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Welcome to our #BFILovefest Q&A session where over the weekend you can listen to authors talk about the greatest love of their lives, favourite on screen couple, whether they believe in love at first sight and when they last kissed in the cinema. In today's podcast celebrating the BFI season for LoveFest get up close and personal with erotica author Nikki Gemmell as she divulges on her love for Ben Whishaw, her disdain for dinner parties and why she has a phobia wearing jeans.
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BookD leaves our fine capital for the day and ventures out to the Hay Festival where we endeavor to go undercover and get a flavour of the literary event which is set amongst the beautiful countryside of the Brecon Beacons. We talk to one of our favourite authors Gareth Malone who tells us about his book tour since we last spoke to him a couple of months ago on BookD. We also sneak into a book event where the Telegraph cartoonist MATT discusses his archive of cartoons and what it feels like to...
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Lady Cora played by Elizabeth McGovern talks to BookD about Downton Abbey series 2, the audiobook reading of the world of Downton and a mysterious woman called Sadie!!
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Today on BookD we talk to the author whose debut novel was talked about with such fervour and excitement months before it was even published. Finally today is the day where we celebrate Joanna Cannon’s publication day of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep - we're delighted to have her on the show and know she’ll be back soon. She’s a psychiatrist who started writing a blog to express what it was like to be effected by your patients in their darkest hour, and life inside the chaotic and...
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Michael Chabon is one of the most celebrated authors of our generation. His first novel was published when he was just 25 years old and admits that he didn't realise how lucky he was to have a book published at such a young age - from that moment on Michael's life changed. In this episode Michael talks about 'Telegraph Avenue', a book which focuses on an area of Los Angeles and about how friendships and music hold such great importance in our day to day existence.
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Ollie Locke is a name that you may have heard bounded around by the likes of young teenage girls, along with those three words... MADE, IN, CHELSEA. Since walking into Gordon Wise (that rather big book agent) three years ago with a book idea on the reality tv show which showcases the trials and tribulations of the young, posh and naughty of Chelsea, Ollie was turned away being told that his book would never be a seller. Three years on and Laid In Chelsea which published in March 2013 is now a...
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Catherine Mayer is a journalist, a best selling author and a former president of the foreign press association in London - she accidentally co founded a political party at the Woman of the World festival in March 2015. She's watched the Woman's Equality Party grow from an idea to a vibrant political force across the UK - she is now president. Gender equality is good for everyone so why are women everywhere at best second class citizens. What will it take to reach gender equality? Catherine's...
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BookD talks to Jon Richardson, comedian and perfectionist extraordinaire about his new book publishing later this month 'It's Not me, It's You', how much he likes to clean his cutlery drawer and how he feels about taking on the role as one of the team leaders in channel 4s comedy show 8 out of 10 cats.
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Journalist Kitty Logan’s career has been destroyed by scandal, and she now faces losing the woman who guided her and taught her everything she knew. At her mentor’s bedside, Kitty asks her – what is the one story she always wanted to write? The answer lies in a file buried in Constance’s office: a list of one hundred names. There is no synopsis, nothing to explain what the story is or who these people are. The list is simply a mystery. But before Kitty can talk to her friend, it is too...
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In the first episode of 2016, Claudia Carroll comes on the show and asks why some men have no problem leading secret lives, opens up on the perils of online dating and whether the divorce hotel exists. Claudia has been writing for 14 years. Her novels are categorised as romantic comedy but we would like to think there's a twist to every story.
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"I'm a little ashamed of the book I wish I'd written but to pretend it's anything else would be to mythologise my own past" Author of 'A Stain on the Silence', 'The Scent of Death' and now 'The Silent Boy', Andrew Taylor talks about his love for 'Hurrah for Little Noddy' by Enid Blyton. Why would a crime and thriller writer take such interest in a book involving car heists, goblins, Toy town, theft and wrongful arrests?!?
