This edition has a theme of looking back at the past. The studio guest is Zeba Talkhani talking about her memoir My Past Is A Foreign Country; A Muslim Feminist Finds Herself. Award-winning journalist Amelia Gentleman discusses her book The Windrush Betrayal about the mistreatment by the Home Office of descendants of the Windrush generation. And … [Read more...]

Claire McGlasson talks to Leigh Chambers about her debut novel, The Rapture, based on the real-life story of The Panacea Society, a 1920s religious cult of women who believed that they’d discovered the original Garden of Eden in Bedford. Toby Litt discusses his new novel Patience set in an orphanage in 1979. And Erica Wickerson explores the ongoing … [Read more...]

Leigh Chambers is joined by Jennifer Wallace who’ll be choosing the music and discussing her new book, Tragedy Since 9/11, which argues that a knowledge of tragedy in literature can help us understand tragic events of the 21st century. Children’s writer, Janet Bingham, talks about why she was drawn to the picture book genre. And YA author, Bex … [Read more...]

Nicola Upson talks to Leigh Chambers about her latest novel, Stanley and Elsie, based on the complicated love-life of the artist Stanley Spencer. Dennis Grube discusses his new book Megaphone Democracy, an examination of the increasing role civil servants are playing in political public life. And Kate Fleet and Angela Cogo chat about their … [Read more...]

Leigh Chambers' guest is SA Harris who'll be choosing the music and chatting about her spooky new novel, Haverscroft. Joe Nutt explains why he felt compelled to write The Point of Poetry. And we listen in on a Cambridge reading group as they discuss a Booker shortlisted novel. … [Read more...]

Leigh Chambers studio guest is Louise Ells talking about her debut short story collection, Notes Towards Recovery, based on her experience of surviving a category 5 hurricane. Erin Kelly discusses her new suspense novel, Stone Mothers. And Sarah Watling reveals what compelled her to write Noble Savages, a biography of the Olivier sisters. … [Read more...]

James Delargy joins Leigh Chambers to discuss his debut novel, 55, a psychological thriller about a serial killer. 12 year old Farrah Lucas reads her prize-winning short story. And Mandy Morton chats about Beyond the Gravy, the latest in her No. 2. Feline Detective Agency series. Last in the present series. … [Read more...]