# S8 Ep21: Bookshelfie: Sian Eleri

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Podcast: [Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bookshelfie-women-s-prize-podcast-427662)
Published: 2025-12-02T04:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8812009
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Radio 1 DJ Sian Eleri discusses her love for Welsh language writing, the power of a creative vocabulary and why home is such a complicated subject. Sian is one of the biggest music tastemakers at BBC Radio 1 and shares her love for music across three shows at the station – Future Artists, Power Down Playlist and Chillest Show – as well as hosting a weekly show for Selector Radio, a global station celebrating British music. Named Music Week’s Rising Star in 2021, Sian has judged some of the UK’s biggest music prizes, including the AIM Independent Music Awards, the Youth Music Awards, the Welsh Music Prize, the BRITs and the prestigious Mercury Music Prize, which she presented to this year’s winner Sam Fender. She is also the host of The Voice Wales in her native Welsh language, which is returning soon for season two. Sian previously presented the BBC Three series Paranormal , Rolling Stone UK’s Future of Music , and is currently filming a documentary series about the Welsh artist, Gwen John, for BBC Cymru. Sian’s book choices are: ** Llyfr Glas Nebo by Manon Steffan Ros ** Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka ** I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman ** Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy ** Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season eight of the Women’s Prize’s BookshelfiePodcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the biggest celebration of women's creativity in the world and has been running for over 30 years. Don’t want to miss the rest of season eight? Listen and subscribe now! You can buy all books mentioned from our dedicated shelf on Bookshop.org - e…

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