Off the Shelf

100 EPISODES!!My guest this week is Laura Munson. You can find out more about her work here: https://lauramunson.com/

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.

My guest this week is Amanda Quintero!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

Book Choices: Imogen - Jilly Cooper Daughter - Jane Shemilt Diary of an ordinary woman - Margaret Forster Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver Wintering - Katherine May Bookshops: 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

My guest this week is Lola Reid Allin - Pilot and Author You can pre-order her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Highway-Sky-Lola-Reid-Allin/dp/1647428009 Female WestJet pilot posts passenger's sexist note on Facebook - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/female-westjet-pilot-posts-passenger-s-sexist-note-on-facebook-1.2559603#:~:text=%22To%20David.,are%20not%20for%20ladies%20anymore.%22 Ontario pilot pens memoir to share career experiences - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-pilot-pens-memoir-1.7225798

My guest this week is Fiona Baron! You can read more about her work here: Fiona Barton The bookshops she recommended is: Heffers Bookshop | Cambridge | Facebook

My guest this week is Tom Mead! 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

Tim has been a science junky from a young age, and for as long as he can remember has wanted to understand how things worked. On seeing the sea for the first time as a toddler, he stared at the waves for a while before asking his parents, ‘Why do they go and up and down?’ His teachers at Barton C of E Primary School, Comberton Village College, and then Hills Road Sixth Form College – all state schools in Cambridgeshire – encouraged his love of science. After completing his A-levels, Tim spent a year teaching in rural Zimbabwe with the organisation Project Trust, before returning to the UK to study Biology at the University of York. He went on to be awarded a doctorate from Imperial College London in 1994, before working for the Zoological Society of London, the University of Cambridge, Imperial College and then, from 2013, the University of Oxford where he is Professor of Biology, joint head of the Department of Biology, and a professorial fellow of Jesus College. Tim’s research investigates the ecological and evolutionary consequences of altering predator population sizes on natural ecosystems. He uses a mix of mathematical models, observations of animals in their natural environments, and experiments in the laboratory. Tim lives with his wife, Sonya, and dog Woofler, in Oxford. You can order Tim's book here: Tim Coulson (penguin.co.uk) You can find Caper here: Caper - A family bookshop in East Oxford

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 Dani Atkins. You can find more information about her here: Dani Atkins — Blake Friedmann Dani's book can be pre-ordered here: The Memory of Us by Dani Atkins The book we discussed: The Night in Question (penguin.co.uk) The bookshop we discussed: David's Bookshop, Letchworth

My guest this week is David Slattery-Christy. You can find his website here: David Slattery-Christy David's book can be ordered here: Waterstones The book we discussed: Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy The bookshop we discussed: Packlitt and Booth - plackittandbooth.co.uk

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ My guest this week is Nicholas Hutchinson of BookThinkers You can listen to his podcast here: Life Changing Books

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/ 

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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/

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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)

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ My guest this week is Victoria Gosling. You can find out more about her here: Victoria Gosling | The Reader Berlin Her picks were: 1. Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier 2. The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren 3. The Assault by Harry Mulisch 4. The regeneration trilogy by Pat Baker 5. Life and faith by Vasily Grossman 6. There's a War Going On But No One Can See It by Huib Modderkolk

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ My guest this week is Diana Janney. You can find out more about her here: Diana Janney Diana's choices are: 1. An Imaginary Life by David Malouf 2. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 3. The old man and the sea - Hemingway 4. Siddhartha - Herman Hesse 5. Small Miracle by Paul Gallico

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ 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

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ 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)

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: ⁠Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) ⁠ You can follow me on Twitter here: ⁠Twitter⁠ 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) 

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  You can follow me on Twitter here: Twitter 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

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  You can follow me on Twitter here: Twitter 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

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  You can follow me on Twitter here: Twitter My guest this week is Megan Warrington, Owner of Denny's Books: You can follow Denny's Books on Instagram here: Denny’s Books (@dennysbookstore)  You can find the Denny's Books website here: dennysbooks.com

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  You can follow me on Twitter here: Twitter 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) 

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) • Instagram photos and videos You can follow me on Twitter here: Profile / Twitter 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

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) • Instagram photos and videos You can follow me on Twitter here: Profile / Twitter My guest this week is Cara Hunter: You can learn more about her work here: Cara Hunter (penguin.co.uk) Her picks were: Best Non-Fiction Book - Landscape and Memory, by Simon Schama Favourite book as a child - The Lord of the Rings The book you always remember the first time you read - The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles The best book you received as a gift - A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar The book that makes you cry - Still LIfe, by AS Byatt

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) • Instagram photos and videos You can follow me on Twitter here: Profile / Twitter 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

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) • Instagram photos and videos You can follow me on Twitter here: Profile / Twitter 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 

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: You can follow me on Twitter here: My guest this week is Abbigail Rosewood! 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.

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  My guest this week is Rebecca Ryan! You can follow her on Instagram here: Rebecca Ryan (@becsryanauthor)  You can read more about her debut novel here: Simon & Schuster to publish My (Extra)Ordinary Life, the debut novel by Rebecca Ryan  The books she chose are: 1. Book that got me through a difficult time - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet 2. A book by your favourite author - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 3. Best non fiction book - Being Mortal by Atul Gawande 4. The book that changed your life - Anthology of World War One poetry 5. The book that makes me happy - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey Mquinston

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  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

HAPPY EASTER and Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  My guest this week is Simon Alexander Ong: His website is here: Simon Alexander Ong - Life Coach & Business Strategist His book is released on 21st April! You can preorder his book here: Energize (penguin.co.uk)

Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  My guest this week is Laura Price! Her website is here: LAURA PRICE (laura-price.com) You can follow her on Instagram here: Laura Price (@laurapricewrites) • Instagram photos and videos You can preorder her new book Single, Bald, Female here: Single Bald Female a book by Laura Price. (bookshop.org) Her podcast Life in Food can be found here: Podcast — LAURA PRICE (laura-price.com) On the show we talk about Kris Hallenga, founder of Coppafeel: Her website is here: How to glitter a turd You can order her book here: Glittering a Turd: The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller a book by Kris Hallenga. (bookshop.org) Kris's episode of Laura's podcast is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mL7GsGfbadO039hixzUuo?si=rewNi-2hTkGH2AAmC6MSIQ 

Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks)  My guest this week is Phoebe Wynne: You can find her website here: Phoebe Wynne (phoebewynnewrites.com)

Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks)  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

Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks)  My guest this week is Laura Pearson: You can follow her on Twitter here: Twitter  You can find her website here: Laura Pearson 

WELCOME BACK! Season 2 of Off the Shelf is well underway! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks)  My guest this week is Bhavika Govil You can follow her on Instagram here: Bhavika Govil (@bhavikagovil)  You can find her website here: Bhavika Govil Her choices are: The book that everyone should read: Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo The book you always remember the first time you read: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie The book you relate to the most: Writers & Lovers by Lily King The book you always give as a gift: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde The best fiction book: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

WELCOME BACK! Season 2 of Off the Shelf is well underway! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks)  My guest this week is Tom Hindle: You can follow him on Instagram here: Tom Hindle (@tom.hindle)  You can find his book here: A Fatal Crossing (penguin.co.uk)

Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)  You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks)  My guest this week is Dannie: You can follow her on Instagram here: Dannie (@blottedinkbooks)  You can find her podcast here: A Novel Evening | Podcast on Spotify