Luan Goldie is an award winning author and teacher. Her debut novel, Nightingale Point, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the RSL Ondaatje Prize. In 2018 she won the Costa Short Story Award and has been shortlisted for the London Short Story Prize and the Grazia/Orange First Chapter competition. Her novels include Homecoming and These Streets . In March 2024 she will be publishing her first children's book, Skylar and the K-Pop Headteacher. These Streets Amidst the hustle and ...
Dec 19, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Quentin Bates is the author of Gunnhildur Mystery novels set in present-day Iceland – and as a translator he has worked with some of Iceland’s leading authors including Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Sólveig Pálsdóttir, Stella Blómkvist, Einar Kárason, Ragnar Jónasson, Jónína Leósdóttir, Óskar Guðmundsson and more. Quentin's latest book Cold Malice is out now. Cold Malice Reykjavík detective Gunnhildur Gísladóttir tries not to believe in ghosts. But when Helgi, one of her team is certain he's seen a man ...
Dec 12, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Kathleen Whyman is a bestselling author and journalist whose novels have been short listed for the Comedy Women in Print and Romantic Novelists Association Joan Hessayon Award. Kathleen’s debut novel, Wife Support System was published In 2021 and her latest novel, Would You Ask My Husband That? , is out now. Would You Ask My Husband That? She's wearing the pants in this family. And washing everyone else's too... When Sarah's husband, Will , is unexpectedly fired, her first reaction is shock. The...
Dec 05, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Lesley Kara is the Sunday Times Bestselling author of 'The Rumour' . The Rumour was the highest selling crime fiction debut of 2019 and has been sold in 18 territories. Lesley has written four novels and her latest novel, The Apartment Upstairs , is out now. The Apartment Upstairs Scarlett 's aunt lived - and was brutally murdered - in the apartment upstairs. But Scarlett is determined that life should return to some kind of normal, even if that means living with just a ceiling between her and t...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Kirsty Eyre won the inaugural 'Comedy Women in Print Award 2019' with her debut novel, Cowgirl , which was then shortlisted for the Romantic Novel Association's debut novel award. Kirsty is also a stage-play writer and her plays have appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Kirsty Eyre also writes rom-coms as Ginger Jones. 'You Had Me At Halloumi' was published in 2022 and her latest novel 'What the Foccacia!' is out now. What The Foccacia! Escape to Italy with the brand-new romcom from the au...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Winnie M Li is a Taiwanese-American author and activist. Winnie has written for travel guidebooks, produced independent feature films, programmed for film festivals, and developed eco-tourism projects. Winnie is a sexual assault survivor and her debut novel, Dark Chapter, was a fictional retelling of her assault. Dark Chapter won The Guardian's Not The Booker Prize in 2017, was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, and shortlisted for The Author’s Club Best First Novel Award. Her l...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Nadine Matheson is in conversation with Femi Kayode who trained as a clinical psychologist in Nigeria, before starting a career in advertising. He has created and written several primetime TV shows. He completed an MA in Crime Fiction at the University of East Anglia, where his novel Lightseekers won the Little, Brown / UEA Crime Fiction Award. Lightseekers is the beginning of a series of books based on the investigations of Dr Philip K. Taiwo and was nominated for the Strand Critic's Awards 200...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Born in Bristol and raised in Lagos, Nikki May is Anglo-Nigerian. At twenty, she dropped out of medical school, moved to London, and began a career in advertising, going on to run a successful agency. Her best-selling and award winning debut novel Wahala was inspired by a long lunch with friends and is soon to be a major BBC TV series. Wahala Three friends. Three 'perfect' lives (or so they pretend). Here comes Trouble Ronke wants Happily Ever After and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants h...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Miranda Dickinson is a six-times Sunday Times Bestsellers list has sold a million copies of her novels. Miranda Dickinson writes romantic comedy but also crime thrillers under a pseudonym, MJ White. Her first novel, Fairytale of New York , is being rereleased in paperback and is available to pre-order now. Her latest MJ White novel, Leave No Trace , is out now. Leave No Trace Ewan Stokes disappeared after a football match in Ipswich 15 years ago. No one knows where he went – or why – but every y...
Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Derek Thompson grew up in London and started writing fiction in his teens. After spending a year in the US, he returned to London and subsequently moved to the West Country. He wrote a commissioned piece for The Guardian in 2008 and entered the world of freelance writing in 2009. His short fiction has featured in both British and American anthologies, and can be found online. He has also written comedy material for live performance and radio. Derek Thompson writes the Thomas Bladen Thrillers and...
