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In this bonus episode of Best Book Forward I was delighted to be joined again by Alice Winn author of In Memoriam.   Alice talks about her journey to writing her bestselling debut and shares her experiences as dyslexic child learning to read as well as sharing a fabulous bookish secret with us.
Other books mentioned:
Barrington Stokes 
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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In this episode of Best Book Forward I was delighted to be joined by Alice Winn author of In Memoriam.  If you know me you will know how much I love this book, I’ve probably tried to force a copy on you, so having the opportunity to chat to Alice was incredible.
The five books that Sophie picked as the books that have shaped her life are:

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Passing by Nella Larsen
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque   

Other books mentioned:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller
Goodbye To All That by Robert Graves
Journey’s End by R. C. Sherriff
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
The Blind Spot & Other Stories by Saki HH Monroe
The Lord of the Rings by JRRTolkein 

Authors mentioned: 

Vera Brittain
Rudyard Kipling
F. Scott Fitzgerald

If you would like to hear more from Alice Winn, please do keep an eye out as there a bonus episode coming where we discuss more about Alice’s life as a reader and a writer and she shares a bookish secret with us!

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In this bonus episode I am joined again by Sophie Irwin; author of A Lady's Guide to Scandal 
In this episode Sophie, reads a passage from her new book and we went on to talk more about her life as a writer and a reader and shares a bookish secret with us.
Other books mentioned in this episode are:

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Game of Thrones by George R R Martin

Authors mentioned

Taylor Jenkins-Reid
Niamh Hargan
Lindsey Kelk
Mhairi McFarlane
Sarra Manning
Janice Hallett
Amor Towels

I hope you have enjoyed this episode.  I would be so grateful if you would take the time to like, subscribe and most importantly tell your friends about it.  

I’ll be back next month talking to another author and I really hope you’ll join me for that conversation.

In the meantime, for more content from me you can follow me on Instagram or visit my website www.bestbookforward.org
 

In this episode of Best Book Forward I was delighted to be joined by Sophie Irwin author of A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin and A Lady's Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin
Sophie talked about her love of the Regency period and why she feels we are so drawn to it, as well as sharing memories of reading her first chapter book that set her on her journey to be a reader for life.  The book that was pivotal in changing her life.
The five books that Sophie picked as the books that have shaped her life are:

Sophie's Snail by Dick King Smith 
Arabella by Georgette Heyer
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenger
Midnight Chicken by Ella Risberger
The Break Up Clause by Niamh Hargan

Other books mentioned:

Frederica by Georgette Heyer
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Dinner with Edward by Isabel Vincent
I Want to Die but I Want To Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Authors mentioned: 
Frances Burney 
Barbara Cartland 
Georgette Heyer
Lex Croucher
Amita Murray
Felicity George
Julia Quinn
Beth Morrey (in the interview I said Morley, it is Morrey, sorry Beth)
Kate Sawyer
Roald Dahl
Lindsey Kelk
Sarra Manning

If you would like to hear more from Sophie Irwin, please do keep an eye out as there a bonus episode coming where we discuss more about Sophie’s life as a reader and a writer and she shares a bookish secret with us!

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For this episode of Best Book Forward I was delighted to be joined again by Matt Cain; author of One Love .  If you missed the main episode where Matt discusses her Desert Island Book.
In this episode we talk about how Matt came back fighting after his first novel, The Madonna of Bolton was rejected; using his rage to crowdfund his way to get his book published in just a week! Matt also shares a bookish secret with us that left me feeling really excited !

Books and authors mentioned in this episode

David Nicholls
Lisa Jewell
David Walliams
Adele Parks
Jane Austen
Kate Atkinson

The Song of Achilles of Madeleine Miller
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain
One Day by David Nicholls
The Unfinished Business fo Eadie Browne by Freya North
The Excitements by CJ Wray
That Bonesetter Woman by Frances Quinn
Shot Through the Heart by Matt Cain
Nothing But Trouble by Matt Cain
Step Sisters by Matt Cain

I hope you enjoyed this bonus episode.  Please do take the time to like, subscribe, review and most importantly tell your friends about it.  I’ll be back next month talking to another author and I hope you’ll join me for that conversation.  In the meantime, for more content from me you can follow me on Instagram or visit my website www.bestbookforward.org

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In today’s episode my guest is the wonderful Matt Cain., I have been chatting to Matt on Instagram for such a long time so to get to speak to him about his books and the books that he loves was such a treat.  We talked about all of Matt’s books but especially about his latest novel 
One Love which comes out on 18 January and is an absolutely brilliant read.
We talked about the five books that have shaped Matt’s life and three of them are also favourites of mine.

Matt’s Desert Island Book choices are:

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Kiss of the Spiderwoman by Manuel Puig
Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man by Claire Tomalin
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
One Day by David Nicholls

Throughout our discussion, we talked about lots of other books and these are all listed below.

Other books mentioned in this episode

The Madonna of Bolton by Matt Cain
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain 
The Becoming Ted by Matt Cain
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende 
A Stitch in Time by Kathryn Coltrin
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
This Family by Kate Sawyer

I hope you have enjoyed this episode as much as I did, I loved chatting to Matt.  I would be so grateful if you would take the time to like, subscribe and most importantly tell your friends about it.  
Do keep an eye out as there is a bonus episode with Matt coming soon.
In the meantime, for more content from me you can follow me on Instagram or visit my website www.bestbookforward.org
 
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