Bookshelfie: Oti Mabuse
From Bookshelfie: Women’s Prize Podcast by Women’s Prize Podcast/ Bird Lime Media
April 14, 2026 · 1h 3m · Season 9 · Episode 6
About this episode
Oti Mabuse discusses her love for spicy romance novels and her journey as a world-champion dancer.
South African broadcaster, author, world-champion dancer and star of Strictly , Oti Mabuse tells Vick about her love of spicy romance novels, her rejection of tokenism and why she loves audiobooks. Oti captured the hearts of the British public on Strictly Come Dancing , and is the only dancer to have won the show twice in a row - in 2019 and 2020. She’s presented and judged on a whole host of prime-time TV shows, including entertaining young children during lockdown with her CBeebies show Boogie Beebies, and her children’s book series Dance with Oti which celebrates dance and expressing your feelings by way of the penguin waltz and the turtle tango. She has also toured nationwide with her solo entertainment shows I Am Here and Viva Carnival , and most recently released her debut romantic fiction novel, Slow Burn . Oti’s book choices are: ** You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero ** Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis ** Icebreaker by Hannah Grace ** Audre & Bash Are Just Friends by Tia Williams ** It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover You can buy all books mentioned from our dedicated shelf on Bookshop.org – every purchase supports the work of the Women's Prize Trust and independent…
People in this episode
Host: Vick Hope
Guest: Oti Mabuse
Topics covered
- romance novels
- audiobooks
- female authors
- tokenism
- dance
Keywords
- Oti Mabuse
- romantic fiction
- audiobooks
- dance
- female authors
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Women's Prize Trust, Bookshop.org
Books & works: You Are a Badass, Fundamentally, Icebreaker, Audre & Bash Are Just Friends, It Ends With Us
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