The Brighton Book Club
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A podcast dedicated to all things literary and bookish in Brighton & beyond. Anna interviews authors, publishers, and people working in literature programs get recommendations from booksellers and bloggers, and shares the best upcoming events.
The Brighton Book Club
24m ago
It's the Reverbathon and we're back with a special show recorded in the Radio Reverb studio with a host of fab live guests and sponsors. Please consider making a donation to keep us ad-free and creating the show. You can do so here.
More about Jenni and her work at Brighton Fringe
Book tickets to Mrisi's show
More about Hove Creative Writing Group
More about The Real Writers Circle
Book tickets to the Real Writers Circle Festival Event ..read more
The Brighton Book Club
1M ago
We're joined by three fantastic Brighton authors: Graham Bartlett, Katy Massey and Tanya Byrne ..read more
The Brighton Book Club
2M ago
This month we speak to Brighton based debut novelists, Ania Card and Sarah Butler, both of whom have books out with indie presses.
Ania talks about writing not in her native tongue, about exploring queer identity and how the writing community has helped her reach success.
Sarah talks about the move from short fiction to a novel and how the Sussex landscape inspires her writing.
We also speak to Rhiannon Lingwood from Brighton Fringe who is giving us a preview of book, literature and spoken word events on at this year’s iconic Fringe ..read more
The Brighton Book Club
3M ago
Our Brighton Bestseller episode features the wonderful Elly Griffiths, Dorothy Koomson and Jack Jordan.
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The Brighton Book Club
4M ago
This month’s show is hosted Victoria Robson and Cindy Etherton, co-founders of Real
Writers Circle, a Brighton-based a community of writers who meet monthly to share work, support, and friendship. Victoria and Cindy talk to Circle members Ciar Byrne, Jackie Mendoza and Kate Marsh about their favourite books and their influence on their writing. And they catch up with RWC member Samuel Burr and his editor Charlotte Mursell at Orion Publishing on Sam’s debut novel The Fellowship of the Puzzlemakers.
Favourite Books Mentioned in the Show:
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha ..read more
The Brighton Book Club
5M ago
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The books spoken about on the show:
Fiction
1a: Penance by Eliza Clark
1b: Pretty as a Picture by Elizabeth Little
2a: In Memoriam by Alice Winn
2b: Ghost Girl, Banana by Wiz Wharton
3a: Mrs S by K Patrick
3b: Dryland by Sara Jaffe
4a: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto
4b: Murder & Mamon by Mia P Manansala
5a: The List by Yomi Adegoke
5b: More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
Non-fiction
1a: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
1b: Pageboy by Elliot Page
2a: Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe&nb ..read more
The Brighton Book Club
6M ago
On this month’s show, we hear from Lisa Fransson about her new novel THE SHAPE OF GUILT, to Deborah Jenkins about her debut collection of short stories, WINTER LIGHTS and to Emma Jackson’s new book WITCH YOU WEREN’T HERE.
Our next show is our bumper Christmas recommendation special with bookseller, Elizabeth Perry. We’ll go through the top 5 bestsellers in fiction and nonfiction and she’ll offer her best alternative recommendations. We’ll also be joined by Idra Novey, author of next month’s book club book, TAKE WHAT YOU NEED which is out now with Daunt Books.
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The Brighton Book Club
8M ago
This month, we speak to Elizabeth Delo, author of BECOMING LIZ TAYLOR, about why she decided to set part of her debut novel in Brighton and how overhearing a conversation in a queue sparked the idea for the book. We also talk to Brighton based Deborah Price about her memoir THE PEANUT FACTORY about living in London squats in the 80s. We talk to Brighton-based Joseph Zigmond about his novel CONSTANCE – a book that came from two very different ideas; one about teenage relationships and the mistakes we make, and another about when climate breakdown starts coming home. We take a deep dive into thi ..read more
46: Claire Fuller, Chloe Michelle Howard, Emma Claire Wilson and The First Graphic Novel Competition
The Brighton Book Club
10M ago
We're back from our short summer hiatus with a jam-packed episode for you. We speak to Brighton based Chloe Michelle Howard about her debut novel SUNBURN – a beautiful sapphic comic of age story set in rural Ireland in the 1990s, to former Brighton resident Emma Claire Wilson about her debut novel THIS CHILD OF MINE and what it was like to grow up in Brighton’s Old Shop Hotel. We talk to Corinne Pearlman about this year’s First Graphic Novel Competition which is now open to entries, and we catch up with award-winning author and writer of this month’s book club book, Claire Fuller about her lat ..read more
The Brighton Book Club
1y ago
This month we talk to Lily Lindon about her new queer rom com MY OWN WORST ENEMY, to Talia Hibbert about her new YA rom com HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS AND UNFAIRLY CUTE as well as her appearance at Brighton Book Festival on June 24. We also speak to two Brighton writers, Amy Lavelle and Joe Bedford about their new books, HOME SWEET HOME and A BAD DECADE FOR GOOD PEOPLE. We also speak to the author of this month’s book club book – Amita Murray – about her new novel UNLADYLIKE LESSONS IN LOVE.
Our next book club book is Claire Fuller's THE MEMORY OF ANIMALS.
We're taking a short break and will be back w ..read more