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This weeks guest is Sarah Turner @theunmumsymum. She lives in Devon with her husband, three sons and Frank the cat. She stopped drinking booze in October 2022 on what wasn't the worst hangover of her life but she wanted it to be the last!She has written four Sunday Times bestsellers: The Unmumsy Mum, The Unmumsy Mum Diary, The Unmumsy Mum A-Z and her first novel, Stepping Up, which was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick in 2023. Her second novel, On the Edge, reached the top spot in the Kindle chart. Her third novel will be released in 2026.In this episode, we chat motherhood, hangovers and the incredible things that happen when you remove alcohol ✨

#ONTHESOFA - Season 7 - The Final Episode. TM 'Tim' Logan, THE DREAM HOME, chats to Victoria Selman (ALL THE LITTLE LIARS) at Waterstones, Reading. Inspirations, the need to know but will the truth will set you free? every word should count, short chapters & the climax. T.M. Logan is a Sunday Times bestseller whose thrillers have sold more than two million copies in the UK and are published in 22 countries around the world. The Holiday was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and was adapted into a four-part TV drama, as was The Catch. Formerly a national newspaper journalist, he writes full time and lives in Nottinghamshire with his wife and two children. Follow him @TMLoganAuthorVICTORIA SELMANSundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARSAmazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeSWebsite for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.comTwitter: @VictoriaSelmanWe love to hear from our listeners! Find me on Twitter @VictoriaSelman and join in the chat using #OnTheSofaWithVictoriaProduced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023 & 2025CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023 & 2024 & National Crime Reading Month& Newcastle Noir 2023 and 20242024 Slaughterfest,

Send us a textWelcome to today's episode of Bookish Flights! This is a special one—our second BFF Book Club Meeting! The BFF Book Club is a monthly literary adventure where you read the book, join the club, and meet the author. I am beyond excited to welcome Hazel Prior to the show today to discuss, How the Penguins Saved Veronica. Hazel is the author of Ellie and the Harp Maker and Richard & Judy Book Club number one bestseller How the Penguins Saved Veronica. Her third book in the series, Gone with the Penguins, came out in the UK yesterday (congratulations Hazel!)! As well as writing, Hazel is a freelance harpist. She lives in Exmoor, in England, with her husband and a huge ginger cat. Happy listening!Episode Highlights:Hazel's Writing Journey: Hazel never anticipated becoming a writer. After facing a challenging illness that took her out for years, a transformative surgery made her realize life was too short to delay her dreams. Writing became her way to seize the moment. We also talked about leisuring well—embracing hobbies for their joy without the pressure to be “productive.”Themes from How the Penguins Saved Veronica: We delved into the themes of found family, the ability to change at any age, and forgiveness that run through Hazel's work. Hazel's Book Flight: Hazel curated a selection of character-driven, book club-style novels for her book flight today. They all have the theme of bees or animals as well. Join us for this heartwarming conversation and get ready to add some new favorites to your reading list!Connect with Hazel Prior:InstagramWebsiteBooks and authors mentioned in the episode:Philippa Gregory books Bookish Flights Episodes 19 & 20 with Jacqui Lents - Books that Spark JoyShady Hollow by Juneau Black (discussed in the Anthropomorphic Book Flight episode as well)C.J. Sansom booksRoyal Spyness Mysteries by Rhys BowenBook FlightThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesThe Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna CannonReady for a monthly literary adventure? We now have the BFF Book Club. Join us each month to explore a new book. After reading, connect with fellow book lovers and meet the author in a live interview! Can't make it live? Don't worry—we'll send you the recording. You can find all our upcoming book club selections HERE. Support the showBe sure to join the Bookish Flights community on social media. Happy listening! Instagram Facebook Website

Rachel and Simon speak to Eleanor Moran, a television producer and novelist. Eleanor started her career at the BBC as a script editor before becoming an executive producer; she has worked on shows including "Watership Down", "The Girl Before" and "The Flatshare". She balances her work in television alongside writing fiction. Eleanor published her debut novel, "Stick Or Twist", in 2009, followed by five more under own name; in 2022 she began publishing domestic noir under the pseudonym Kate Ruby. "Tell Me Your Lies" was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick the same year and is currently being adapted for television. "Everything You Have", published in 2024, is already under option. We spoke to Eleanor about her work in television and film, her fiction, including her decision to publish some of it under a pseudonym, and the release of "Everything You Have". “Always Take Notes: Advice From Some Of The World's Greatest Writers” - a book drawing on our podcast interviews - is published by Ithaka Press. You can order it via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bookshop.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hatchards⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Waterstones⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can find us online at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠alwaystakenotes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, on Twitter @takenotesalways and on Instagram @alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠patreon.com/alwaystakenotes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Always Take Notes is presented by Simon Akam and Rachel Lloyd, and produced by Artemis Irvine. Our music is by Jessica Dannheisser and our logo was designed by James Edgar.

Kate Summerscale is the author of the number one bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008, winner of the Galaxy British Book of the Year Award, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and adapted into a major ITV drama. Her first book, the bestselling The Queen of Whale Cay, won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award. Kate Summerscale has also judged various literary competitions including the Booker Prize. On this episode of Little Atoms she talks to Neil Denny about her latest book The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

KATE SUMMERSCALE chats to Paul about her new history THE PEEPSHOW, 10 Rillington Place, misogyny & male violence, the cultural and wider societal impact of a notorious murder.THE PEEPSHOW: London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy terrace house in Notting Hill. On searching the building, they find another body beneath the floorboards, then an array of human bones in the garden. But they have already investigated a double murder at 10 Rillington Place, three years ago, and the killer was hanged. Did they get the wrong man?A nationwide manhunt is launched for the tenant of the ground-floor flat, a softly spoken former policeman named Reg Christie. Star reporter Harry Procter chases after the scoop. Celebrated crime writer Fryn Tennyson Jesse begs to be assigned to the case. The story becomes an instant sensation, and with the relentless rise of the tabloid press the public watches on like never before. Who is Christie? Why did he choose to kill women, and to keep their bodies near him? As Harry and Fryn start to learn the full horror of what went on at Rillington Place, they realise that Christie might also have engineered a terrible miscarriage of justice in plain sight.In this riveting true story, Kate Summerscale mines the archives to uncover the lives of Christie's victims, the tabloid frenzy that their deaths inspired, and the truth about what happened inside the house.Kate Summerscale is the author of the number one bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008, winner of the Galaxy British Book of the Year Award, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and adapted into a major ITV drama. Her first book, the bestselling The Queen of Whale Cay, won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award. Kate Summerscale has also judged various literary competitions including the Booker Prize. She lives in north London.Recommend: Paul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network, Punk Noir Magazine (fiction contribution). He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2024. His first book An Encyclopedia of  Spy Fiction will be out in late 2025.Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir 20232024 Slaughterfest, National Crime Reading Month, CWA Daggers

