally found a publisher. Seventy published books later it is no exaggeration to say that Malorie Blackman has changed the face of British literature forever. Malorie joins Nuala to discuss her life and works.\\nDonald Trump says he will appeal the verdict of a New York jury in a civil case that found he sexually abused and defamed a woman.\\xa0The woman in question E Jean Carroll, a magazine columnist, claimed the former US president attacked her in a department store in the mid 1990s. \\xa0The civil trial rejected her claim of rape and in total the jury ordered Trump to pay five million dollars in damages to Carroll. Emma Long, Associate Professor in American History and Politics at the University of East Anglia joins Nuala.\\nThe campaign group Buy Women Built is launching a kitemark to add to products made by female-founded firms to help boost their sales. This means that when you shop, you will be able to spot and buy from brands created by women - and in turn help their revenue. Nuala is joined by the founder of Buy Women Built, Sahar Hashemi OBE and Lemon Fuller, founder and CEO of Lemonade Dolls, a UK underwear start-up that is part of the Buy Women Built community. \\nEngland Netball have recently launched a new initiative aimed at supporting women and girls to play the sport at every life stage, by normalising conversations around pelvic health, the menstrual cycle and the menopause, and through offering guidance and support to all those involved in the game. \\nPresenter: Nuala McGovern\\nProducer: Lucinda Montefiore\\nStudio Manager: Gayl Gordon

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