Off the Shelf

My guest this week is Jane Corry. You can find out more about her work here: Jane Corry

The Independent Bookshop we talk about is Winstone Books: Winstone Books

You can pre-order Jane's book here: The Stranger in Room Six a book by Jane Corry.

My guest this week is Brenda Coffee. Her website is here: Brenda-Coffee and you can pre-order her book here: Maya Blue a book by Brenda Coffee - Bookshop.org

My guest this week is Mollyhall Seeley. Her debut novel We Hexed the Moon is out now and can be purchased here: We Hexed the Moon (Advanced Orders - Published April 2025) — Weatherglass BooksYou can read more about her on her website here: molly ofgeography – yeah, it's a stupid name.

You can read more about her here: Home | Les mots de AmandaYou can order her book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMK14KW6

You can preorder Adam's book here: Fallen Feathers by Adam Howorth | Waterstones

Bookshops we discuss:

1. Daunt Books Marylebone | Daunt Books

2. Books on the Rise - Bookshop Richmond

1. Kemptown Bookshop

2. Octavias Bookshop

You can find out more about Cathy's work here: Cathy Hayward writer

My guest this week is Jamie West! You can read more about him here: Jamie West Author

His bookshop recommendations were: Bert's Books (bertsbooks.co.uk) Sauchiehall Street | Waterstones

You can read more about her work here: Fiona Barton

The bookshops she recommended is: Heffers Bookshop | Cambridge | Facebook

You can read more about his work here: Tom Mead (tommeadauthor.com)

The bookshops he recommends are:

- Bodies in the Bookshop

- Scarthin Books Cromford - Kemps General Store

You can order Tim's book here: Tim Coulson (penguin.co.uk)

You can find Caper here: Caper - A family bookshop in East Oxford

You can find out more about Patrick's books and order them here: Patrick Worrall (penguin.co.uk)

Graham's book can be pre-ordered here: Dead Ground The bookshop we discussed: Winstone's Sidmouth

Ilaria's book can be pre-ordered here: We Will Be Forest by Ilaria Bernardini | Hatchards The bookshop we discussed: Libreria Verso Milano - verso – libri, incontri, bar

My guest this week is Karen Jennings. Karen's book Crooked Seeds can be pre-ordered here: Karen Jennings | Penguin Random House

The books we discussed:

Cal by Bernard MacLaverty Cal (penguin.co.uk)

A mouthful of salt by Reem Gafar brownsbfs.co.uk The bookshops we discussed: The Book Shoppe | Cape Town The Book Lounge Stellenbosch Books

My guest this week is Rachel Wolf. Rachel's book Five Nights can be pre-ordered here: Five Nights

The book we discussed: Books on the Hill (books-on-the-hill.co.uk) The bookshop we discussed: Books on the Hill (books-on-the-hill.co.uk)

My guest this week is Nigar Alam. You can find her website here: Nigar Alam (nigaralamwrites.com) Nigar's book can be preordered here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720000/under-the-tamarind-tree-by-nigar-alam/  The literary programmes we discuss:

• The Loft Literary Center - https://loft.org/
• Madeleine Milburn Mentorship Programme - https://www.madeleinemilburn.co.uk/mentorship/

The books we discuss:

• Craft Book - Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need by Jessica Brody - https://www.jessicabrody.com/2020/11/how-to-write-your-novel-using-the-save-the-cat-beat-sheet/ 
  
• Finding me - Viola Davis https://www.waterstones.com/book/finding-me/viola-davis/9781399704038

The bookshop we discuss:

• Cream & Amber Bookshop, Minnesota https://www.creamandamber.com/ 

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My guest this week is Laurie Barkman!

You can find her podcast here: Succession Stories on Apple Podcasts

You can find her book here: The Business Transition Handbook

You can find her website here: The Business Transition Sherpa

The Forbes article we were discussing can be found here: forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2023/09/23/lessons-from-the-leadership-transition-at-murdochs-media-empire/

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My guest this week is Johnnie Lowery and you can find his website here: Johnnie Lowery

His Book choices were:

• Best Non-Fiction Book; Yuval Noah Harari – Sapiens
• The best book you received as a gift; Harry Pearson – The Far Corner
• A book by your favourite author; Michael Calvin – State of Play
• The book that makes you cry ;Abigail Dean – Girl A
• The book that everyone should read; Aldous Huxley – Brave New World

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My guest this week is Spencer Quinn.

You can find out more about his work here: Spencer Quinn

Spencer's favourite independent bookshops are:

1. The Poisoned Pen Bookstore

2. Eight Cousins Books

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My guest this week is Amanda Prowse.