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On Day 3 of 58 authors / 58 seconds childerns book author and spoken word artist Steven Camden tells us why 'Discovery at Night' by Ludovico Einaudi is his favourite piece of classical music. "There's something about this piece of music that throws things into my mind", Steven notes, allowing his ideas to flow with ease. 58 authors ties in with the BBC Proms season, marking 58 days of live music starting on the 17th July until 12th September 2015.
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On Day 5 of '58 Authors' - Swedish crime writer Robert Karjel reflects on the importance of seasons when writing new material with Debussy's 'Clare de Lune' by Claude Debussy. Robert talks about the beauty of the Scandinavian landscape and how whilst the piece brings sadness, a certain feeling of hope is erected, similar to the change between Summer and Autumn and the need to move forward and start again.
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In today's episode of BookD we've managed to grab adventurer and motivational speaker Alastair Humphreys and lock him away in a studio to talk about his new book 'Microadventures'. Alastair kick started his obsession for adventure with a trip involving a bike, a tent and very little cash. Cycling around the world is a pretty impressive first adventure to have which took 4 years to complete and ever since has become an infectious passion and obsession. Whether it is sleeping on a hilltop or...
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Cecelia Ahern became a publishing sensation over night when her mother advised her to call a few agents in London with a story that she wrote in long hand, on numerous A4 refill pads. ‘P.S I LOVE YOU’ was the book which later became a Hollywood rom com film starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler. From that moment on Cecelia has enjoyed almost a decade as a published author and talks to BookD about her 9th novel ‘The time of my life’.
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We welcome Ben Fogle to the BookD studio to talk about his love for the Labrador. Labradors are the most popular breed of dog in the world. Not only a great family companion, they also excel at hunting, tracking, retrieving, guiding and rescuing. But where did the breed originally come from? How did it develop? When did black, yellow and chocolate Labradors first appear? Did they really all come from Labrador in Canada and are they really all related to just one dog? In this first history of...
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On Saturday November 1st 2014, The Southbank Centre in London held a wonderful event celebrating the 10th Anniversary of picture book 'How to Catch a Star' by author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers. The day was filled with drawing, painting, film and various talks with Oliver and a very special guest and fellow draftsman Sir Quentin Blake. Oliver and Quentin were interviewed by Children's book editor of The Sunday Times Nicolette Jones about their careers and passion for mark making. Later in...
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Cecelia Ahern returns for a third time to talk to host Tanya about her tenth book. She's a literary force to be reckoned! 'How to fall in love tells the story of Adam Basil and Christine Rose who are thrown together late one night, when Christine is crossing the Ha'penny Bridge in Dublin and Adam is poised, threatening to jump. Adam is desperate – but Christine makes a crazy deal with him. His 35th birthday is looming and she bets him that before then she can show him life is worth living .
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Welcome back to BookD in 2017 - first up we have the fabulous Angela Clarke who just so happens to be the Amazon Rising Star of 2016 and author of the Hashtag Murder series. On today's episode, Angela talks to her Editor Phoebe Morgan about the joys and dangers of social media, revenge porn and her new novel Watch Me. Who turned Twitter evil? Angela would like to know…
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Returning to the show is South African author Lauren Beukes who tells us why David Mitchell's 'Cloud Atlas' is the perfect book for her in terms of plot, character and composition.
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Miranda Dickinson returns to the show to talk about her new book 'Take A Look At Me Now'. She also touches on the trials and tribulations of writing full time but ultimately how writing for her which was once a hobby has now become a full time job. An interesting and insightful discussion about how your passion and love for writing changes when going at it full time.
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Cast your mind back to the 90s when Brit Pop was all about boys with guitars, shaggy hair and upbeat, chilled out songs from bands like Shed Seven, Ocean Colour Scene and The Bluetones. BookD talks to musician and front man of The Bluetones. Their songs had charm but 'Slight Return' was something a little different and if you were a teenager growing up in the 90s it may well have been one of your favourite tracks. Mark Morriss talks about his new album 'A Flash of Darkness' and also what it's...