MICHAEL ROBOTHAM chats to Craig Sisterson about his new thriller STORM CHILD, Evie Cormac, writing away from home, the secret award, German TV adaptations... STORM CHILD The storm is coming...The most painful of Evie Cormac's memories have been locked away, ever since she was held prisoner as a child - a child whose rescue captured hearts and headlines.Forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven's mission is to guide her to something near normality. But today, on a Lincolnshire beach, seventeen bodies wash up in front of them. There is only one survivor, with two women still missing. And Evie's nightmares come roaring back...Whatever happened all those years ago lies at the core of this new tragedy. Because these deaths are no accident. The same dark forces are reaching out, dragging her back into the storm.Evie must now call upon Cyrus's unique skills, and her own, in their search for the missing pieces of this complex and haunting puzzle. But will that be enough to save them? And who will pay for the past?Michael Robotham is a former feature writer and investigative reporter, who has worked in Britain, Australia and America.His debut thriller, The Suspect, introduced clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin and sold more than a million copies around the world, launching a nine-book series. It has been adapted into an ITV series starring Aidan Turner. Michael's standalone thriller The Secrets She Keeps has also been the basis of two BBC TV series.He has twice won the prestigious UK Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel, as well as the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for When She Was Good, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick.Michael lives in Sydney.michaelrobotham.comRecommendations Michael Ayliffe, Garry Disher, Candice Fox Image: Sydney Morning Herald Craig Sisterson is a features writer and crime fiction expert from New Zealand who writes for newspapers and magazines in several countries. In recent years he's interviewed hundreds of crime writers and talked about the genre on national radio, top podcasts, and onstage at festivals on three continents. He's been a judge of the McIlvanney Prize and Ned Kelly Awards, and is founder of the Ngaio Marsh Awards and co-founder of Rotorua Noir. He lives in London with his daughter. He is the author of  SOUTHERN CROSS CRIME: The Pocket Essentials Guide to the Crime Fiction, Film & TV of Australia & New Zealand.Music courtesy of  Guy Hale KILLING ME SOFTLY - MIKE ZITO featuring Kid Anderson. GUY HALEProduced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir 20232024 Slaughterfest, National Crime Reading Month, CWA Daggers

Julietta Henderson's debut novel, 'The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman', was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and sold around the world. Her second is, 'How to Get a Life'. It tells the story of Danny Mulberry, a man who could do better... better at life, better at being an adult... generally better than everything. When a photo of him accidentally ends up in the papers, people across the country start to think he is actually a man with all the answers... and suddenly Danny becomes the guru who can solve everything.We talk about the north star for this story, and how Julietta pulled everything together whilst writing scattered scenes. Also, how she realised that writing won't get any easier, and whether that knowledge is comfort to her or not.You can hear how much she has learned about how she works best, what she does to get in the writing zone, and whether you really feel improvement when you're trying so hard to get better.Support the show at patreon.com/writersroutine@writerspodwritersroutine.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A change is in the air here at Failing HQ. A scent on the wind, a signal that the new dawn will herald the arrival of long overdue success.This week, not only do Tom and Jon have a lovely chat with acclaimed author and current Richard and Judy Book Club pick Mike Gayle...but Jon also discusses his submissions to some actual writing competitions. AND Tom talks a bit more about the book he's actually published!Oh, and Dave's there too.Mike's latest novel:A Song of Me and You: a heartfelt and romantic novel of first love and second chances, picked for the Richard & Judy Book Clubhttps://amzn.eu/d/2DqUyK9Or see more at www.mikegayle.co.uk"Under A Blood Red Sun" from Aaron Brooks in our WIP up a storm feature.TOM'S BOOK - If you can't be bothered to go to Amazon and put in "Two Hour Sales Bible" then here's a link to it - GO AND BUY IT! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hello and welcome to Spooning With Mark Wogan.On this episode , Mark is joined by the Queen of weekend TV, Amanda Ross. Amanda is the CEO of Cactus TV who has made Saturday Kitchen for the past eighteen years and reveals all the secrets to the show. Plus, Amanda opens up about being integral to the Richard and Judy Book Club and how the book world has changed since. And you can hear Amanda eat some dishes cooked by Jamie Shears, Executive Chef at the Mount Street in Mayfair of foods that she thinks she loves and the foods that she thinks she hates.Spooning With Mark Wogan will be continuing to tour Pub In The Park through the Summer of 2024 which you can watch live by visiting: www.pubintheparkuk.com28-30th June- Chiswick12-14th July- Reigate6-8th September- St Albans Amanda is producing and hosting a spin off theatre version of the TV series called Between The Covers Live! on tour around the UK with Stephen Mangan, Jo Brand and Kacey Ainsworth. You can get tickets and see Amanda and the team on stage by visiting: www.betweenthecoverslive.comJune 1st - Richmond TheatreJune 2nd- Oxford PlayhouseJune 3rd- Nottingham PlayhouseJune 4th- Birmingham Town HallJune 6th- Reading Concert HallJune 7th- Brighton Theatre RoyalNew episodes every Thursday!Producer: Johnny SeifertFilming and Editing: Rory Edwards and Chris JacobsYoutube: Spooning With Mark Wogan to watch the full episode with bonus contentTikTok: @spooningwithmarkwoganInstagram: @spooningwithmarkwoganThis is a News Broadcasting Production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join hosts JD Barker, Christine Daigle, Jena Brown and Kevin Tumlinson as they discuss the week's entertainment news, including how the U.K.'s biggest publishers are using AI, Amazon adding Andrew Ng, and Amazon putting all three Claude AI models on Bedrock. Then, stick around for a chat with author CJ Tudor! C. J. Tudor's love of writing, especially the dark and macabre, started young. When her peers were reading Judy Blume, she was devouring Stephen King and James Herbert.Over the years she has had a variety of jobs, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, dog walker, voiceover artist, television presenter, copywriter and, now, author. Her first novel, The Chalk Man, was a Sunday Times bestseller, has sold in over forty countries and will be developed into a six-part drama with BBC Studios Production. Her second novel, The Taking of Annie Thorne, was also a Sunday Times bestseller as was her third novel The Other People. Her fourth novel, The Burning Girls, was a Richard and Judy Book Club selection and is being adapted for Paramount+ by award-winning screenwriter Hans Rosenfeldt, creator of The Bridge and Marcella.She lives in Sussex, England with her family. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/writersink/support

We sit down with the talented Lizzy Barber! Lizzy studied English at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University before delving into "previous lives" in acting and film development. Currently, she serves as the Head of Brand and Marketing for a restaurant group, collaborating with her brother, a restaurateur.Her literary journey includes the award-winning debut novel, MY NAME IS ANNA / A GIRL NAMED ANNA (US), which clinched the Daily Mail First Novel Competition. Her second novel, OUT OF HER DEPTH, released in 2022, secured a spot as a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and has had its TV & Film Rights optioned. In August 2023, NANNY WANTED hit the shelves, further solidifying Lizzy's place in the literary world.Tune in to discover Lizzy's insights into her career, glean writing tips and advice, and share in the fun as we field questions from our live audience. Lizzy resides in London with her husband, George, a food writer and strategy consultant, and their son, Marlowe.To buy NANNY WANTED, you can get it here: https://amzn.to/48tR5gFDon't forget to follow Lizzy on Instagram, Twitter/X, and TikTok @bylizzybarber for more updates and literary adventures!______________________________________Find out more: www.TheWritingCommunityChatShow.ComTHE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE WE GET IT DONE!If you would like to advertise your #book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCSFOLLOW US► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS► Use hashtag TheWritingCommunityChatShow or TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support!► Support us through Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS► For our FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals!https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4835638006775808Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-writing-community-chat-show--5445493/support.

