In this edition Suzie, Tim and the team review their best books of 2024 as well as what is coming up shortly.

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Suzie and Tim discuss books for Christmas and there are interviews with Tom Parker-Bowles, author of Cooking and the Crown and Petroc Trelawny, Radio 3 presenter and author of Trelawny's Cornwall, a Journey through Western Lands

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This month Tim and Suzie give a heads-up for Christmas presents and there is also a great interview with Katherine McInnes who has written Behind Everest. She has used the name Kate Nicholson for that book for reasons that will become clear.

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This month is slightly different.  Tim has Covid so there is nor chat between Tim and Suzie so they have both recorded separately.  There is still much of interest and plenty of book recommendations.

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This is the month when all the big names release their latest books.  Tim is on the case with great suggestions and Suzie revisits her interview with rising thriller star David Fennell.  Next month is the show's 50th so listen out for ideas.

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The August edition of Talking Books continues our best summer reading - but without Tim! Suzie is joined by Sally and Anna from One Tree Books for a lively chat and a rerun of Tim’s interview with Angela Harding, the illustrator of one of their picks. You can also hear the winning entries to the Eco Fair’s writing competition.

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Tim and Suzie are in holiday mood, so this months Talking Books is a bumper interview edition, chosen by listeners.  It's fitting that first up is Martin Muncaster, the best radio voice ever, who was inspired to write his life story after the loss of many loved ones.  Now we have lost him too, but this segment celebrates his passion for broadcasting.

Another popular choice from 2022: Nigel Richardson, whose book The Accidental Detectorist: Uncovering an Underground Obsession is out in paperback.

Last up are award-winning authors Kathryn Evans, author of Beaty Sleep, and Sue Walman, author of Every Word a Lie.  Interviewed in July last year, a listener liked sharing this chat between friends.

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This month Tim and Suzie select some of their favourite summer reads that are surefire hits. Their June guest is prize-winning author Barbara Henderson, on zoom from the Far North of Scotland. Writing mostly for children, Barbara visits schools to inspire young people and she is the Fiction judge for the PeCAN Writing Competition.Barbara Henderson

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This month there are two interviews, one with renowned illustrator Angela Harding and the other with local author Steve Sheppard who's third book has just been published.

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Petersfield is a growing place for live music says Colin Clarke, organiser of the Jazz Festival at Churcher’s College on 1 June (12:30pm till 10pm). recorded on the UN's International Jazz Day, 30 April 2024

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