The Brum Radio BookShow is back, and explores the fascinating and terrifying world of social media with a review of Liam Brown’s novel BROADCAST, a dark satire on the age of the vlogger. We also review Conversations with Friends, by Sally Rooney, and preview some new releases with Valerie O’Riordan of the BookMunch blog. With [...]

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The Brum Radio Book Show celebrates the release of Matt Haig’s novel “How to Stop Time” by making it our book of the month, featuring an interview with the author himself. We also review “Flesh and Bone and Water” by Luiza Sauma, and have Sci Fi insights from Ian J Simpson, in our blogspot feature. [...]

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On this month’s show we welcome Laura Barnett and Kathryn Williams, talking about their remarkable collaboration on a world first – a novel with a specially-composed accompanying soundtrack. The book and album are called “Greatest Hits” and tell the story of the life of Cass Wheeler, a legendary singer-songwriter whose life was filled with highs [...]

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We welcome a very special guest in the shape of Paul Beatty, who talks to us about his Booker Prize-winning novel “The Sellout” in a fascinating interview. We also review Yaa Gyasi’s “The Homegoing” in our debut novel feature. This month’s blogspot feature is courtesy of Valerie O’Riordan of the BookMunch blog. With our usual [...]

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In May’s show we welcome Stephanie Garber to talk about her novel Caraval, our book of the month. With Mike Gayle and Catherine O’Flynn in the studio we talk about YA fiction, and get an overview from blogger Chelley Toy. We also have our regular debut fiction section – this month we discuss Little Deaths [...]

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