TONY KENT chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller THE SHADOW NETWORK, Dempsey & Devlin, Chiltern Kills, and obsessive hobby, working on TV true crime, conspiracy, the ensemble cast, the law. THE SHADOW NETWORK How do you take down an enemy when no one believes they exist? When the lawyers of alleged war criminal Hannibal Strauss are caught up in a terror attack in The Hague, barrister Michael Devlin immediately suspects all is not what it seems. Teaming up once more with Agent Joe Dempsey, they must find who's behind it all before any more innocent lives are lost.With their key witness on the run and assassins on their tail, their only lead is a codename: the Monk, a legendary and mysterious foreign agent with a fearsome reputation. But what is his stake in this dangerous game? And just who is part of his shadowy network of spies? Caught in a complicated web of lies, secrets and double agents, there's no one Dempsey and Devlin can trust but themselves.TONY KENT is a thriller writer, a criminal barrister and a former champion boxer. He writes the bestselling Joe Dempsey / Michael Devlin series of political and legal action thrillers which began in 2018 with 'Killer Intent' and continued in 2019 with 'Marked For Death', in 2020 with 'Power Play' and again in 2021 with 'No Way To Die'. The fifth book in the series - 'The Shadow Network', a bang up-to-date, torn from the news thriller set across Europe and the US and featuring the threat of Russian Intelligence and embedded covert assets, all set against the backdrop of the International Criminal Court - is out in hardback on 15th February 2024. In 20-plus years at the criminal Bar Tony has prosecuted and defended in some of the country's highest-profile criminal trials. Throughout his career Tony has dealt not only with the UK government but also with Scotland Yard, the NCA, MI5 and the FBI, as well as some of the UK and Europe's best known organised crime groups. Tony's legal practice is based in Mayfair in London. Tony also appears as a legal commentator as a criminal law specialist on a variety of television programmes including Netflix hits 'My Lover, My Killer' and 'Meet, Marry, Murder'. Tony's books have been picked for 'The Richard and Judy Book Club' and 'The Zoe Ball Book Club', as well as being 'Thriller of the Month' picks for 'The Times'.Recommendations:Writer: David BaldacciFilm: OppenheimerPaul Burke writes for Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network. He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2023. His first book An Encyclopedia of  Spy Fiction will be out in 2025.Music courtesy of  Guy Hale KILLING ME SOFTLY - MIKE ZITO featuring Kid Anderson. GUY HALE Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir 20232024??

Internationally bestselling author, Lucy Clarke, spoke to me about how her love of travel morphed into a destination thriller, building your readership organically, and the chewy female dynamics in her latest novel THE HIKE. Lucy Clarke is a Sunday Times bestseller and the author of eight destination thrillers including Waterstones Thriller of the Month, The Castaways, Richard and Judy Book Club pick, One of the Girls, and most recently, The Hike.  Told in alternating perspectives her latest thriller “explores the wild side of female friendship and the transportive power of the wilderness.” New York Times bestselling author Sarah Pearse said of the book, “THE HIKE transports you to the Norwegian wilderness where a group of female friends are pushed to their absolute limits and beyond.” Lucy's novels have sold over a million copies and are published in over 25 territories worldwide. An adaptation of her book The Castaways was filmed on location in Fiji and Greece, and the five-part series is airing on Paramount+. [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you're a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file Lucy Clarke and I discussed:  Her past life in advertising and making the transition to fiction The explosion of the thriller genre and her place in it Why she likes to write characters at their crossroads Her remote Zen writing hideout Why maintaining author friendships is so important to longevity And a lot more! Show Notes: Lucy-clarke.com The Hike by Lucy Clarke (Amazon) Lucy Clarke Amazon Author Page Lucy Clarke on Facebook Lucy Clarke on Instagram Kelton Reid on Twitter` Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Kim is back! This week she is talking with author Gillian McAllister.  Gillian McCallister is the New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick Wrong Place Wrong Time, Everything but the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How to Disappear, and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sunday Times bestseller Lucy Clarke is the author of eight destination thrillers. They include Waterstones Thriller of the Month, The Castaways, Richard and Judy Book Club pick, One of the Girls, and most recently, The Hike.  Leaving behind their everyday lives, four friends hike out into the beautiful Norwegian wild – nothing between them and the mountain peak but forest, sea and sharp blue sky. But there's a darker side to the wilderness.... https://lucy-clarke.com/books 

Sarah's debut, Someone Else's Skin won the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year and was a World Book Night selection and a Richard & Judy Book Club pick. In the US, it was a Silver Falchion and Macavity Award finalist. No Other Darkness was shortlisted for a Barry Award.She's a Programming Chair for St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend in Oxford, and co-founder of Ledburied, a crime festival in her hometown of Ledbury.As well as writing, she teaches crime fiction and mentors its rising stars. Her short stories have won the Cheshire Prize for Literature, the Fish Criminally Short Histories Prize, and the SENSE prize. She also loves hearing from and engaging with readers.Her latest book, Black Thorn is out now from Pan Macmillan.Ann Cleeves called it ‘immersive, claustrophobic, unbearably tense and quite brilliant' while Liz Nugent said ‘an unforgettable read with the most sympathetic protagonist I've read in years'.You can BUY IT HERE:https://amzn.to/44lOe7a#SarahHilary #blackthorne #books Host CJ Aggett interviewed Sarah at the Harrogate Crime Writers Festival , on behalf of Pan MacMillan.Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals!https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4835638006775808This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

Do you have a recommendation for a guest on the show? Want more of a particular direction of guests? Drop me a line at hank.garner@dabblewriter.com and let me know! Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews!  https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube Gillian McAllister is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the following novels:  Everything But The Truth (2017) Anything You Do Say (2018) called The Choice in America   No Further Questions (2018) called The Good Sister in America  The Evidence Against You (2019)  How To Disappear (2020)  That Night (2021)  Wrong Place Wrong Time (2022)  All are standalone and can be read in any order.  Her latest release is Wrong Place Wrong Time, available now and selected for the Radio 2 book club and was the Reese's Book Club August '22 pick. It debuted at number 4 on the Sunday Times Bestseller List and number 2 on the New York Times Bestseller List. She has been selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club, the Radio 2 Book Club and is published in over 25 languages. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @gillianmauthor and at http://www.gillianmcallister.com.

Do you have a recommendation for a guest on the show? Want more of a particular direction of guests? Drop me a line at hank.garner@dabblewriter.com and let me know! Join us at our YouTube channel to join in LIVE for upcoming author interviews!  https://tinyurl.com/dabbleyoutube Just Another Missing Person: A Novel Gillian McAllister is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of the following novels:  Everything But The Truth (2017) Anything You Do Say (2018) called The Choice in America   No Further Questions (2018) called The Good Sister in America  The Evidence Against You (2019)  How To Disappear (2020)  That Night (2021)  Wrong Place Wrong Time (2022)  All are standalone and can be read in any order.  Her latest release is Wrong Place Wrong Time, available now and selected for the Radio 2 book club and was the Reese's Book Club August '22 pick. It debuted at number 4 on the Sunday Times Bestseller List and number 2 on the New York Times Bestseller List. She has been selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club, the Radio 2 Book Club and is published in over 25 languages. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @gillianmauthor and at http://www.gillianmcallister.com. When you click a link on our site, it might just be a magical portal (aka an affiliate link). We're passionate about only sharing the treasures we truly believe in. Every purchase made from our links not only supports Dabble but also the marvelous authors and creators we showcase, at no additional cost to you.