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Following Phyllida Law’s wonderful and acclaimed ‘Notes to my Mother-in-Law’ she comes on the show to talk to me about her brand spanking new book 'How Many Camels are there in Holland: Dementia, Ma and Me'. This is a chronicle of Phyllida’s relationship with her mother who suffered from dementia. Recently widowed, bringing up her own two daughters (actresses Emma and Sophie Thompson) and working as a successful actress herself, Phyllida went up and down to Scotland to spend as much...
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What's your literary pun? Listen to Joe's interview on the show - available on iTunes to download and subscribe
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Today on the show we talk theatre director of Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies for the stage Jeremy Herrin. This challenging project involved two beloved novels written by a living literary legend Hilary Mantal. Mantel stormed us all with the ground breaking first part to her Thomas Cromwell trilogy Wolf Hall back in 2009 which earned her first Man Booker win. Three years later she managed to achieve the nigh on impossible, by taking her second Man Booker prize in 2012 for Bring up the Bodies...
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An interview with the author of a novel that hits right to the heart of fans of Cold Mountain and True Grit. Set in 1837, this is the remarkably poignant story of 12-year-old orphan Thomas Walker and his treacherous journey home through the wide open lands of America.
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This year we have been exposed to a lot of Turner and his ground breaking reputation, shattering the mould of tradition where audiences were revered by his cutting edge art work. Tate Britain kick off 2015 with the exhibition 'Late Turner', then came Mike Leigh's awards winning film with Timothy Spall stepping into the shoes of the established Turner and showcasing the grunting, snorting yet intriguing artist in his later years. Matthew Plampin, author and art historian and his historical...
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Lauren Beukes is a sensational author, her knowledge of the arts and culture is a force to be reckoned with. Her love of new people, places, conversation and exchange of ideas is what makes her such a rich and colourful person to have on the show. This shines from the pages of her new book BROKEN MONSTERS. It’s been a year since The Shining Girls which catapulted Beukes into wider recognition so how does it feel writing something of such stature after the success of The Shining Girls? Lauren...
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Writer's Envy returns with children's book author Michael Morpurgo who talks about the book he wished he'd written. L'homme qui plante les arbres 'The Man Who Planted Trees' is by French author Jean Giono who wrote works of fiction mostly set in the Provence region of France. "It's about renewal and looking after the world around us". Michael discusses the importance of the book for him and why he thinks it's the perfect story. The story is about a shepherd, the difficulties of life...
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"We were a very normal family, we were not hippies. We might have had a Cat Stevens record; that's as far as it went" Will Hodgkinson, rock and pop music critic for The Times comes on the show to talk about his new memoir, out now called 'The House is Full of Yogis'. The House if Full of Yogis tells the story of Nev Hodgkinson, Will's dad who threw himself into a religious group called the Brahma Kamaris who originated from India. "For most people that would be a cult, but the...
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Matthew Plampin is the author is 'Will & Tom', the historical fiction novel that tells the story of two Joseph Turner and Thomas Gertin, artists and friends. Ahead of the release of the interview, we asked Matthew to tell us his favourite Turner painting. Matthew studies Turner as an undergraduate and completed a PHD at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has written and lectured on nineteenth-century art and architecture and his other books are 'The Street Philosopher', 'The Devil's Acre'...
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Dr Noreena Hertz joins Tanya on the show today to talk about her book Eyes Wide Open. Most of us think we make decisions for the right reasons: we scour books, we talk over options with our friends, we search the internet, we ask experts, we look at data or we trust our guts. But how hard do we scrutinise those we listen to? How much do we interrogate the information they provide? Are we open to new ways of tackling problems? Or are we swayed by how we’ve made decisions in the past? Noreena...