You can find out more about her work here: Amanda Prowse

Amanda's book choices were:

1. The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

2. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

3. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

4. Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing by Tiffany Yates Martin

5. The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories & 100 Essential Recipes for Midwinter by Nigel Slater

Amanda's favourite independent bookshops are:

1. Chepstow Books & Gifts

2. Ilfracombe Bookshop Bookshop UK

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My guest this week is James MacManus.

You can find out more about his work here: James McManus

James book choice was A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway.

James fave bookshop is: Village Books (village-books.co.uk)

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My guest this week is Freya Bromley.

You can find out more about her here: Freya Bromley

Freya's book choices were: 1. The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink

2. The Narnia Chronicles by C S Lewis

3. Expectation by Anna Hope

4. You’ll Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld 

5. Turning by Jessica J. Lee 

Freya's bookshop pick is Rye Books: Rye Books, Books & Coffee

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My guest this week is Fiona Valpy:

You can find out more about her here: Fiona Valpy, Author Her latest book THE CYPRESS MAZE is released tomorrow.

You can pre-order her book here: The Cypress Maze

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My guest this week is Robert Welbourn:

You can find out more about him here: Home | Robert Welbourn

You can pre-order his book here: Belonging | Robert Welbourn

His choices were:

• The best fiction book: The Grapes of Wrath
• The book I remember reading first: The Catcher in the Rye
• The book with my fave character: Glamorama
• The book that makes me cry: 11.22.63
• The book that everyone should read: American Psycho

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My guest this week is Louisa Reid:

You can find out more about her here: The Poet (penguin.co.uk)

You can pre-order her book here: The Poet: A propulsive novel of female empowerment, solidarity and revenge a book by Louisa Reid. (bookshop.org)

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My guest this week is Pim Wangtechawat:

You can find her website here: Pim Wangtechawat

You can pre-order her book here: The Moon Represents My Heart by Pim Wangtechawat | Waterstones Pim's selected books are: 

• Best Non-Fiction Book: Conversations on Love (Natasha Lunn)
• A book by your favourite author: Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
• The book that makes you cry: Circe (Madeline Miller) 
• The book that makes me happy: Small Joys (Elvin James Mensah)
• The book with your favourite character in: Emma (Jane Austen) 
  

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My guest this week is Caro Giles:

You can follow her on Twitter here: Caro Giles (@CaroGilesWrites) 

You can pre-order her book here: Twelve Moons: A year under a shared sky – HarperCollins Publishers UK

You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) 

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My guest this week is Phoebe Walker:

You can follow her on Twitter here: Phoebe Walker (@PhoebeLPWalker) 

Phoebe's choices were:

Best Non-Fiction Book; Miriam’s Kitchen by Elizabeth Ehrlich

Favourite book as a child; The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

The best book you received as a gift; Ulverton by Adam Thorpe

The book with your favourite character in; Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

The book that makes me happy; Trick or Treat by Lesley Glaister

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My guest this week is Lia Louis:

You can follow her on Instagram here: Lia Louis (@lialouisauthor) 

You can follow her on Twitter here: Lia Louis (@LisforLia) 

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My guest this week is Scott Shields:

You can follow him on Instagram here: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣Scott.You.Reading (@scott.you.reading) • Instagram photos and videos

You can listen to the Wee Scottish Bookclub here: The Wee Scottish Book Club 

Scott's choices were:

1. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

2. Fairy Rock by Stephen Watt

3. Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

4. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

5.  A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe

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My guest this week is Liam Bell:

You can learn more about his work at his website here: Home | liammurraybell 

You can follow him on Twitter here:  Liam Bell (@liammurraybell) / Twitter

You can buy his books here: Amazon.co.uk

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My guest this week is Chloe Timms

You can learn more about her work at her website here: Chloe Timms

You can find her podcast here: Podcast 

You can learn more about her work at her website here: Abbigail N. Rosewood (abbigailrosewood.com)

Abbigail's choices are:

1. Lanark by Alasdair Gray

2. The Notebook Trilogy by Agota Kristof

3. The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

4. IQ84 - Haruki Murakami

The Book I was referring to is Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk.

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My guest this week is Sarah Clarke!

Her website is here: https://www.sarahclarkeauthor.com 

You can preorder her new book Every Little Secret here: Every Little Secret a book by Sarah Clarke. (bookshop.org)

Her choices are:

Favourite book as a child - Little Women, Louisa May Alcott

Book everyone should read - Invisible Women, Caroline Criado-Perez

Book that made me cry - A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khalid Hosseini

Book by a favourite author (in my genre, and one of!) - Beneath the Skin, Nicci French

Book that has stayed with me - Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls

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My guest this week is Jessica Moor:

You can follow her on Twitter here: Twitter

You can follow her on Instagram here: Jessica Moor (@ms_jessica_moor) 

You can find her website here: Jessica Moor