Our guest today on Killer Women Podcast is Gillian McAllister. Gillian is the New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick Wrong Place Wrong Time, Everything but the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How to Disappear, and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast.    Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network   #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #gillianmcallister #reesebookclub #hellosunshine #sundaytimesbestseller #newyorktimesbestseller #harpercollins

Our guest today on Killer Women Podcast is Gillian McAllister. Gillian is the New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick Wrong Place Wrong Time, Everything but the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How to Disappear, and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #gillianmcallister #reesebookclub #hellosunshine #sundaytimesbestseller #newyorktimesbestseller #harpercollins

Our guest today on Killer Women Podcast is Gillian McAllister. Gillian is the New York Times bestselling author of Reese's Book Club Pick Wrong Place Wrong Time, Everything but the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How to Disappear, and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #gillianmcallister #reesebookclub #hellosunshine #sundaytimesbestseller #newyorktimesbestseller #harpercollins

A special Convo Couch episode featuring guest host Rachael Johns talking to best selling UK thriller author Lisa Jewell. Lisa's first novel, Ralph's Party, was the bestselling debut novel of 1999. Since then she has published another sixteen novels, most recently a number of dark psychological thrillers, including The Girls and Then She Was Gone (both of which were Richard & Judy Book Club picks) as well as I Found You and Watching You. Lisa is a top ten New York Times and number one Sunday Times bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages.  Rachael is currently Australia's leading writer of contemporary relationship stories around women's issues, a genre she has coined ‘life-lit'. She continually places in Booktopia's Top 50 Aussie Authors poll and lives in the Swan Valley with her hyperactive husband, three mostly-gorgeous heroes-in-training, two ravenous cats, a cantankerous bird and a very badly-behaved dog. Join Rachael and Lisa as they chat about Lisa's new release None of This is True, her thoughts on changing genres, her writing process and more.   SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast   W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon   Rachael Johns Website: click here Instagram: click here Facebook: click here   Lisa Jewell Instagram: click here Facebook: click here   Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook: click here Twitter: click here  Instagram: click here   This episode produced by  Pamela Cook for Writes4Women on unceded Dharawal country.          Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=trueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Sunday Times best selling author, Sarah Turner AKA The Unmumsy Mum chats about dirty burger snogs, inflatable chairs, uncomfortable thongs and the stench of Immac.Get her amazing Richard and Judy Book Club approved novel Stepping Up here and go follow her on Instagram.For more of me follow @brummymummyof2 on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok.Email me here with guest ideas or nostalgic topics you would like covered: admin@brummymummyof2.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sunday Times bestselling author ​Louise Candlish is the author of 16 novels, including her brand-new thriller The Only Suspect, set in 1995 and described by the Daily Mail as 'a perfect mix of nostalgia and menace'. It is published in hardback, ebook and audio in February 2023. Louise's #1 bestseller Our House won the British Book Awards 2019 Crime & Thriller Book of the Year and is now a smash-hit 4-part ITV drama starring Martin Compston, Tuppence Middleton and Rupert Penry-Jones (view the full series on ITVX). International bestseller The Other Passenger, a noir tale of adultery and double crossing set among the Thames river commuters, was Louise's first Richard & Judy Book Club pick and was longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2021. It is now in development for the screen.We had a great chat with Louise, finding out how she manages to be quite so prolific with her output, how older crime novels can help with ideas and why she enlists her husband's help when researching. Plus we talk about how mobile phones and the internet ruined so many potential crime stories and whether getting a huge advance as a debut author is necessarily a good thing.Links:Buy Louise's books on AmazonVisit Louise's websiteFollow Louise on TwitterPage One - The Writer's Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ukPageOneFollow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ukPageOneFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ukpageone/Follow us on Mastodon: https://writing.exchange/@PageOnePod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's Season Four Premiere guest is Kate Riordan. Kate is a writer and journalist who has five fabulous novels under her proverbial belt. Her fourth novel "The Heatwave" was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, and we'll be discussing it in our next Storytime Book Club.But today we'll be talking about Kate's latest novel, “Summer Fever,” a psychological suspense set in Northern Italy. It's the story of Laura and Nick, a British couple who've decided to fix up a villa and start a new life in an attempt to save their failing marriage, and Madison and Bastien their first guests, who arrive with secrets of their own.In our conversation, Kate discusses the Gothic settings she's drawn to, how her characters surprise her, why unlikable characters can be the most fun to write, and so much more. Then, she treats us to a reading from “Summer Fever.”https://www.instagram.com/kateriordanauthor/https://twitter.com/KateRiordanUKJoin our Book Club: patreon.com/parisundergroundradioFind Us OnlineWebsite: https://www.parisundergroundradio.com/storytimeinparisFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/parisundergroundradioInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/parisundergroundradio/CreditsHost and Producer: Jennifer Geraghty. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @jennyphoria; Website: http://jennyphoria.comMusic CreditsHip Hop Rap Instrumental (Crying Over You) by christophermorrow https://soundcloud.com/chris-morrow-3​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/2AHA5G9​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/hiYs5z4xdBU​About UsSince well before Victor Hugo looked up at Notre Dame and thought, "Huh... what if a hunchback lived in there?" authors have been inspired by Paris. The Storytime in Paris podcast will help keep this tradition alive with short interviews and readings from your favorite contemporary authors with a French connection. Every episode will feature five questions, asked by you, our authors' biggest fans, and answered live on air. Then, our authors will treat us to a reading of an excerpt from their book. Who knows? Maybe you'll even be inspired to write your own Great French Novel. Happy listening! 

Today's guest is author Gillian McAllister. Gillian has been writing for as long as she can remember. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Everything But the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How To Disappear and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast. Her newest book, Wrong Place, Wrong Time was released in the U.S. on August 2nd. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #gillianmcallister #wrongplacewrongtime #harpercollins

Today's guest is author Gillian McAllister. Gillian has been writing for as long as she can remember. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Everything But the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How To Disappear and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast. Her newest book, Wrong Place, Wrong Time was released in the U.S. on August 2nd. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #gillianmcallister #wrongplacewrongtime #harpercollins

Today's guest is author Gillian McAllister. Gillian has been writing for as long as she can remember. She graduated with an English degree before working as a lawyer. She lives in Birmingham, England, where she now writes full-time. She is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Everything But the Truth, The Choice, The Good Sister, The Evidence Against You, How To Disappear and the Richard & Judy Book Club pick That Night. She is also the creator and co-host of the popular Honest Authors podcast. Her newest book, Wrong Place, Wrong Time was released in the U.S. on August 2nd. Killer Women is copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network #podcast #author #interview #authors #KillerWomen #KillerWomenPodcast #authorsontheair #podcast #podcaster #killerwomen #killerwomenpodcast #authors #authorsofig #authorsofinstagram #authorinterview #writingcommunity #authorsontheair #suspensebooks #authorssupportingauthors #thrillerbooks #suspense #wip #writers #writersinspiration #books #bookrecommendations #bookaddict #bookaddicted #bookaddiction #bibliophile #read #amreading #lovetoread #daniellegirard #daniellegirardbooks #gillianmcallister #wrongplacewrongtime #harpercollins

Richard and Judy are joined in this episode by Ashley Bruce, Senior Buyer for Adult Books at WHSmith, to take a peek behind the curtains at the Richard and Judy Book Club and discuss this week's Book Club pick ‘Lily' by Rose Tremain. Lily, a historical fiction novel, is this week's Book Club pick. Set in Victorian England, this is a story of murder and revenge. A baby is abandoned at the gates of a park only to be saved by a young policeman and taken to the Foundling Hospital. After suffering years of brutal hardship at the Hospital, Lily is released into the world of Victorian London. But she's hiding a dreadful secret... Richard and Judy also chat with Ashley about behind the scenes of each season's Book Club selections, from the moment publishers submit their books for consideration, to the huge group of people who read and begin to whittle the list down, to what Richard and Judy are looking for when they select their final six for each collection.