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Louise Rennison is a national treasure when it comes to her outstanding creativity and contributions to Childrens literature for one of the toughest crowds in the market - the teenage girl! Louise talks on the show about her shy side and how drama school allowed her to gain confidence and the ability to stand up on stage and make people laugh. A career as a stand up comedian beckons, which she did, only to then be approached to write books and it was as simple as that, or was it?!
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He's an author, ghost writer and etymologist of English words. Mark Forsyth talks on today's Writer's Envy about why he thinks 'Me Cheeta' by James Lever is the book he wished he'd written. 'Me Cheeta' is the ghost written autobiography of the most famous chimp called Cheetah who featured in all the chimpanzee roles in the golden age of Hollywood. "James wrote the most wonderful celebrity autobiography that's ever been written and what's even more worrying is if I was offered the job to do...
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David Starkey, one of the world's leading television historians and authors talks to BookD minutes before his introductory launch and talk about his app 'Kings and Queens' which was given on the final day at this year's London Book Fair. David discusses the idea of modern technology and how innovative thinking in publishing changes the role of the author entirely especially when regarding his particular writing ethic. In his own words when describing this app "it actually shows in a very...
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Welcome to 58 authors / 58 seconds. We ask authors to tell us their favourite piece of music which will be released daily during the BBC Proms season starting on the 17th July until 12th September. Author of 'The Ashes of London', Andrew Taylor talks about the fluidity within The Tallis Scholars as they sing Palestrina. Taylor talks about how he listened to this particular choral piece whilst writing the book. Each audio piece is 58 seconds to celebrate the number of days of live music in...
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Since his phenomenal television appearances in Little Britain and stage roles in the West End, Walliams has since turned his considerable talents to writing for children. His latest book, Awful Auntie is his new offering, and was a live event held at The Garrick Theatre on November 8th 2014 where Walliams celebrated with a one-off show for kids and families. Listen to David in conversation including some special appearances from characters from the book including Gibbon, the butler and...
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Soak up some arts and culture and listen to BookD Podcast talk to Michael Morpurgo about his on stage performance with Joey at this year's BBC Proms for the WarHorse Prom. This is a truly breathtaking interview - we hope you enjoy it
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"I worked for ABC news for 5 years and I started to realise that working in TV news wasn’t something I wanted to continue doing. So I thought it would be fun to open my own business…naively". Listen to the founder and creative genius that is Tarek Malouf talk about his new book 'Life is Sweet'. Tarek opened the world famous Hummingbird bakery in London's Notting Hill in 2004. Soon the queues were forming round the block and Londoners were desperate to try cupcakes boasting the...
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The audio trailer of the interview with actor and icon Terence Stamp
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Phyllida Law and her daughter Emma Thompson come on the show. Lots of laughs and memories are shared during this recording which was held at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2013. This recording is aired to celebrate the ebook release of Phyllida's remarkable book 'How Many Camels Are There In Holland - Dementia, Ma and Me' - which recounts the story of how Phyllida's ma suffered with dementia and how Phyllida took care of her. A beautiful interview and incredibly funny - what a double act.
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‘The creative process is paring back all the time. If you can’t defend it, get rid of it. How simple can you make it? Usually, “creativity” means showing off to your peer group, and creativity without intelligence is as dumb as it comes.’ Art director John McConnell said this once about the creative process. From one art director to another today we speak with art director of the Observer Magazine, Rob Biddulph. From a visual point of view the art director is responsible for...
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Typespace is BookD's new feature where we ask authors to photograph their desk space and ask them to take a closer look and explain what makes these inner spaces so special. These are the places where great ideas unfurl and materialize shaping narrative, stories and the imagination. On today's episode we take a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the 28-year-old historian turned author Katy Simpson-Smith's beautiful desk space where she talks about the importance of having beautiful things around her...
