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We're joined by three fantastic Brighton authors: Graham Bartlett, Katy Massey and Tanya Byrne

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.

We also speak to Rhiannon Lingwood from Brighton Fringe who is giving us a preview of book, literature and spoken word events on at this year’s iconic Fringe.

Our Brighton Bestseller episode features the wonderful Elly Griffiths, Dorothy Koomson and Jack Jordan. 

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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

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Victoria Robson: @victoriarobson
Ciar Byrne: @ciarbyrne
Jackie Mendoza: @writerandhounds
Kate Marsh: @k8marsh
Samuel Burr: @samuelburr
Charlotte Mursell: @Charlo_Murs

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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