On this week's Bookmark our studio guest is crime writer, Susan Grossey. Susan’s novels are set in the Regency period and have financial skulduggery at their heart. We find out just what it is that attracts her to that particular form of crime and why she believes it’s still relevant today. We’ll also here from another Cambridge crime writer (and a … [Read more...]

The studio guest on this week's Bookmark is Marianne Kavanagh. Novelist and journalist, Marianne talks about writing romantic comedy in her two novels For Once In My Life and Don’t Get Me Wrong. There are also interviews with Mandy Morton on her latest book, Cat Among The Pumpkins, and we hear from RAF pilot Tom Eeles recalling over 8,000 hours in … [Read more...]

Join Leigh Chambers and Menna Van Praag as they talk to studio guest, Joanne Limburg, about all things Queen Anne. Joanne’s debut novel, A Want of Kindness, has had rave reviews and Joanne explains why she was fascinated by the eighteenth century royal figure and struck by the tragic personal parallels between them. We also have interviews with … [Read more...]

Leigh Chambers present the fortnightly show featuring Cambridge-based writers. This edition's studio guest is Natasha Pulley. Her debut novel The Watchmaker of Filigree Street received rave reviews, The Times HES calling it ‘a brilliant novel in which fantasy punctuates history’. She talks to us about blending fact and fiction, researching … [Read more...]

New series. The studio guest is scriptwriter Steve Bennett. He’s written for Coronation Street, Casualty and Emmerdale. There's also interviews with Julian Sedgwick talking about this latest novel for young adults called Ghosts of Shanghai and new Bookmark presenter Menna Van Praag joins Leigh Chambers to chat about her novel, The House on Hope … [Read more...]

Leigh Chambers’ guest is activist and campaigner, John Bird MBE. Most famous for founding The Big Issue in 1991, John has gone on to write a memoir Some Luck and the self-help books How To Change Your Life in Seven Steps and The Ten Keys to Success. We also have interviews with former Fenland Poet Laureate Elaine Ewart on being inspired by the … [Read more...]

The studio guest on this week’s Bookmark is Ellee Seymour, author of The Sunday Times bestseller, The Shop Girls, which examines the lives of the women who worked at Heyworths, an upmarket department store in Cambridge that thrived during the 1950s. She reveals how, during her research, she uncovered a heartbreaking secret in the life of shop owner … [Read more...]