Talking Books with Suzie Wilde & Tim O'Kelly

This month's guest is David Fennell whose crime novels are discussed in this edition.  The interview makes a minor reference to scenes of fictional violence which could be upsetting to some listeners. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In addition to talking through what has been read, what is coming up shortly and then a back-listed book, we have an interview with Ben Dark.  Ben is a head gardener, journalist and landscape historian working at the top of British horticulture. He's been described as 'the future of horticulture' by Horticulture Week, and more importantly 'the millennial Monty' by Gardeners' World Magazine. S...

This month's guests are Martin Muncaster and Sir Vince Cable, both of whom have books published recently See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

February 2022 Talking Books with Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly with an interview with best selling authors Elly Griffiths and Lesley Thomson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Suzie and Tim choose their favourite books from 2021, endeavour to lighten a dark January and look forward to what will be coming in 2022.  An unusual interview this month as John Welsman asks Tim O'Kelly about his life in books. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This months Talking Books features an interview with Gyles Brandreth who knows Petersfield well having been a pupil at Bedales.  His autobiography is now available. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month I’m talking to bestselling author Sophie Kinsella. She has sold over 45 million copies of her books in more than 60 countries, and she has been translated into over 40 languages.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest is JOHN MICKLEWRIGHT talking about his book The Opening Country. He tells Tim about walking from Portsmouth to the Alps, following in the footsteps of his father and inspired by John Buchan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest, Jennifer Selway lives in Petersfield.  She has a book just out - The Making of Horror movies: Key Figures who Established the Genre She was Executive Editor of the Daily Express and before that was a journalist on The Observer. Now has a weekly opinion column in Sunday Express.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nigel Farndale’s new novel, The Dictator's Muse, is set in the 1930s. He will be talking about it - and the connection with Mick Jagger!  He is the bestselling author of, amongst others, The Blasphemer, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award, and Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce, shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. And I’m...

We’re joined this month by Katie Marsh, whose latest book  Unbreak Your Heart was our top selling book last month.  She’s a Petersfield author whose books sell all over the world.  After a ten year career in the NHS she left to take up writing full time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month we are talking to Lissa Evans, about her new book, out in paperback this month. Lissa Evans writes for both adults and children when she's not guesting on Backlisted Pod. Her recent novel, V for Victory - which is out in paperback from Black Swan in June - is set in London at the end of the Second World War and completes a loose historical trilogy which began with Old Baggage and Crooke...

It’s another YA special, with Sue Wallman -  a prize-winning author of YA thrillers. Her debut, Lying about Last Summer, was Winner of Zoella Book Club 2016 and she has since published another three, all winning awards and Dead Popular was WHSmith Book of the Month 2019. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are back in person at One Tree Books, ready for the bookshop to reopen to customers on 12 April. Besides my backlisted choice (this month: Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs) Tim will have his list of what’s coming out this month and I'll be talking to author Roger Morgan-Grenville. He was a soldier in the Royal Green Jackets for 9 years and led the first expedition to successfully retrace S...

Guest is Tim Bouquet, who grew up on his father’s farm at Butser. Mother still lives in Petersfield. He is a ghost-writer and biographer who makes dry material page-turners. Tim O’Kelly talks to him about his stunning book on Philip Jackson (sculpture studio in Midhurst; was Stroud at the start of his career) and the angel Gabriel in Harting church. But where did Writer Tim start - and...

Our guest this month is Kathryn Evans, who has been an actor, a waitress, a celery cutter and newspaper deliverer - she's even scrubbed the decks of the Mary Rose. Now she combines being an author with being a mum, running a farm, volunteering as co-Regional Advisor for SCBWI, and fencing competitively Her debut More of Me won the Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award - the first...

Special guest Thomas Harding, a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 16 languages. He has written for the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian, among other publications. He is the author of HANNS AND RUDOLF which won the JQ-Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction; THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE, which was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award; and BLOOD ON THE PAGE whi...

Tim and Suzie are joined in One Tree Books by bestselling author Kate Mosse. Suzie’s backlisted choice is Kate’s ghostly Christmas love story, set after the horrors of the First World War, The Winter Ghosts. With a short extract read by son, actor Felix Mosse. She is published in over 40 countries. Playwright, broadcaster, defender of live theatre and libraries; champion of women's cre...

Tim and Suzie start their fortnightly catch up. bite-size chunks so you can have a cuppa, grab a biscuit, whatever. It’s pure pleasure – so join in twitter, FB or online. Starting with tv: Valhalla Rising The Crown: fascination with 1980s! memories? Hatreds? Bake Off, Strictly and Master Chef Professionals – appeal? series/box sets: Life on Mars = Ashes to Ashes, Spooks Black Boo...

Tim’s top picks for Christmas presents and a socially distanced interview with Niall Edworthy, the author of Main Battle Tank  and over a dozen other books under a variety of noms de plume, covering military history, biography, sport, general humour, wildlife and gardening.  WILL, the Will Greenwood autobiography, was shortlisted for the 2005 Sports Book Awards in the Best Autobiog...

Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly discuss how they organise their bookshelves and the books they have been reading. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s Halloween. Tim hates ghost stories and Suzie loves them. That’s not their only difference of opinion.  Tim meets Bob Stone, owner of Write Blend books in Liverpool, and I talk rainbow shelfies and Giles Coren’s end of books with author and bookstagrammer Mel Rogerson.  The books discussed in the October edition are: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, Summer...

The brighter books show from Petersfield. in September's edition of Talking Books, Susie Wilde & Tim O'Kelly discuss how they arrange their books, what books they persist with, some new titles recommended by Tim and a back-listed recommendation from Susie. Audio production John Welsman. Contact Suzie and Tim via team@petersfieldradio.uk or call Petersfield 01730 555 500. Show notes Tim and Suz...

Suzie Wilde and John Welsman share their love of audio books in this first edition of  our new Talking Books series. What makes an audiobook special and what makes John a very particular critic of them? Suzie and John discuss their favourites including the Harry Potter series, read by Stephen Fry; The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger (Author), Fred Berman (Narrator), Phoebe Stro...