Oct 16, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Stephen Edger is the Amazon bestselling author of psychological and crime thrillers, including Snatched , and Little Girl Gone . Born in the north-east of England, he now lives in Southampton where most of his stories are set, allowing him to use his insider knowledge to deliver realistic and unsettling suspense on every page. Stephen also writes under the name M.A. Hunter. His latest novel 'The Trail' is out now. The Trail Sometimes it's best to let the past stay buried... Thirty years ago, Jes...
Oct 09, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Kia Abdullah is a Times bestselling author and travel writer. Her debut novel Take It Back , was published in 2019 and was a Guardian and Telegraph thriller of the year. Her second novel, Truth Be Told , was published in 2020 and her third novel, Next of Kin was longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award and won the Adult Fiction Diverse Book Award 2022. Her latest novel, Those People Next Door , was a Times Bestseller and was a Waterstones thriller of the month. Those People Next Door You can cho...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Abisola Aboh founded Full Bloom Beauty in June 2020 during the height of the COVID 19 pandemic and has since been providing natural products for afro hair textures. The haircare brand maintains that it uses only 100% natural and plant-based vegan ingredients to formulate cruelty-free products free of parabens, silicones, sulphate, and other harmful chemicals. Known by her customers as Arralista, Abisola Aboh also runs an online blog on her brand’s website, through which she gives vital tips and ...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Trevor Wood has lived in Newcastle for 30 years and considers himself an adopted Geordie, though he still can’t speak the language. He's a successful playwright who has also worked as a journalist and spin-doctor for the City Council. Prior to that he served in the Royal Navy for 16 years joining, presciently, as a Writer. Trevor holds an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) from UEA. His first novel, The Man on the Street , won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, the Crimefest Specsavers...
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Louise Hare is a London-based writer and has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London. Originally from Warrington, the capital is the inspiration for much of her work, including This Lovely City , which began life after a trip into the deep level shelter below Clapham Common. This Lovely City was featured on the inaugural BBC TWO TV book club show, Between the Covers, and has received multiple accolades, securing Louise's place as an author to watch. The first of 'The Canary...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Nikki Smith studied English Literature at the University of Birmingham University, before pursuing a career in finance where she worked for various companies including BDO and Morgan Stanley. Following a ‘now or never’ moment, she applied for a Curtis Brown creative writing course where she started writing her debut novel All in her Head which was pre-empted by Orion in a two book deal. It went on to be an Amazon bestseller, was nominated for the Guardian ‘Not The Booker Prize’ and has been opti...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Tabrizia Jones is a librarian at the New York Public Library and is also a blogger at 'Cup of Tea with that book please'. In todays episode we talk about Manga, anime and comic books and how they're the best forms of storytelling, the pros and cons of booktok and the banning of books. Follow Tabrizia Jones here New York Public Library Send us a text Support the show "Enjoying 'The Conversation'? Support the podcast by buying me a cup of coffee ☕️! Every contribution helps keep the show going. ht...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Victoria Dowd is the author of the bestselling Smart Woman’s mystery series which won 'The People’s Book Prize 2021' for fiction. Victoria studied law at Cambridge University and practiced for many years as a criminal law barrister. A Book of Murder Nineteen guests with secrets to hide. One exclusive party on a private island. An invitation to die for? Ursula Smart and her mother, Pandora, wangle an invite to crime-fiction powerhouse Anthony Lovell’s latest book launch, a weekend-long bash at hi...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 30
William Shaw writes the DS Alexandra Cupidi books, set in Dungeness. The Trawlerman is the fourth in the series. The next, The Wild Swimmers , will be published in 2024. Writing as G. W. Shaw, he also writes gripping adventure thrillers. His latest, The Conspirators , will be published by riverrun in July 2023. The Conspirators Jacob Meaney makes so little money as a translator that his girlfriend has given up on him. Then Eloise, an Australian digital marketer, appears out of the blue, offering...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Half-Angolan and half-Portuguese, Patricia Marques was born in Portugal but moved to England when she was eight. As well as the MA in Creative Writing from City she holds a BA in Creative Writing from Roehampton. She lives in London and her first novel, The Colours of Death was described as ' Breathtakingly original, and a captivating sense of place' by Val McDermid. Her second novel, The House of Silence was released in 2022 and the third in the Inspector Reis series, Broken Oaths will be publi...