Twists, turns & mind games. Lexie Elliot on The WCCS.Lexie Elliott was born in 1976 and grew up in Scotland, at the foot of the Highlands. Her first attempt at a book came in primary school, and featured a horse; sadly, that manuscript has been lost. She attended a local state high school, Dunblane High School, and spent much of her teenaged years reading and swimming. In 1994 she began a Physics degree at University College, Oxford, where she obtained a first; she subsequently obtained a doctorate in Theoretical Physics, also from Oxford University. A keen sportwoman, she represented Oxford University every one of her seven years there in either Swimming or Waterpolo, and usually both. However, she never lost her longheld desire to become a writer and always had a drawer full of private scribblings.​After university, Lexie succumbed to the need to climb out of debt and find a job and began work for an investment bank in London, where she remained for 8 years. During that time she also took up triathlon, met her husband (in a swimming pool at 5.30am, but that is another story...), got married and had two gorgeous boys, swam the English Channel solo, ran a few marathons and ultramarathons and tried in vain to carve out enough time to write. After losing her banking job during the Global Financial Crisis, she began work part-time in fund management in the City of London, and writing part-time. Her debut novel, The French Girl, was published in February 2018. In 2021, Lexie decided to take a break from the city and is currently writing full-time. When she's not writing, she can be found running, swimming and juggling family life whilst thinking about writing. Lexie is currently working on her fourth novel.How to Kill Your Best Friend: The breathtakingly twisty 2022 Richard and Judy Book Club pick.I'd do anything for my friends - even murder...Georgie, Lissa and Bronwyn have been best friends since they met on their college swimming team. Now Lissa is dead - drowned off the coast of the remote island where her second husband owns a luxury resort. But could a star open-water swimmer really have drowned? Or is something more sinister going on?Brought together for Lissa's memorial, Georgie, Bron, Lissa's grieving husband and their friends find themselves questioning the circumstances around Lissa's death - and each other. As the weather turns ominous, trapping the guests on the island, it slowly dawns on them that Lissa's death was only the beginning. Nobody knows who they can trust. Or if they'll make it off the island alive...THE WCCS – TOGETHER AS ONE, WE GET IT DONE!If you would like to advertise your book on the show, to enroll in a book launch interview, or to have a WCCS social media shout out, visit here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCSIf you want to sponsor CJ Aggett on The Frontline 100k Walk, please visit here: https://events.soldierscharity.org/fundraisers/christopheraggettFOLLOW US► Our website – https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com/► Universal link – https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS► Buy the show a coffee – https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheWCCS► Use hashtag #TheWritingCommunityChatShow or #TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support!► Support us through #Patreon – https://www.patreon.com/WCCS► For our #FIVERR affiliate link click here (we will earn a little from you signing up through our link and more if you use the service. We back this service and have used it with great results! – https://fvrr.co/32SB6cs► For our PRO #WRITING AID affiliate link click here – https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15286​

In this episode, I'm chatting with author Lucy Clarke about her becoming story, writing in notebooks, Tasmania, and her new novel One Of The Girls.Sunday Times bestseller, Lucy Clarke, is the author of seven psychological thrillers - THE SEA SISTERS, A SINGLE BREATH, THE BLUE/NO ESCAPE, LAST SEEN, YOU LET ME IN, THE CASTAWAYS, and ONE OF THE GIRLS. Her debut novel was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, and her books have been sold in over 20 territories. THE BLUE is currently being filmed for a seven-part television series for ParmountPlus, due for release in 2023.Lucy is a passionate traveler, beach hut dweller, and fresh air enthusiast. She's married to a professional windsurfer, and, together with their two children, they spend their winters traveling and their summers at home on the south coast of England. Lucy writes from a beach hut, using the inspiration from the wild south coast to craft her stories.Lucy ClarkeSaltwater in the Blood, Easkey BrittonDirt Music, Tim WintonSupport the show

Sunday Times bestseller, Lucy Clarke, is the author of seven psychological thrillers - THE SEA SISTERS, A SINGLE BREATH, THE BLUE/NO ESCAPE, LAST SEEN, YOU LET ME IN, THE CASTAWAYS, and ONE OF THE GIRLS. Her debut novel was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, and her books have been sold in over 20 territories. THE BLUE is currently being filmed for a seven-part television series for ParmountPlus, due for release in 2023. Lucy is a passionate traveller, beach hut dweller, and fresh air enthusiast. She's married to a professional windsurfer and, together with their two children, they spend their winters travelling and their summers at home on the south coast of England. Lucy writes from a beach hut, using the inspiration from the wild south coast to craft her stories.

Sunday Times bestseller, Lucy Clarke, is the author of seven psychological thrillers - THE SEA SISTERS, A SINGLE BREATH, THE BLUE/NO ESCAPE, LAST SEEN, YOU LET ME IN, THE CASTAWAYS, and ONE OF THE GIRLS. Her debut novel was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick, and her books have been sold in over 20 territories. THE BLUE is currently being filmed for a seven-part television series for ParmountPlus, due for release in 2023. Lucy is a passionate traveller, beach hut dweller, and fresh air enthusiast. She's married to a professional windsurfer and, together with their two children, they spend their winters travelling and their summers at home on the south coast of England. Lucy writes from a beach hut, using the inspiration from the wild south coast to craft her stories.

Bestselling husband-wife team Lars Kepler knows a thing or two about writing with your spouse. In writing as in marriage, the Kepler duo must routinely navigate around indecision, such as compromising on important plot points, in order to maintain an efficient and fun writing environment. Kepler is an international bestseller, having sold 16 million copies in 40 languages. To purchase their latest novel, The Mirror Man, follow the link below. From Amazon.com: Lars Kepler is a No.1 bestselling international sensation, whose Joona Linna thrillers have sold more than 12 million copies in 40 languages. The first book in the series, The Hypnotist, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club and the most recent, Stalker, went straight to No.1 in Sweden, Norway, Holland and Slovakia. Lars Kepler is the pseudonym for writing duo Alexander Ahndoril and Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril. They live with their family in Sweden. In this episode, you'll discover: Who is Lars Kepler? What does research look like during the pandemic? How they naturally translate Swedish for an English audience What a typical writing day looks like for Lars Links: J. D. Barker - http://jdbarker.com/ J. Thorn - https://theauthorlife.com/ Zach Bohannon - https://zachbohannon.com/ The Author Life Summit 2022 - https://theauthorlife.com/summit2022/ Lars Kepler - https://larskepler.com/ The Mirror Man - https://mybook.to/MirrorMan Three Story Method: Writing Scenes - https://books2read.com/threestorymethodws Best of BookTook - https://bestofbooktok.com/ The Carbon Almanac - https://books2read.com/carbonalmanac Story Rubric - http://storyrubric.com Nonfic Rubric - http://nonficrubric.com Scene Rubric - http://scenerubric.com Proudly sponsored by Kobo Writing Life - https://kobowritinglife.com/ Music by Nicorus - https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep Voice Over by Rick Ganley - http://www.nhpr.com and recorded at Mill Pond Studio - http://www.millpondstudio.com Contact - https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/ *Full disclosure: Some of the links are affiliate links. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writersink/support

This week we're speaking to crime author, Cara Hunter. Cara is the author of five bestselling crime novels following the investigations of DI Adam Fawley and his team. Set in her home city of Oxford, Cara's books feature an ensemble cast of characters that readers have avidly followed since 2017. Her fast-paced twisting plotlines deliver a gripping read and have won spots on the Richard and Judy Book Club, numerous short-listings in crime fiction awards, and optioned for TV. In her latest book The Whole Truth, DI Adam Fawley and his team are up against the clock when an Oxford student accuses one of the university's professors of sexual assault and lives come under threat.

