This week's studio guest is writer and broadcaster, Liz Fraser. Liz is author of the guides to surviving parenthood and families, The Yummy Mummy’s Survival Guide and A Spoonful of Sugar. She talks to us about the problems of the middle years as explored in her new book, Lifeshambles, to be published later this year and why she’s decided to do a … [Read more...]

Former nun, Eleanor Stewart, is this weeks studio guest. She talks to Leigh Chambers about her memoirs, Kicking the Habit and New Habits, about life in and out of a convent. There are also interviews with children's writer Michael Rosen and Annemarie Young, co-authors of a new book, What is Humanism? How do you Live without a God and other Big … [Read more...]

Leigh Chambers' guest is Literary Agent, Rachel Calder. Rachel runs the prestigious Sayle Literary Agency based in Cambridge which counts Annie Proulx and Billy Bragg among its varied list of authors. … [Read more...]

Leigh Chambers’ studio guest is poet and spoken word artist, Hollie McNish. She talks about how the rhythm of words has always intrigued her. There’s also have interviews with political thriller writer, Mischa Hiller, on his new novel Disengaged. And Robin Stevens, author of the Wells and Wong mysteries for children, tells us how being an American … [Read more...]

This week’s studio guest is Professor Janet Todd, President of Lucy Cavendish College and scholar on women’s writing. She talks about the endless appeal of Jane Austen and what she might have thought about her reputation today. We also chat to Jeffrey Archer about Mightier Than The Sword, the latest novel in the Clifton Chronicles saga and why he’s … [Read more...]

Bookmark’s studio guest this week is Adele Geras. Born in Jerusalem and the mother of best-selling crime author, Sophie Hannah, Adele is incredibly prolific in her own right. She’s written more than 90 books for children and young adults, and four novels for adults. She talks about where her inspiration comes from and why it’s taken her eight years … [Read more...]

Leigh Chambers' studio guest is author and classicist, Dr Harry Sidebottom. As well as teaching classics at Oxford University, Harry is author of the Warrior of Rome series, and Iron and Rust, his first book in a new series Throne of the Caesars is out this month in paperback. He talks about why classical history still has such a pull over us and … [Read more...]