On this month's show, we're joined by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees, talking about their new book You & Me and You & Me and You & Me; by Jess Robinson, to talk about her memoir Life is Rosi, to Suzy Quinn about her latest novel The Greatest Love Story Never Told and to friend of the show and all-round brilliant human Laura Mugridge about her audio series INSIDE THE LINES as well as her book reccomendations. 

In this episode, we're joined by former Brighton resident Hattie Williams, author of BITTER SWEET, to Brighton-based Katherine Bradley about her new book THE INSTITUTE, and Kate Beales joins us to talk about a writing retreat she's co-hosting with Anna in March and reads from her debut novel BROKEN HORSES.

Our bumper Christmas Recommendation episode is here! Whether you're looking for inspiration for gifts to buy loved ones, or to put on your own wish-lists, Elizabeth Perry and I have got you covered! We also speak to Brighton-based writer Gabrielle Griffiths  about her debut novel GREATER SINS.

Books we discussed on the show:

Fiction
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
The Lilac People by Milo Todd

All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
Heartwood by Amity Gaige

The Artist by Lucy Steeds
The Two Roberts by Damian Barr

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor.
Moderation by Elaine Castillo

A Family Matter by Claire Lynch
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Non-fiction
Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouth
Deep House by Jeremy Atherton Lin

Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen
Bunker by Bradley Garrett / In Love with Love by Ella Risbridger

Challenger by Adam Higginbotham
Paradise by Lizzie Johnson

Supremacy by Parmy Olson
If Then by Jill Lepore

Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
That Dark Spring by Susannah Stapleton

On this month's show we talk to Chris Bridges about his new book SICK TO DEATH; to Hayley Dunlop about her Christmas novel IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, to Anna Jefferson about New Writing South's DEMYSTIFYING PUBLISHING DAY and to Kelly from SOCIAL SAUNA BOOK CLUB.

Events we mention at the end of the show:

This month's show is dedicated to The Coast is Queer Festival, Brighton's landmark festival of LGBTQ+ literature.

Info about all the events we speak to festival speakers Ayse Huseyin, Abi Fellows, Kit Heyam and DG Coutinho. We also chat to Sarah from Writers HQ about their Writing As Resistance Festival in September. 

The Coast is Queer events mentioned on the show:The Queer Girls Book Club presents Christina FonthesNot That Innocent with with Jack Jordan, DG Coutinho, Piotr Cieplak and Lesley ThomsonDeveloping Your Non-Fiction with Abi Fellows and Paula AkpanIs a Shared History Possible? with Dr. Nat Arias, Kit Heyam, Jane Traies and Paula Akpan

On this month's episode, we speak to Jo Morey about her new book THE NIGHT LAGOON, to Sally Gardner about THE BRIDE STONE and to Piotr Cieplak about ZOFIA NOWAK'S BOOK OF SUPERIOR DETECTING. We also chat to Kelly at Chapter 34 Books in Shoreham about their event programme and summer reads.

If you're interested in coming to our day long writing retreat, you can find out more here.

On this month's show, we speak to Brighton-based writers Marisa Linton, Kerry Downes and Jill Johnson, plus Althea from Brighton Book Festival tells us about this year's offering. We break our own Brighton-based rules to have E.C. Nevin on the show... the book was just that good! 

This month we speak to three Brighton-based writers; Emma Jane Unsworth (SLAGS), Lauren Bravo (PROBABLY NOTHING) and Andrew Flewitt (DO YOU BELIEVE IN LIFE AFTER LOSS?). We also talk to Phil Viner about BEYOND THE BOOK festival which takes place on May 10th.

In this bonus Footnote episode, Saba Sams joins us to talk about her debut novel, GUNK, which she's launching at the Brighton Festival in conversation with Fee Mac. Get tickets here.

Jules has been divorced from her ex-husband Leon for five years, but she still works alongside him at the nightclub. With the arrival of Nim, a new employee at the bar, Jules is jolted awake for the first time in years and with an unexpected pregnancy in the mix, this novel poses questions around who we choose to build our families with. 

Selected for Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists in 2023 and author of the dazzling collection of short stories, Send Nudes, Saba Sams is a voice not to be missed. 

Today's show includes Ditching based Annabel Thorpe talking about her historical fiction set in Italy and how her work as a travel journalist has informed her writing.  Judy Upton discusses her Sussex based mystery Series. Tom Johnstone talks about how he uses Brighton's unseen history to write short fiction. Sam at Brighton Waterstones talks about their jam-packed event programme in April and May and  Anna Jefferson from New Writing South is back to discuss their Publishing Industry Day which is a must go-to for all aspiring authors in Sussex.