Talking Books with guest Katie Marsh – July 2021

Jul 19, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books

We’re joined this month by Katie Marsh, whose latest book  Unbreak Your Heart was our top selling book last month.  She’s a Petersfield author whose books sell all over the world.  After a ten year career in the NHS she left to take up writing full time. This Months...

Talking Books with guest Lissa Evans – June 2021

Jun 14, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books

This month we are talking to Lissa Evans, about her new book, out in paperback this month. Lissa Evans writes for both adults and children when she’s not guesting on Backlisted Pod. Her recent novel, V for Victory – which is out in paperback from Black...

Talking Books – May 2021

May 16, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books

 It’s another YA special, with Sue Wallman –  a prize-winning author of YA thrillers. Her debut, Lying about Last Summer, was Winner of Zoella Book Club 2016 and she has since published another three, all winning awards and Dead Popular was WHSmith...

Talking Books – April 2021

Apr 15, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books

 We are back in person at One Tree Books, ready for the bookshop to reopen to customers on 12 April. Our guest is Roger Morgan-Grenville. He was a soldier in the Royal Green Jackets for 9 years and led the first expedition to successfully retrace Shackleton’s ...

Talking Books – March 2021

Mar 12, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books

The guest is Tim Bouquet, who grew up on his father’s farm at Butser. His mother still lives in Petersfield. He is a ghost-writer and biographer who makes dry material page-turners. Tim O’Kelly talks to him about his stunning book on Philip Jackson (sculpture studio...

Talking Books – February 2021

Feb 15, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books

Our guest is Kathryn Evans, who has been an actor, a waitress, a celery cutter and newspaper deliverer – she’s even scrubbed the decks of the Mary Rose. Now she combines being an author with being a mum, running a farm, volunteering as co-Regional Advisor...

Talking Books – January 2021

Jan 17, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books

Special guest Thomas Harding, a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 16 languages. He has written for the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian, among other publications. He is the author of HANNS AND RUDOLF which won the...

Talking Books – December 2020

Dec 11, 2020 | Audio stories, Talking Books

Tim and Suzie are joined in One Tree Books by bestselling author Kate Mosse. Suzie’s backlisted choice is Kate’s ghostly Christmas love story, set after the horrors of the First World War, The Winter Ghosts. With a short extract read by son, actor Felix Mosse. She is...

Talking Books Café – 30 November 2020

Nov 30, 2020 | Audio stories, Talking Books

Tim and Suzie start their fortnightly catch up. bite-size chunks so you can have a cuppa, grab a biscuit, whatever. It’s pure pleasure – so join in twitter, FB or online. Starting with TV: Valhalla RisingThe Crown: fascination with 1980s! memories? Hatreds? Reality TV...

Talking Books – November 2020

Nov 16, 2020 | Audio stories, Talking Books

Tim’s top picks for Christmas presents and a socially distanced interview with Niall Edworthy, the author of Main Battle Tank  and over a dozen other books under a variety of noms de plume, covering military history, biography, sport, general humour, wildlife and...

Talking Books – October 2020

Oct 19, 2020 | Audio stories, Talking Books

It’s Halloween. Tim hates ghost stories and Suzie loves them. That’s not their only difference of opinion.  Tim meets Bob Stone, owner of Write Blend books in Liverpool, and I talk rainbow shelfies and Giles Coren’s end of books with author and bookstagrammer Mel...

Talking Books – September 2020

Sep 22, 2020 | Audio stories, Talking Books

Suzie Wilde and Tim O’Kelly discuss what they are currently reading and what to look out for over the coming month. Suzie Wilde and Tim O’Kelly discuss how they organise their bookshelves and the books they are currently reading. Tim talks about A Suitable...

Talking Books with Suzie Wilde – August 2020

Aug 18, 2020 | Audio stories, Talking Books

Suzie Wilde and John Welsman share their love of audio books in this first edition of  our new Talking Books series. Suzie Wilde The next edition in September will feature Suzie and Tim O’Kelly of One Tree Books. Talking Books is broadcast monthly on Monday...