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Typespace is BookD's new feature where we ask authors to photograph their desk space and ask them to take a closer look and explain what makes these inner spaces so special. These are the places where great ideas unfurl and materialize shaping narrative, stories and the imagination. On today's episode author of 'The Ice Twins' SK Tremayne takes us behind-the-scenes at a part of his desk space consisting of various totems, trinkets and artifacts. Tremayne's writing has been called ‘Chilling...
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This special BookD interview was recorded on March 10th 2015 the day before the long awaited Insurgent premiere in London celebrating Veronica Roth's fabulous Divergent trilogy and more specifically her second book in the series. Veronica Roth was a student at North Western University and studying psychology when she had an idea for a book. Writing since she was eleven years old this was something Veronica was very comfortable with and before she knew it she was furiously writing down her ideas...
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Listen to the master of storytelling Michael Morpurgo talk on BookD about teaching, new ideas, becoming friends with his idol, Ted Hughes and the journey of his most famous novel 'WarHorse'
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It's a pretty big thing when one of the world's leading innovators divulges his favourite colour to you, especially after years of refusing to answer the question. What a honour it was to meet and talk to the brothers Kelley in the heart of London's design district neighbouring Central Saint Martins college of art and design in bustling Farringdon. Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the ‘creative types’. But Tom and David, both...
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Music critic and writer Will Hodgkinson talks today on 'Writer's Envy' and tells us about the book he wished he'd written which happens to be 'The Ballad of the Sad Café' by American writer Carson McCullers. Will's book 'The House is Full of Yogis' is available now in print, ebook and audio.
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In this episode BookD talks to AmyTan - some of her biggest works deal with the issues of relationships especially those between mother and daughter. Tan describes her own mother in this interview very openly as a "selfish and self-centered" woman and even went as far to say that Amy was "average" in looks, not beautiful. Amy's new book 'The Valley of Amazement" deals with the house of the courtesan in Shanghai during the turn of the 20th Century. For three years she...
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This is part two to the Conqueror BookD podcast where we get to talk to the author of the series. Conn is responsible for all the hefty, blood thirsty historical fiction and catapults us all back to the dynasty of Genghis Khan ruler of the Mongol Empire. In the first part to this podcast we spoke with Richard E Grant about what it was like to read the book and as he described it ‘I’ve never read a book where literally everyone is killed off, it’s extraordinary!’ We hope you enjoy the...
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"It was the first 19th Century book that I read that had me laughing out loud" Listen to author Ben McPherson talk about the book he wish he'd written and why in this week's Writer's Envy on BookD.
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Humour in a novel designed specifically for women? Come on! Is that really possible? Or are we women only designed to read the same old trash every time with a formula that ensures heart ache, distress, closure and eventual falling head over heels in love again. Nonsense! Utter nonsense! Lindsey Kelk writes an escapist series of books for women called the ‘I heart’ series… following this coined phrase are various cities such as New York, Hollywood, Paris and now Vegas. Lindsey Kelk worked...
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Joe Bor is a comedian who talks about the differences between talking to huge audiences and making people laugh to sitting on your own in a studio talking to…well no one. Joe does warm up for the fabulous Graham Norton show and recently got picked to do the same show for the audiences for TV show ‘Mock the Week’ for Channel 4. He’s an all round hilarious person and loves reading Childrens books it turns out! So sit back and plug into not only the new voice of Michael Morpurgo’s...
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Nicolette Jones, writer, critic, broadcaster and interviewer joins BookD to talk about her career in the world of Childrens books. Nicolette has been the Childrens book editor for the Sunday Times for more than two decades and is an integral cog within the machine of Childrens books. The role of the critic is a fascinating one, especially when it comes to recognising a special talent and telling the world through print. The critic has to be inventive and open minded to a world of imaginative...
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‘Comedy is the new rock and roll’ thanks to a new breed of comedian that was born out of the British student union circuit and alternative comedy clubs in the Nineties. David Baddiel was the epitome of this but admits that coming out of Cambridge and Footlights in the late 1980s was at completely the wrong time. Later Baddiel teamed up with Rob Newman and together they became a sensation and very much entrenched in the alternative comedy circuit of the late 1980s and 90s. These guys really...