Another great guest this week, in the form of Gillian McAllister. Sunday Times best-selling author, with the TV royalty seal of approval from Richard and Judy, she chats about her journey, her work and the philosophical musings of Taylor Swift. Read all about Gilly here https://gillianmcallister.com/ Buy her latest smash hit best seller here https://www.amazon.co.uk/That-Night-gripping-psychological-thriller/dp/1405942444/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= See her on the Richard & Judy Book Club here https://www.richardandjudy.co.uk/ And listen to her on The Honest Authors Podcast here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-honest-authors-podcast/id1194154338 Music by Dano songs 

Season one, episode four of the Genre-rama podcast is titled: How to Write Teen Fiction and features an interview with author Sophie McKenzie.To access the free creative writing starter library mentioned in the show, click here.The fake sponsor for this episode is a phoney translation technology called Teen-slate. This unique algorithm is designed to help parents and carers better understand the musings of their own little Betty, Baldwin or Barney.This is #NotARealProduct. Anyone who tries to sell you a pack or ten of Realit-ease is an agent of evil and thus not to be trusted.CASTHost: Helen CoxGuest: Sophie McKenzie.Sophie McKenzie is the multi-award-winning, original queen of teen thrillers, whose debut, Girl, Missing, is still a top-ten YA bestseller fifteen years after first publication. Sophie followed this success with two further books in the series: Sister, Missing and Missing Me, alongside over 20 other adventure and romance novels, including The Medusa Project series, Blood Ties and Blood Ransom. Her latest teen thriller, is Hide and Secrets, published July 2021.Sophie's first adult novel, Close My Eyes, was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club and she has since published three more psychological thrillers for grown-ups. Her books have sold more than one million copies in the UK alone and are translated and sold all over the world.  She lives in North London.http://www.sophiemckenziebooks.com Twitter: @sophiemckenzie_Instagram: @sophiemckenziebooksJingle Performance: The One Man Barbershop QuartertetTeen-slate Voice Over Artist: Shba Cochrane 

AJ Pearce grew up in Hampshire and worked in magazine publishing and marketing before getting into writing. After gaining a degree in American studies at the University of Sussex, she embarked on a two-decade career in magazine marketing, working on everything from What's New in Engineering to Smash Hits.And it is the world of magazine publishing that provided the backdrop for her highly-acclaimed debut novel, Dear Mrs Bird, which was published back in 2018 and became a Sunday Times bestseller and a Richard & Judy Book Club pick.The novel is set in London in 1941 and features Emmeline Lake, an aspiring journalist who begins working on the Woman's Friend magazine, assisting the formidable Mrs Bird, the magazine's resident agony aunt.And Emmeline's adventures continue in Yours Cheerfully – AJ's new novel which has just been published. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alison Littlewood is the author of eight novels, two short story collections, a novella, and a novel written under the nom de plume “A.J. Elwood” called The Cottingley Cuckoo which was published in 2021 by Titan Books. Her novel A Cold Season was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, and her short stories have been picked for several best of the year anthologies. She won the 2014 Shirley Jackson Award for Short Fiction for her story “The Dog's Home” – which is certainly one of the darkest pieces she's written, and contains one of her most shocking endings – and has just this week been nominated for the ALCS's Tom-Gallon Trust Award for her story “Swanskin” in the anthology After Sundown, edited by Mark Morris. Alison lives with her partner Fergus in deepest Yorkshire, England, in a house of creaking doors and crooked walls. She loves exploring the hills and dales with her two hugely enthusiastic Dalmatians and has a penchant for books on folklore and weird history, Earl Grey tea, and semicolons. Links: Website: https://www.alisonlittlewood.co.uk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alison.littlewood.3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ali__L

Tony Kent is an author and criminal barrister.Tony grew up on a council estate in west London, he came from an Irish family of builders some of whom, including his older brother, found themselves on the wrong side of the law. It was during one of his brother’s brushes with the law that Tony decided he wanted to be a barrister. Fast forward today and Tony runs one of the UK tops law firms representing some of the most notorious gangsters and criminals.Tony's first novel, Killer Intent, a political thriller, was one of the ‘must reads’ of 2018. It was selected for the Zoe Ball Book Club and is currently being adapted into a TV series. His second book, Marked For Death, followed and was picked by the Richard & Judy Book Club. His third novel, Power Play, is a highly-topical thriller of corruption and power, cementing Tony’s reputation as one of the most exciting new names in crime fiction.If you like this episode please do rate and review the podcast on Apple.Happy listening :)Steve - @offkeysteveSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/balancing-acts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wednesday we welcome author EVE CHASE! Her book THE GLASS HOUSE was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick. She is a Sunday Times bestselling author. FOLLOW US ► Our website - https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com ► Universal link - https://linktr.ee/TheWCCS ► Use hashtag #TheWritingCommunityChatShow or #TheWCCS on social media to keep us current. This show will only succeed with your support! ► Support us through #Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/WCCS?fan_landing=true ► Become the sponsor of a show by the BEER TOKEN BOOK PROMOTION - https://www.thewritingcommunitychatshow.com/buy-us-a-beer Todays BEER TOKEN BOOK PROMOTION sponsor is ► GL Robinson @gl_robinson - BOOK - The Lord and the Red-Headed Hornet. 5/5 after 7 ratings. Kindle & paperback. British Historical Literature. She has blazing red hair and the temperament to go with it. But she loves her twin brother and to get him a job in the diplomatic service talks her way into the position of secretary to a Peer. But when his lordship mysteriously disappears and her brother joins the army, can she save them both? "This was such a quick and lively story." "This is a "Joy ride" from start to finish." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writingcommunitychatshow/support

