Off the Shelf

My guest this week is Joni Marie Iraci! For more information on her work you can visit her website:  https://www.jonimarieiraci.com   You can follow her on social media here:   https://www.facebook.com/jonimarieiraci/author  and www.intagram.com/jiraci2

WELCOME TO THE LAST EPISODE IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST! You can find out more about the Prize here: ⁠Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland⁠ The Bookshop Richard recommended was Golden Hare Books - ⁠Golden Hare Books ⁠ .

WELCOME TO THE PENULTIMATE IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST! You can find out more about the Prize here: ⁠⁠⁠Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland⁠⁠⁠ The Bookshops Natalie recommended are: 1. Adventure into Books - Adventure into books 2. Beinn Books - BEINN | Coffee & Books

WELCOME TO THE THIRD IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST! You can find out more about the Prize here: ⁠⁠Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland⁠⁠ The Bookshop Claire recommended is The Edinburgh Bookshop - ⁠The Edinburgh Bookshop

WELCOME TO THE SECOND IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST! You can find out more about the Prize here: ⁠Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland⁠ The Bookshops Foday recommends are: Portobello Books - ⁠Books⁠ Toppings - Topping The book Foday recommends is Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah.

WELCOME TO THE FIRST IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST! You can find out more about the Prize here: Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland The Bookshops David recommends are: Portobello Books - Books Golden Hare Books - Golden Hare Books The Edinburgh Bookshop - The Edinburgh Bookshop The book David recommends is The Seventh Floor by D...

You can find out more about Gethan Dick here: https://www.gethanandmyles.blogspot.com The bookshop Gethan recommended is here: https://www.grandelibrairie.com

My Guest this week is Will Fraser. You can find out more about him here: Fugue State Films The two book/films that Will recommended are: 1. Jack's return home/Get Carter 2. Dead Calm Will's independent bookshop recommendation is Gloucester Road Books  https://gloucesterroadbooks.com/

My guest this week is Lacy Fewer! Her independent bookshop recommendation was Hodges Figgis in Dublin - Ireland's oldest bookshop Her book recommendations were: 1. Resilience - Jessie Close 2. Foster- Clare Keegan

This is probably my favourite episode of all time! My guest this week is Simon Tolkien. You can find out more about him here: Simon Tolkien

My guest this week is Sarah Landenwich. You can find more about her here: Sarah Landenwich Playlist  for The Fire Concerto - Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto is the first track Best Independent Bookshop -  Carmichael's Bookstore Recommended Read - Possession  by A.S. Byatt:   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41219.Possession

My guest this week is Flavia Brunetti. You can find out more about her work here: Flavi In Rome The Independent Bookshops we talk about are: 1. Otherwise Bookshop in Rome Otherwise | Bookshop in Rome 2. Paperback Exchange in Florence Paperback You can pre-order Flavia's book here: THE WEB OF TIME

My guest this week is Jane Corry. You can find out more about her work here: Jane Corry The Independent Bookshop we talk about is Winstone Books: Winstone Books You can pre-order Jane's book here: The Stranger in Room Six a book by Jane Corry.

My guest this week is Brenda Coffee. Her website is here: Brenda-Coffee and you can pre-order her book here: Maya Blue a book by Brenda Coffee - Bookshop.org

100 EPISODES!! My guest this week is Laura Munson. You can find out more about her work here: https://lauramunson.com/

My guest this week is Mollyhall Seeley. Her debut novel We Hexed the Moon is out now and can be purchased here: We Hexed the Moon (Advanced Orders - Published April 2025) — Weatherglass Books You can read more about her on her website here: molly ofgeography – yeah, it's a stupid name.

My guest this week is Amanda Quintero! You can read more about her here: Home | Les mots de Amanda You can order her book on Amazon here:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMK14KW6

You can preorder Adam's book here: Fallen Feathers by Adam Howorth | Waterstones Bookshops we discuss: 1. Daunt Books Marylebone | Daunt Books 2. Books on the Rise - Bookshop Richmond

Book Choices: Imogen - Jilly Cooper Daughter - Jane Shemilt Diary of an ordinary woman - Margaret Forster Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver Wintering - Katherine May Bookshops: 1. Kemptown Bookshop 2. Octavias Bookshop You can find out more about Cathy's work here: Cathy Hayward writer

My guest this week is Jamie West! You can read more about him here: Jamie West Author His bookshop recommendations were: Bert's Books (bertsbooks.co.uk) Sauchiehall Street | Waterstones

My guest this week is Lola Reid Allin - Pilot and Author You can pre-order her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Highway-Sky-Lola-Reid-Allin/dp/1647428009 Female WestJet pilot posts passenger's sexist note on Facebook - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/female-westjet-pilot-posts-passenger-s-sexist-note-on-facebook-1.2559603#:~:text=%22To%20David.,are%20not%20for%20ladies%20anymo...

My guest this week is Fiona Baron! You can read more about her work here: Fiona Barton The bookshops she recommended is: Heffers Bookshop | Cambridge | Facebook

My guest this week is Tom Mead! You can read more about his work here: Tom Mead (tommeadauthor.com) The bookshops he recommends are: - Bodies in the Bookshop - Scarthin Books Cromford - Kemps General Store

Tim has been a science junky from a young age, and for as long as he can remember has wanted to understand how things worked. On seeing the sea for the first time as a toddler, he stared at the waves for a while before asking his parents, ‘Why do they go and up and down?’ His teachers at Barton C of E Primary School, Comberton Village College, and then Hills Road Sixth Form College – all state sch...

You can find out more about Patrick's books and order them here: Patrick Worrall (penguin.co.uk)