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Artist Oliver Jeffers talks to BookD about how he became a published author overnight and his campaign to get good picture books out there for the youngest readership of all. "It was all about landing on the right persons desk at the right time". Oliver is a rareity in the sense that he is not only an author, he's a freelance illustrator, fine art artist and a big fan of self generatory projects in his new home town, Brooklyn, New York. We talk about how he managed to divide his time...
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On Day 6 of '58 Authors' where for 58 seconds author Philip Hoare celebrate Benjamin Britten, his love for the sea and the wondrous opera 'Billy Budd' which included a libretto by the English novelist E. M. Forster and based on the short novel Billy Budd by Herman Melville. Philip Hoare is the author of 'Leviathan or, The Whale' which he won the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. An experienced broadcaster, Hoare wrote and presented the BBC Arena film The Hunt for Moby-Dick, and...
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Every day during the BBC Proms 2015, we ask authors to tell us their favourite piece of classical music and how it informs them as a writer. On Day 4, Susie Steiner, author of her new novel 'Missing Presumed' discusses Schubert's string quintet in C major. Susie used to play the viola as a teenager and mentions the intimacy musicians feel when they get to know and play a piece. Living for the moment is another factor in Susie's 58 seconds. Do we ever live for the moment anymore in our society?...
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“Hopefully readers of The Escape will be scared to be in their own home.” CL Taylor is the Sunday Times bestselling author of psychological thrillers. Her fourth book, The Escape, publishes in March 2017 and already people are raving about it: “C.L.Taylor is a class act and The Escape is gem of a book” – SIMON TOYNE “Absorbing and disturbing” – ALEX MARWOOD “Definitely CL Taylor’s best yet” – LISA HALL Here she discusses her fascination with how people respond to fear,...
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What's the book you wish you'd written and why? Author James Smythe features on today's Writers Envy at this year's Harrogate Crime Festival.
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Welcome to 58 authors / 58 seconds. We ask authors to tell us their favourite piece of music which will be released daily during the BBC Proms season starting on the 17th July until 12th September. Bernard Cornwell is the author of the Sharpe series, The Saxon Stories, The Warlord Chronicles, The Grail Quest and The Starbuck Chronicles. In today's 58 authors he talks with his long standing editor of 34 years, Susan Watt about his love for requiems and choral music. The perfect accompaniment...
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Is there a book you wish you'd written and why? On today's episode of Writer's Envy crime and thriller author Stuart MacBride gives us a surprising answer to this question.
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In the last few days we heard the news that author, presenter, journalist and entrepeneur Dawn O'Porter signed a 2 book deal with HarperCollins Publishers to write adult fiction novels due for release for Summer 2016. We talk to Dawn briefly about how she feels about the deal, the excitement of writing in a new genre and her aspirations to one day be published by a publishing powerhouse like HarperCollins.
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The BookD podcast brings you it's second LIVE event which was recorded on Monday 20th October in London. Bernard Cornwell author of the Sharpe series, The Saxon Stories, The Warlord Chronicles, The Grail Quest and The Starbuck Chronicles. Bernard talks with his long standing editor of 34 years, Susan Watt about two new book Waterloo and The Empty Throne, part of his magnificent Warrior Chronicles.
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This week we talk to debut Andrea Bennett who talks about living in Russia during the 90s which later inspired her to write her first novel 'Galina Petrovna's Three Legged Dog Story'. A joyful and hilarious tale of some very spirited septuagenarians and babushkas as they overcome innumerable obstacles to save their beloved mutt from a heartless exterminator in a land where bureaucracy reigns above all else. This is a very charming podcast episode talking to an author who's first novel came...