In this conversation I chat to author/playwright/screenwriter Gytha Lodge (https://twitter.com/thegyth).Gytha set up her own theatre company after graduating from Cambridge with a degree in English and began to tour productions. Her one-act play Otherwise won a Fringe award in 2010 for best new play. After beginning the UEA Creative Writing MA in 2011, Gytha began writing for screen and in prose. She was shortlisted for the Yeovil Literary Prize and the Arts' Council England fiction awards, and developed a large online following for her young adult and children's writing, culminating in close to two million reads on platform Wattpad. Her first novel She Lies in Wait was published in March 2019, it is a Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller, and was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. She is signed with Penguin Random House worldwide for the first three books in her crime series featuring DCI Jonah Sheens. Her third book in the trilogy 'Lie Beside Me', is released in February 2021.Gytha kicks things off talking about what impact the clothes we wear, whilst working from home have on our productivity and focus. She breaks down how she balances single parenting while writing during lockdown. We discuss the importance of routine and having a space dedicated to your writing and Gytha advises to let yourself love the process of writing.She shares her experience of studying English at Cambridge University and explains why after graduating she set up a theatre company, which then went on to win an Edinburgh Fringe Award. And we discuss the importance of knowing how to pitch. Gytha breaks down how she juggled doing an MA in creative writing, being a single parent and running a business at the same time. She describes how she built an online following for her writing on Wattpad and gained over 1.8 million reads, whilst waiting to hear back from publishers on her first novel.And how it took Gytha till her seventh novel to get a three book publishing deal with Penguin, which then enabled her to quit her job and write full time. She emphasises the importance of empathy and not basing your self esteem on your career and gives her one tip to aspiring authors and writers. Gytha also shares her love for gaming, rock climbing, rowing and loads more!If you like this episode please do rate and review the podcast on Apple.Happy listening :)Steve - @offkeysteve See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kate Summerscale is the author of the number one bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008, winner of the Galaxy British Book of the Year Award, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and adapted into a major ITV drama. Her first book, the bestselling The Queen of Whale Cay, won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award. Her latest book, The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story is shortlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy McCarraher is one of the UK's leading book mentors and she is passionate about helping other women share their stories and claim their authority through the power of a book. Her own life story is quite incredible and I left our conversation determined to keep a more open mind toward my career. Lucy is someone who has embraced change and it has lead to many different directions with surprising outcomes. Subjects covered- Staying open minded on your career path The beginning of the Work Life Balance Becoming an Author Accepting new challenges Richard & Judy Book Club competition Perseverance The importance of women owning their expertise Claiming your authority How getting your story out there in the form of book could make a big difference to your business How Rethink Press could help you achieve your book goals. For further information please visit www.rethinkpress.com and you can contact Lucy info@rethinkpress.com. You can also follow Lucy on social media Twitter and Facebook and Instagram I've just finished her latest book "A Book of One's Own" which I would definitely recommend for any women thinking of writing their own book. Available here Don't forget to subscribe to the new Out of the Bubble podcast website to keep updated www.outofthebubblepodcast.com and find me on Instagram @rachelperu1 and Facebook @stepoutofthebubble Have you joined the Stepping out of the Bubble Facebook group yet? I'll be back next week to share some more inspiration In the meantime.... Keep being fabulous! Rachel x (Background music credited to Scott Holmes - Our Big Adventure.) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/outofthebubble/message

Richard and Judy are celebrating the ten year anniversary of the Book Club’s partnership with WHSmith, and are bringing back 12 of their all-time favourite Book Club titles with a ‘Best of the Richard and Judy Book Club’ collection. This week, TV’s Judge Rinder, and authors Heather Morris and Terry Hayes join them to talk about The Tattooist of Auschwitz and I Am Pilgrim. Together, they explore Rob’s personal connections with Heather’s book, rich Yiddish words, and how conspiracy theories really work. Simply pop in to your local WHSmith, or head online to www.whsmith.co.uk to browse the entire anniversary collection, and use the code BOOKCLUB10 for a 10% discount.  

Gabby Logan joins Richard and Judy to discuss ageing, big family secrets, and the time she and Clare Balding ended up having the same idea for a children’s book! Richard and Judy are celebrating the ten year anniversary of the Book Club’s partnership with WHSmith, and are bringing back 12 of their all-time favourite Book Club titles with a ‘Best of the Richard and Judy Book Club’ collection. This week, they explore the moral conundrums in Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, and Liane Moriarty’s The Husband’s Secret. Simply pop in to your local WHSmith, or head online to www.whsmith.co.uk to browse the entire anniversary collection, and use the code BOOKCLUB10 for a 10% discount.    

The UK’s biggest book club, hosted by Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, is back! We're delighted to be celebrating the ten year anniversary of our partnership with WHSmith, so we’re bringing back 12 of our all-time favourite Book Club titles with a ‘Best of the Richard and Judy Book Club’ collection. The authors of these bestsellers can be found right here on this podcast alongside a whole host of celebrity friends. So go on, grab a cuppa and join us and our fellow keen readers for a chat. Simply pop in to your local WHSmith, or head online to www.whsmith.co.uk to browse the entire anniversary collection.

In Episode 5 of Mostly Books Meets, we chat to journalist, author, and podcaster, Elizabeth Day. An experienced journalist, who has written for publications including The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Mail on Sunday. Elizabeth’s first book was published in 2011 and she went on to publish a further three novels, including the Party which was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. In 2017, after a relationship breakup, Elizabeth came up with the idea of a new podcast: How To Fail With Elizabeth Day. In the podcast, she speaks to successful people about three perceived failures and how they dealt with them. The podcast was an instant success and, after eight episodes, it had been downloaded more than 200,000 times and she had a book deal. The resulting book, How to Fail, was a Sunday Times best seller and the follow up, Failosophy is published on the 1st October. -- In Failosophy Elizabeth Day brings together all the lessons she has learned, from conversations with the guests on her award-winning How to Fail podcast, from stories shared with her by readers and listeners, and from her own life, and distils them into seven principles of failure. Practical, reassuring and inspirational, these principles offer a guide through life's rough patches. From failed exams to romantic break-ups, from career setbacks to confidence crises, from navigating anxiety to surviving loss, Failosophy recognises, and celebrates, the fact that failure connects us all. It is what makes us human. With insights from Malcolm Gladwell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Lemn Sissay, Frankie Bridge, Nigel Slater, Emeli Sande, Alain de Botton, Mabel, Fearne Cotton, Meera Syal, Dame Kelly Holmes, Andrew Scott and many, many more, Failosophy is the essential handbook for turning failure into success. Mostly Books: www.twitter.com/mostlyreading www.instagram.com/mostlybooks_shop Elizabeth Day www.twitter.com/elizabday www.instagram.com/elizabday/

The Sunday Times Bestselling author, Harriet Tyce, joins A.M. Peacock and Trevor Wood on this week's podcast. Harriet's 2019 debut, Blood Orange, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and has been translated into 22 different languages. Her latest novel, The Lies You Told, is out now... Copies of Harriet's books are available from Forum Books at: https://www.forumbooksshop.com Follow the Northern Crime Syndicate on Twitter at @northern_crime and give us a 'like' on Facebook.

Dawn O’Porter is this week’s featured author in the Richard and Judy Book Club. So Lucky is a bold, confident, and very funny book examining how social media can make women’s lives look far more perfect than they really are. Dawn discusses her own relationship with social media, why she’s so confident writing about sex, and how her friend’s experience of polycystic ovaries inspired one of the characters. Head to your local WHSmith or www.whsmith.co.uk to buy your special edition copy of So Lucky, and browse the entire seasonal Book Club collection. Oh – and join the conversation and let us know what Book Club novels you’ve been reading recently by emailing richardandjudypodcast@whsmith.co.uk

Sabine Durrant has just published a brand new psychological thriller, it's called 'Finders, Keepers' and it tells the story of Verity who becomes obsessed with her new neighbour. You can find out how the story was inspired by a mission Sabine and her kids undertook to rescue a lost rabbit.We talk about the convention of genre and how much Sabine plays with it, how much she needs to know before she starts a story, and how her routine has changed over time. As this show is a show about process, there's a lot about that, there's also a lot about the pre-process-process, and what Sabine needs to do before she even starts writing.Sabine is a journalist and the author of the best-selling 'Having It and Eating It' and the 'Connie Pickles' series of children's books.Her four psychological thrillers so far have been sold all around the world, made it to the 'Richard and Judy Book Club' and been translated into many languages. She has also written for the Guardian, Observer, Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph. If you'd like to buy a copy, please do it through this link - https://amzn.to/3eVvAcP - sorry I know it's evil Amazon, but we need money from Bezos.Also, please do support us at patreon.com/writersroutine.@writerspodwritersroutine.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Featuring: Ryan David Jahn, Gillian Flynn, Chris Mooney, Megan Abbott and John Connolly. Back in 2012 we were thrilled to showcase four of the most acclaimed new crime writers in America. Ryan David Jahn’s Acts Of Violence won the New Blood Dagger while Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn picked up not only the New Blood award but also the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. Chris Mooney has received rave reviews from the likes of Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane and Megan Abbott’s hugely praised The End Of Everything was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick. These four incredible authors sat down with 2012 special guest, John Connolly. Podcast music by Joseph McDade.

