Nov 21, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Month’s Programme Our guest this month is Nigel Richardson, author of The Accidental Detectorist: Uncovering an Underground Obsession. Nigel is a travel writer, novelist, and journalist. He was Deputy travel editor of the Daily Telegraph for thirteen years....
Oct 19, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Month’s Programme The guest interview this month is with Greg Mosse, author of The Coming Darkness. Greg describes himself as ‘A writer and encourager of writers.’ He also has a lifelong interest in theatre, both in the UK and, as a graduate, in Paris...
Sep 25, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Month’s Programme We don’t have a guest on Talking Books this month so we are able to chat a bit more about all things literary. This month’s books were: Lessons by Ian McEwanBourneville by Jonathan CoeThe Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesGreat...
Aug 7, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Month’s Programme This is a bumper August edition, with an interview with director, scenographer, curator, educator, writer and national treasure, Pamela Howard and the co-author of her memoir, Pavel Drabek. There will also be an interview with Katherine...
Jul 17, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Month’s Programme This month we are joined by author Camilla Chester, described as ‘a dog walker who writes’ by her publisher. Camilla has been a finalist in two national children’s writing competitions, for the National Literacy Trust and Mslexia, and has...
Jun 18, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Month’s Programme This month we have two guests, Wendy Smith as promised last month, comes to talk about her brilliantly named book club ‘Reading between the Wines’. She’s also Fundraising Manager for The Rosemary Foundation Hospice at Home. We also enjoyed...
May 16, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Months Programme David Fennell was born and raised in Belfast before leaving for London at the age of eighteen with £50 in one pocket and a dog-eared copy of Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ in the other. He jobbed as a chef, waiter and bartender for...
Apr 18, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Months Programme In addition to talking through what has been read, what is coming up shortly and then a back-listed book, we have an interview with Ben Dark. Ben is a head gardener, journalist and landscape historian working at the top of British horticulture....
Mar 22, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Months Programme Suzie and Tim discuss favourite books of the month and look forward to exciting things coming up. This month we have two interviews, one with Martin Muncaster, probably best known for his television work for both ITV and BBC in their formative...
Feb 14, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Months Programme Suzie and Tim discuss favourite books of the month, look forward to exciting things coming up. This months interview is with best selling authors Elly Griffiths and Lesley Thomson from the Crime Writing Course they tutor at West Dean. This...
Jan 17, 2022 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Months Programme Suzie and Tim choose their favourite books from 2021, endeavour to lighten a dark January and look forward to what will be coming in 2022. An unusual interview this month as John Welsman asks Tim O’Kelly about his life in books. This...
Dec 13, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Months Interview This month our guest is Gyles Brandreth. Gyles is already well known in Petersfield. He’s one of Britain’s most sought-after speakers. A star of Celebrity Gogglebox, a veteran of QI and Have I Got News For You,...
Nov 16, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Months Interview This month we are talking to bestselling author Sophie Kinsella. She has sold over 45 million copies of her books in more than 60 countries, and she has been translated into over 40 languages. Madeleine Wickham was born in London. She studied...
Oct 17, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This Months Interview John Micklewright is professor emeritus at University College London, an economist working on poverty and inequality with a number of books on these subjects – but now turning to travel writing. His earlier posts included a dozen years working in...
Sep 9, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books
Our guest, Jennifer Selway lives in Petersfield. She has a book just out – The Making of Horror movies: Key Figures who Established the Genre She was executive editor of the Daily Express and before that was a journalist on The Observer. Now Jennifer...
Aug 17, 2021 | Audio stories, Talking Books
This month’s guest is Nigel Farndale. His new novel, The Dictator’s Muse, is set in the 1930s. He will be talking about it – and the connection with Mick Jagger! He is the bestselling author of, amongst others, The Blasphemer, shortlisted for...
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...
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...
Drinking with Phill and Mags – December
