These Heavy Black Bones

From Bedside Reading by Bedside Reading Podcast

April 21, 2026 · 32 min · Season 12 · Episode 2

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Selina Flinders discussing the memoir 'These Heavy Black Bones' by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell.

Send us Fan Mail I'm really, really delighted today to be talking to Selina Flinders about an absolutely wonderful book, These Heavy Black Bones, by Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell. This is a memoir written someone that some of you may have come across as a very high-level swimmer who swam originally for Kenya and then started to swim for Great Britain and crashed out of professional swimming just before the London 2012 Olympics. This is a memoir. It has themes of growing up, of being differ...

People in this episode

Host: Bedside Reading Podcast

Guest: Selina Flinders

Topics covered

memoir
swimming
identity
growing up
sports

Keywords

memoir
swimming
Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell
Selina Flinders
London 2012 Olympics

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Kenya, Great Britain