Off the Shelf

My guest this week is Di Slaney. Her website is here: Home | di-slaney She recommended: 1. The Aftershock Review | poetry 2. Candlestick Press 3. Poetry Pharmacy

My guest today is Sarah Dunant. Her website is here: SARAH DUNANT | Author & Cultural Commentator The book she recommended is: A women in Berlin The Bookshop she recommended is: Borderless Books | independent book store

THE SECOND EPISODE OF THE PUBLICATION DAY DOUBLE BILL SPECIAL! My guest today is A J West! His website is here: Discover A.J. West The bookshops he recommended are all in Hay on Wye:1. Clock Tower Books (@clocktowerbookshop) • Instagram photos and videos 2. HOME | GOW 3. NORTH BOOKS HAY-ON-WYE

A DOUBLE BILL PUBLICATION DAY SPECIAL! My first guest today is Dr Stephanie Howard-Smith Her website is: Stephanie Howard-Smith The Bookshops she recommended are: 1. Hart's Books | Harts Books Saffron Walden 2. Home - Mr B's Emporium 3. The Book and Bottle Bookshop UK

My guest today is Rae Cline Her website is here: https://raecline.com/ She recommended McNally Jackson Books

Happy National Poetry Day! To celebrate my guest today is Deborah Alma, founder of the Poetry Pharmacy. The bookshops she recommended are: 1. Booka Bookshop | Independent bookshop and cafe in the border market town of Oswestry in Shropshire 2. Home - Mr B's Emporium 3. Topping & Company Booksellers

My guest this week is Claudia Hinz. Her website is here: Claudia Hinz Website The bookshops she recommended are: 1. https://roundaboutbookshop.com/ 2. Dudley's Bookshop Cafe 3. Powell's Books | The World's Largest Independent Bookstore

My guest this week is Mary Ann Trail - Historical Fiction | Mary Ann Trail

My guest this week is Sue - her website is here: Sue Whisstock She also recommended: 1in200.uk – Representing independent authors and Wallingford Literary Festival 2026 – OxIA The Bookshops she recommended are: 1. The Bell Bookshop – Henley-on-Thames 2. mostly-books.co.uk

For more information on my guest this week please visit  venusmorrisgriffin.com  and  venusmorrisgriffin.com/foundation .    

This is my series interviewing the McIlvanney Prize longlist for 2026! My guest today is Abir Mukherjee. The bookshops he recommended are: 1. https://thebookmongerbearsden.co.uk 2. Welcome! | Forum Books 3. https://wordonthestreetbookshop.co.uk/ 4. Bookshop in Swansea | Waterstones 5. www.noalibis.com He also recommended Tariq's episode here: 128. Tariq Ashkanani, Author - Off the Shelf | Podc...

This is my series interviewing the McIlvanney Prize longlist for 2026! My guest today is Philip Miller. The bookshops he recommended are: 1. Golden Hare Books | Indie Bookshop, Edinburgh 2. Books, Special editions, Author events - independent bookshop

This is my series interviewing the McIlvanney Prize longlist for 2026! My guest today is Gavin Bell. His Substack is: https://thebasic500.substack.com/ The bookshop he recommended is: Independent Bookshop in Glasgow | Daydreams Bookshop

My guest this week is and her website is: Site officiel de Mireille Gagné, autrice The Bookshop she recommended is: Liberte la laberie in Quebec She is published by New Cross Press Luke recommended the Word Bookshop in New Cross

THANK YOU FOR EPISODE 200!! I am joined today by three previous guests: 1. Allan Gaw - Allan Gaw — Writer 2. Susan Furber - Learning to write a novel 3. Jane Corry - Jane Corry

WELCOME TO THE FIFTH EPISODE IN MY FIVE PART SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE! My guest today is Frances Crawford. The Bookshop she recommended is: Independent Bookshop in Glasgow | Daydreams Bookshop

WELCOME TO THE FOURTH EPISODE IN MY SERIES INTERVIEWING THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE! My guest this week is May Rinaldi. Her website is here: May Rinaldi | Scottish Crime Writer The Bookshops she recommended are: 1. Chapters of Thornhill 2. Wigtown Booktown | Scotlands National Booktown in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland 3. The Waterstones in Dumfries 4. The Moffat Bookshop | Moffat

WELCOME TO THE THIRD EPISODE IN MY FIVE PART SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE! My Guest today is Zoe Rankin! The Bookshop she recommended is Home - McLeods Booksellers

WELCOME TO THE SECOND EPISODE IN MY FIVE PART SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE!My guest today is Kirsty Lockwood - Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency The Bookshop she recommended is Rare Birds Books - Book Store Edinburgh, Stockbridge - Rare Birds Book Shop – Rare Birds Books

WELCOME TO THE FIRST EPISODE IN MY FIVE PART SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE! Linda's website is here: Linda Duncan McLaughlin – Writer and Actor The Bookshops she recommended are: 1. Hyndland Bookshop 2. Caledonia Books, reputable bookshop in Glasgow

My guest this week is William Bernhardt. His website is here: William Bernhardt – Author | Speaker | Lawyer | Publisher The bookshops he recommended are: 1. Home Page | Best of Books 2. Full Circle Bookstore – Oklahoma City, OK

My guest this week is Sharon V. Agar. Her website is here: Fragile Breath Novel - Sharon V. Agar

My guest this week is Rebecca Taylor McKay. Her website is here: Rebecca Taylor McKay The Bookshops she recommended are: 1. Wave of Nostalgia 2. Lindum Books Official 3. Lyalls Bookshop in Todmorden

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO KATIE! Her Substack is here: none of this is scientific | Katie Huttlestone | Substack The Bookshops she recommended are: 1. The Book and Bottle Bookshop UK 2. Welcome to The Book Nook: Independent Bookshop in Ware

My guest this week is Joanne Redding. Her website is here: https://joannereddingauthor.com/ The bookshops she recommended are: 1. Arcade Booksellers – Serving as Rye NY's only independent bookstore for over 30 years! 2. Home Page | Diane's Books