The UK’s biggest book club is back with a new, improved podcast hosted by television royalty; Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan.   Each week, Richard and Judy will be discussing a brand-new book with its author, delving into the novel’s origins, themes inspirations and much, much more.   And with each title available in your nearest WHSmith store as part of their exclusive Richard and Judy Book Club collection, it’s never been easier to join Britain’s biggest book club!   Simply pop in to your local WHSmith or head to www.whsmith.co.uk to browse the entire seasonal collection, get reading and tune in each week as Richard and Judy take a deep-dive into a different, riveting title.   So, grab a cuppa and join Richard and Judy on the sofa for this brand-new podcast, and welcome to the Richard and Judy Book Club, exclusive to WHSmith!   Oh – and join the conversation and let us know what Book Club novels you’ve been reading recently by emailing richardandjudypodcast@whsmith.co.uk

Harriet Tyce is a Sunday Times Bestselling Author whose debut novel, Blood Orange, was a huge hit and featured on Richard & Judy's Book Club list in 2019. A domestic noir set in the UK legal world, it is a twisty tale of murder and quite a few flawed characters!We had a really interesting chat with Harriet, hearing about how the long path to her debut with Blood Orange, how being selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club was transformational, and how writing courses really can help you be successful in your writing career. We also talk about her upcoming novel, The Lies You Told, the struggle of being creative during the coronavirus epidemic, chat about the benefits of audiobooks and much more!Links:Buy Harriet's booksHarriet's websiteThe Page One Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on Twitter: @write_gearFollow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WriteGearUK/Follow us on Instagram: write_gear_uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Stagg presents Words & Sound, the arts and culture podcast on Phoenix FM. In episode 2 of Words & Sound, my special guest is award winning best selling author Sarah Hilary. Sarah is the author of 6 DI Marnie Rome novels, including the brand new novel; Never Be Broken. We talk all about the new book, Sarah's approach to writing and advice and about the amazing mentoring and support initiative; Killer Women. All music played has been specially selected by Sarah. Links mentioned in this episode: Sarah's website: https://www.sarahhilary.com// Killer Women: https://killerwomen.org/ Twitter: @sarah_hilary Songs played in this episode: The Style Council - A Man of Great Promise Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love Sarah Hilary has worked as a bookseller, and with the Royal Navy. Her debut, Someone Else's Skin, won Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year and was a World Book Night selection. The Observer's Book of the Month ("superbly disturbing”) and a Richard & Judy Book Club bestseller, it was a Silver Falchion and Macavity Award finalist in the US. No Other Darkness, the second in the series was shortlisted for a Barry Award. Her latest in her DI Marnie Rome series, Never Be Broken, is out now. Sarah is one of the Killer Women, a crime writing collective supporting diversity, innovation and inclusion in their industry. Chris @cw_stagg

Sophie talks to writer, artist and stiletto-wearing buggy-wielder Sian Pattenden. Sian started writing for Smash Hits when she was 18 and has been interviewing pop stars ever since - for The Face, The Guardian, Select and NME.  She also writes and illustrates children's books.  The latest series, **The Peppers and the International Magic Guys**, was selected for inclusion in the Richard and Judy Book Club 2013.  Sian co-presents the weekly pop culture podcast Bigmouth.

American footballer-turned-opera star Morris Robinson is returning to the Proms this weekend to perform as the bass soloist in Mahler's epic Symphony of a Thousand. He sings live and discusses his extraordinary move from the football stadium to the opera house. Sitting around of an evening with friends, a bottle of wine, discussing a good book - that's the cosy image of the Book Club. But the Richard and Judy Book Club is now exclusive to WH Smith, Fern Britten's is partnered with Tesco and Harper Collins, and there's even one called the Specsavers Zoe Ball Book Club. Amanda Ross, the television producer who invented the Richard and Judy Book Club, Guardian books correspondent Danuta Kean and journalist and book editor Sarah Shaffi discuss whether the cosy is turning commercial.Mission Impossible returns to our screens next week with a sixth instalment of the classic franchise. For 22 years the series has captivated audiences with its winning combination of spy games, double - and triple - crosses, hair-raising stunts and stunning set pieces in locations all around the world. Real life action-figure Tom Cruise is back, and at 56 years old is still hurling himself off buildings and dangling out of airborne helicopters. But the real mission (should they choose to accept it...) is for the film makers; keeping the film fresh. Film writer Hannah Woodhead has seen Mission Impossible - Fallout and gives her verdict.Presenter: Gaylene Gould Producer: Julian May.

Clare Mackintosh is an internationally successful crime fiction novelist. Her debut novel 'I Let You Go' was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller for 12 weeks. It was selected for both the Richard and Judy Book Club and ITV's Loose Women's ‘Loose Books', and has been translated into more than 30 languages. Clare also spent twelve years in the police force, including time on CID, and as a public order commander - and battled the overwhelming grief of the loss of a young child. The 'Influential Women Podcast' discusses Clare's life, work, passions, motivations and influences and is co-produced by presenter Nicki Bannerman and audio producer Juliette Nicholls. @nickihbc @julesnicholls @claremackint0sh

Bryony Gordon is a writer and columnist at the Telegraph and a Sunday Times bestselling author of two memoirs, The Wrong Knickers and Mad Girl. The Wrong Knickers came out in 2014, a memoir of "hedonistic antics" during her single life and Mad Girl picked in the most recent Richard and Judy Book Club is an honest account of life living a mental illness specifically OCD. Last year, Bryony founded Mental Health Mates a regular meet-up for people with mental health issues, where they could walk and talk without fear of judgement. It’s grown hugely and is now situated in several locations around the UK and in America. We talk about how running has helped Bryony’s mental health, how she works and writes, what it means to have a book about mental health in mainstream book clubs, and why it’s OK to have bad days, weeks or years sometimes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Charlotte interviews horror writer Alison Littlewood, whose debut novel A Cold Season made a splash when it was first released, making the Richard and Judy Book Club. Since then, she's published another seven books, including two short story collections. While her writing predominantly falls into the category of horror, Alison is not averse to trying […] The post Interview with Alison Littlewood first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper.

This week, Charlotte interviews horror writer Alison Littlewood, whose debut novel A Cold Season made a splash when it was first released, making the Richard and Judy Book Club. Since then, she’s published another seven books, including two short story collections. While her writing predominantly falls into the category of horror, Alison is not averse to trying […] The post Interview with Alison Littlewood first appeared on Breaking the Glass Slipper.

Most people know Richard Madeley for his work with his wife, Judy Finnigan on TV and as part of The Richard & Judy Book Club. He is also the best-selling author of four books. He began his writing career with Fathers and Sons, then followed that up with Some Day I’ll Find You and The Way You Look Tonight. His new book is called The Night Book, a thriller which is set in the Lake District in the long, hot summer of 1976. I caught up with Richard for a conversation about writing whilst he was on his promotional book tour during July 2016. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/self-publishing-journeys/message