I interview Laura Wood about her new book “Under Your Spell” 

Plus I review:

Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller

Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz (Audiobook)

And Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (audiobook)

Laura Wood recommends: 

Date with Destiny by Lucy Vine

Love Story By Lindsey Kelk

The Map That Led To You by Ella McLeod

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We talk all about Independent Bookshop Week - what, why & where.

I talk to bookshop manager Ruth Brookes from Booka bookshop all about what makes Independent Bookshop Week so special.

https://www.bookabookshop.co.uk

https://www.booksaremybag.com/IndependentBookshopWeek/About

#IndieBookshopWeek

The three books Ruth recommends are:

Twelve Moons - A Year Under A Shared Sky by Caro Giles

On The Red Hill by Mike Parker

Vulcana by Rebecca F John

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I interview L.J. Shepherd about her book The Trials of Lila Dalton 

I also review 

Sandwich by Catherine Newman

The Troop by Nick Cutter

Piglet by Lottie Hazell

L J Shepherd recommends:

The Woman on the Ledge by Ruth Mancini

Unlawful Killings by Wendy Joseph KC

The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland. 

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William Shaw about his latest book: The Wild Swimmers

Plus I review My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor, The Last Resort by Heidi Perks and The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard. 

The three books Williams recommends are:

Body Language by A K Turner

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 

Dissolution by C J Sansom 

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I interview Imran Mahmood about his latest book called 'Finding Sophie'

Plus I review ‘Dead Head’ by C J Skuse and ‘Greenwild - The World Behind The Door’ by Pari Thomson

Imran mentions the latest Janice Hallet “The Examiner” out later this year.

Plus his 3 book recommendations are:

The Mars House by Natasha Pulley (out now)

Hunted by Abir Mukherjee (out now)

All The Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker (out on 16th July in UK)

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I interview Samuel Burr about The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers plus I review:

You Are Here by David Nicholls

Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly

The Trawlerman by William Shaw

Books recommended by Samuel Burr

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

The Night In Question by Susan Fletcher

The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey

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I Interview Lucy Vine all about her latest book Date With Destiny and I also review:

The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

Can’t Spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Blessed Water by Margot Douaihy 

PLUS Lucy Vine recommends the following books:

Pity Party by Daisy Buchanan

Reasonable People by Caroline Hulse 

The Love Of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood

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Special Friday Episode 

Interview with Helen Lederer about her new book Not That I’m Bitter

PLUS Helen recommends the following books:

Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen

Wahala by Nikki May

The Book Of Witty Women - Collection of short stories for the Comedy Women In Print Prize

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I interview C J Skuse author of the Sweetpea series, the lates one is “Thorn In My Side”.

I also review A Sign Of Her Own by Sarah Marsh

Five Minds by Guy Morpuss

An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley

PLUS C J Skuse recommends the following books:

Fix the System, Not the Women by Laura Bates

The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy

The Love Interest by Helen Comerford.

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