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A podcast dedicated to all things literary and bookish in Brighton & beyond. Anna interviews authors, publishers, people working in literature programmes, gets recommendations from booksellers and bloggers, and shares the best upcoming events.
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Graham Bartlett, Katy Massey and Tanya Byrne
We're joined by three fantastic Brighton authors: Graham Bartlett, Katy Massey and Tanya Byrne
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Brighton Debut Authors Ania Card and Sarah Butler plus a Brighton Fringe Preview
This month we speak to Brighton based debut novelists, Ania Card and Sarah Butler, both of whom have books out with indie presses.
Ania talks about writing not in her native tongue, about exploring queer identity and how the writing community has helped her reach success.
Sarah talks about the move from short fiction to a novel and how the Sussex landscape inspires her writing.
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Brighton Bestsellers with Elly Griffiths, Dorothy Koomson and Jack Jordan
Our Brighton Bestseller episode features the wonderful Elly Griffiths, Dorothy Koomson and Jack Jordan.
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Real Writers Circle Takeover
This month’s show is hosted Victoria Robson and Cindy Etherton, co-founders of Real
Writers Circle, a Brighton-based a community of writers who meet monthly to share work, support, and friendship. Victoria and Cindy talk to Circle members Ciar Byrne, Jackie Mendoza and Kate Marsh about their favourite books and their influence on their writing. And they catch up with RWC member Samuel Burr and his editor Charlotte Mursell at Orion Publishing on Sam’s debut novel The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers.
Favourite Books Mentioned in the Show:
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
La Terre by Emil Zola
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Fellowship of the Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr (available in May)
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman
X/Twitter
Real Writers Circle: @Real_Writers_
Cindy Etherton: @CindyEtherton4
Victoria Robson: @victoriarobson
Ciar Byrne: @ciarbyrne
Jackie Mendoza: @writerandhounds
Kate Marsh: @k8marsh
Samuel Burr: @samuelburr
Charlotte Mursell: @Charlo_Murs
Instagram
@realwriterscircle
@cindy.etherton
@samuelburr
@writerandhounds
@ciarbyrnewriter
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Christmas Gift Guide 2023, Idra Novey and why you should all join Jericho Writers
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The books spoken about on the show:
Fiction
1a: Penance by Eliza Clark
1b: Pretty as a Picture by Elizabeth Little
2a: In Memoriam by Alice Winn
2b: Ghost Girl, Banana by Wiz Wharton
3a: Mrs S by K Patrick
3b: Dryland by Sara Jaffe
4a: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto
4b: Murder & Mamon by Mia P Manansala
5a: The List by Yomi Adegoke
5b: More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
Non-fiction
1a: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
1b: Pageboy by Elliot Page
2a: Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe
2b: Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson
3a: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
3b: Furious Hours by Casey Cep
4a: The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell
4b: Uprooting by Marchelle Farrell
5a: Stay True by Hua Hsu
5b: This Ragged Grace by Octavia Bright
Book of the year: Open Throat by Henry Hoke -
Lisa Fransson, Deborah Jenkins and Emma Jackson
On this month’s show, we hear from Lisa Fransson about her new novel THE SHAPE OF GUILT, to Deborah Jenkins about her debut collection of short stories, WINTER LIGHTS and to Emma Jackson’s new book WITCH YOU WEREN’T HERE.
Our next show is our bumper Christmas recommendation special with bookseller, Elizabeth Perry. We’ll go through the top 5 bestsellers in fiction and nonfiction and she’ll offer her best alternative recommendations. We’ll also be joined by Idra Novey, author of next month’s book club book, TAKE WHAT YOU NEED which is out now with Daunt Books.
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Music in today’s show from Mrisi Music.
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