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On Tuesday 1st October The Borough Press author Lionel Shriver won this year's BBC National Short Story Award for her story Kilifi Creek. The US writer who lives in London and was previously shortlisted for the prize in 2009 and 2013, received acclaim for her story about a woman who cheats death. Chair of the judges Alan Yentob said: "From a fantastic shortlist, Lionel Shriver's Kilifi Creek stood out as a wonderful evocation of life in miniature, crossing continents and generations....
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He’s a serious tour de force and a joy to watch and listen to. On today's show we have the talented and fiercly intelligent writer, broadcaster and journalist Andrew Marr. He talks to us briefly about his leap into Fiction and why now was the time to start writing 'Head of State' - his funny, dark and deeply witty political satire.
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As promised here is the interview in full to listen to of photographer Julie Michaelsen and debut author and nutritional therapist to the stars Amelia Freer. This is a very honest and insightful interview into the truths and myths around healthy living and what we need to focus on to avoid all the jargon surrounding something that should come quite naturally to us. Eat Nourish Glow is Amelia's new book and is out now. We urge you to go and buy it!
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Camilla Lackberg has been celebrated as Sweden’s answer to Agatha Christie which is a huge compliment for her since ‘Death on the Nile’ was the first book she ever read at the age of 7. Camilla talks to BookD about Sweden’s darker underbelly over the pristine preconceptions of her homeland. Sweden’s more stirring, atmospheric, and creepy Scandinavian landscape gives a great setting where bad things can happen. With this in mind, Camilla also discusses the phenomenon that is Swedish...
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Today we release a special edition of BookD as we talk to War Horse author and friend of the show Michael Morpurgo. On August 3rd 2014 Michael became part of a cast at Prom 22: The War Horse Prom, part of this year's BBC Proms held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Michael reflects on his experiences performing with a cast and sharing such an intimate moment meeting Joey in front of five thousand people. The BBC Concert orchestra was conducted by David Charles Abell with a special program...
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Well welcome back listeners to BookD in 2014! As I've said on twitter I have a lot of exciting new features and segments for the show but we've also branched out into the new medium of VIDEO! BookD is now available on YouTube and has it's very own channel which you can go onto and watch, not listen - well hopefully you'll also listen but you can do both and see our authors, me, and many guest co hosts including the wonderful Emad Ahktar who you'll know over the last few episodes on the audio...
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Maggie Shipstead is the sort of gal that wakes up in Paris, has breakfast in Budapest and in the afternoon is writing a short story at an artists residency in Ireland. After high tea in Edinburgh she then researches ballet in New York, making it just back in the nick of time to London for a spot of supper. She's a chameleon of sorts. Maggie is a tour de force of energy, talent and laid back California charm. Not that I know Diane Keaton (although I still hope for the day when we get to meet),...
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Today in the show is American writer of non fiction, fiction and screen plays Michael Cunnigham. His first novel was published in 1984 and since then his career has been rich with stories full to the brim with fire, personality and emotional qualities. His most recent novel, “The Snow Queen,” takes its title from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name about the redemptive powers of love and its ability to melt even the chilliest of hearts. He’s also the Pulitzer prize...
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What are the things we live for? What matters most in life when your time is short? Listen to Kate Gross in conversation with friend Katy Brand discussing the book 'Late Fragments'. Ambitious and talented, Kate Gross worked at Number 10 Downing Street for two British Prime Ministers whilst only in her twenties. At thirty, she was CEO of a charity working with fragile democracies in Africa. She had married 'the best looking man I've ever kissed' – and given birth to twin boys in 2008. The...
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BookD returns talking to our first ever guest on the show, author and spy man extraordinaire Charles Cumming. Charles talks to me about his new book ‘A Foreign Country’ which the first book in a new series featuring a new character Thomas Kell. Charles is a brilliant crime and thriller writer, keeping you hooked through the story. He’s no different in the interview because since the last time we got him in the studio to chat about his work Cumming has been signed up to write the screen...
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