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Yasmin Angoe is the Anthony-nominated author of the critically acclaimed thrillers Her Name Is Knight and They Come At Knight of the Nena Knight series. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American and, in 2020, received the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. Yasmin’s books were an Amazon Best Book of the Month for Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, and an Editor’s Pick. Her latest novel in the Nena Knight series, It Ends with Night' is available to pre...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Pernille Hughes is a Rom Com author. Pernille had a career in children's television, which included working on the global smash hit Teletubbies, before becoming an author. Pernilla published her first novel, Punch Drunk Love in 2018 and her third novel, TEN YEARS , was published last year. TEN YEARS Becca and Charlie have known each other since universit y. Becca and Charlies have also hated each other since university. Until now. Until Ally’s bucket list. The death of their loved one should mea...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Jack Jordan is the Sunday Times Bestselling author of Do No Harm. He started his writing career at the age of 17 when he was diagnosed with agoraphobia and didn't leave his home for an entire year. Jack's latest novel, Conviction , is released on 22 June 2023 and is available to order now. TO STEAL A MAN'S FREEDOM ALL IT TAKES IS . . . CONVICTION Wade Darling stands accused of killing his wife and teenage children as they slept before burning the family home to the ground. When the case lands on...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Olivia Kiernan is an Irish writer living in the UK. She was born and raised in County Meath, near the famed heritage town of Kells and holds an MA in Creative Writing awarded by the University of Sussex. The End of Us is Olivia's first standalone after her acclaimed Frankie Sheehan Series and will be published on 22 June 2023. The End Of US Myles and Lana Butler live on a gorgeous new development in Wimbledon, leaning on a mortgage that is just within reach. When one of Myles' investments fails ...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Hannah Mary McKinnon is a bestselling author who was born in the UK before moving to Switzerland and then Canada in 2010. Hannah had a successful career in recruitment but left the corporate world behind to start a writing career. Her first novel, Time after Time was a rom com however she then moved into the world of suspense novels. Her seventh book THE REVENGE LIST was released last month and was a Canadian bestseller on the first week of release. The Revenge List They say life flashes before ...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Scott Walker is one of the world’s most experienced kidnap for ransom negotiators and is first book, Order Out of Chaos is available now. Scott Walker's career included 16 years as a Scotland Yard detective before embarking on a career as a negotiator where he supported organisations, government departments and private individuals in negotiating the release of hostages all over the world. Out of Chaos A new approach to succeeding in negotiations where failure is not an option, from one of the wo...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 22
T. Orr Munro is the author of the CSI Ally Dymond series. T. Orr Munro has a varied career which includes four years as a Crime Scene Investigator, teacher and a police and crime journalist. Her first novel Breakneck Point, which is set in North Devon, was published last year and the second novel SlaughterHouse Farm is released on Thursday 25 May 2023. Slaughterhouse Farm A family secret worth killing for… In the dead of night, 72-year-old Miriam Narracott is found wandering on Exmoor, holding a...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Tola Okogwu is an award-winning British-Nigerian children’s author, journalist and hair care educator. Her first book 2. ONYEKA AND THE ACADEMY OF THE SUN was the June 2022 Waterstones Book of the Month, winner of the 2023 Children’s Africana Book Award for Older Readers and has been nominated for a British Book Award 2023 - Children's Fiction. The second book in the series ONYEKA AND THE RISE OF THE REBELS was published in March 2023. Buy Onyeka and The Academy of the Sun Buy Onyeka and The Ris...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Sháá Wasmund is an award winning entrepreneur, Sunday Times Bestselling Author, Mentor and Advisor. Shaa Wasmund was the first female boxing promotor, and has built multiple seven figure business. She is also recognised as one of the ‘Top 20 Most Influential Entrepreneurs’ in the UK by the Sunday Times and was awarded an MBE in 2015 for services to business and entrepreneurship. Shaa is the author of four books including the Sunday Times Bestselling 'Stop Talking Start Doing.' Buy Stop Talking S...
May 08, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Heather J Fitt was born in Scotland and after moving around Europe with her parents and sister, settled in Hampshire. Heather re-trained as an editor and proof-reader and entered the world of publishing. Her debut novel, Open Your Eyes , was published in 2022 and her second novel, The Flight , was published in 2023. The Flight A young mother is trapped with a killer thirty thousand feet up, in this gripping midair murder mystery by the author of Open Your Eyes. On a plane to Barbados, nurse Meli...
May 01, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 18
