The Brighton Book Club

Find out more about this month's guests: Joanna Glenn Jackie Wills Simon Maddrell Victoria West Affordable Writing Retreat in Italy! 

Literary Producer at Brighton Festival Bea Colley joins us to talk about May's exciting programme. Tickets and more info here .

On the latest episode of the show, we're joined by Brighton-based Maria Cohut, whose debut poetry collection MULTIPLE EXPOSURES is out now with Flight of the Dragonfly Press; to Alice Wright, whose thrilling book LIE QUIETLY is out now with Vine Leaves Press; and to friend of the show Daren Kay about the final instalment of his Brightonians trilogy. Althea Wolfe from Brighton Book Festival also jo...

We caught up with the brilliant Joelle Taylor to find out more about her performances at Brighton Festival in May. Get your tickets here!

On this month's show, we're joined by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees, talking about their new book You & Me and You & Me and You & Me ; by Jess Robinson, to talk about her memoir Life is Rosi , to Suzy Quinn about her latest novel The Greatest Love Story Never Told and to friend of the show and all-round brilliant human Laura Mugridge about her audio series INSIDE THE LINES as well as her...

In this episode, we're joined by former Brighton resident Hattie Williams, author of BITTER SWEET , to Brighton-based Katherine Bradley about her new book THE INSTITUTE , and Kate Beales joins us to talk about a writing retreat she's co-hosting with Anna in March and reads from her debut novel BROKEN HORSES .

Our bumper Christmas Recommendation episode is here! Whether you're looking for inspiration for gifts to buy loved ones, or to put on your own wish-lists, Elizabeth Perry and I have got you covered! We also speak to Brighton-based writer Gabrielle Griffiths  about her debut novel GREATER SINS. Books we discussed on the show: Fiction The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden The Lilac People by Milo Todd...

On this month's show we talk to Chris Bridges about his new book SICK TO DEATH ; to Hayley Dunlop about her Christmas novel IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS , to Anna Jefferson about New Writing South's DEMYSTIFYING PUBLISHING DAY and to Kelly from SOCIAL SAUNA BOOK CLUB . Events we mention at the end of the show: Queer Gothic: Chloe Michelle Howarth & Leon Craig How to Build a Writ...

This month's show is dedicated to The Coast is Queer Festival, Brighton's landmark festival of LGBTQ+ literature. Info about all the events we speak to festival speakers Ayse Huseyin, Abi Fellows, Kit Heyam and DG Coutinho. We also chat to Sarah from Writers HQ about their Writing As Resistance Festival in September.  The Coast is Queer events mentioned on the show: The Queer Girls Book Club prese...

On this month's episode, we speak to Jo Morey about her new book THE NIGHT LAGOON, to Sally Gardner about THE BRIDE STONE and to Piotr Cieplak about ZOFIA NOWAK'S BOOK OF SUPERIOR DETECTING. We also chat to Kelly at Chapter 34 Books in Shoreham about their event programme and summer reads. If you're interested in coming to our day long writing retreat, you can find out more here .

On this month's show, we speak to Brighton-based writers Marisa Linton , Kerry Downes and Jill Johnson , plus Althea from Brighton Book Festival tells us about this year's offering. We break our own Brighton-based rules to have E.C. Nevin on the show... the book was just that good! 

This month we speak to three Brighton-based writers; Emma Jane Unsworth ( SLAGS ), Lauren Bravo ( PROBABLY NOTHING ) and Andrew Flewitt ( DO YOU BELIEVE IN LIFE AFTER LOSS? ). We also talk to Phil Viner about BEYOND THE BOOK festival which takes place on May 10th.

In this bonus Footnote episode, Saba Sams joins us to talk about her debut novel, GUNK, which she's launching at the Brighton Festival in conversation with Fee Mac. Get tickets here . Jules has been divorced from her ex-husband Leon for five years, but she still works alongside him at the nightclub. With the arrival of Nim, a new employee at the bar, Jules is jolted awake for the first time in yea...

Today's show includes Ditching based Annabel Thorpe talking about her historical fiction set in Italy and how her work as a travel journalist has informed her writing.  Judy Upton discusses her Sussex based mystery Series. Tom Johnstone talks about how he uses Brighton's unseen history to write short fiction. Sam at Brighton Waterstones talks about their jam-packed event programme in April and May...

In this month's jam-packed show, we talk to Brighton-based Fran Quinn about her new book THE LOST PASSENGER ; to D.E. White about her crime-writing workshop in Horsham on March 27th; to Anna and Sam from Forthwrite Festival which takes place in Brighton and Crawley in March; to Brighton-based graphic novelists Myf and Corinne from the First Graphic Novel Award and to new-to-Brighton thriller write...

On this jam-packed episode, we talk to Brighton-based writer Laura Wilkinson about her new book That Night in New York ; to Charlie Ross AKA The Roaming Reader about Chichester's new poetry Slam; to Simon Maddrell about his forthcoming pamphlet Jonathan Blake, L1, and the launch in Brighton on February 19th at 7om at Lunch Positive , and to Hannah Dolby , about her Victorian Hastings set books No...

We speak to Alan Edwards and Holly Bourne about their forthcoming events in Brighton and Sussex and the books they’ll be discussing. See Holly on Jan 16th at Chapter 34 https://www.chapter34.co.uk/event/book-launch-of-so-thrilled-for-you-by-holly-bourne/   See Alan on Feb 7th at The Old Market https://www.theoldmarket.com/shows/i-was-there-in-conversation-with-alan-edwards

On our Christmas special we speak to Cathy Hayward from Kemptown Books about her Holiday Recommendations, and Brighton based writer Fran Swaine reads her Christmas short story, The Lost Dog.

This month we're joined by Anna Lucia , Jacquie Bloese and Ciar Byrne to talk about their historical novels. If you have an idea for the show, email us at btnbookclub@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram !

In the fifth of our five-part series in collaboration with The Coast is Queer Festival , we revisit the event Queer Ukraine from 2023's festival with DViJKA Collective, Yelena Moskovich and Tanya G , hosted by Maria Jastrzębska GET TICKETS TO THE COAST IS QUEER 2024 Find out more about The Coast is Queer and sign up to their mailing. You can follow them on Instagram here . Use code PODCAST20 for 2...

Go and see AFLO. at Status Flo! Books discussed with Elizabeth: Hazadorous Spirits, Anbara Salam   After She Wrote Him, Sulari Gentill Margo's Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe   My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir, Sarah Moss The Hypocrite, Jo Hamya   Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld   You Can't Catch Death: A Daughter's Memoir, Ianthe Brautigan Total Recall: A V. I. Warshawski Novel, Sara Paretsky   Neverland:...

In the fourth of our five-part series in collaboration with The Coast is Queer Festival , we revisit the event Genre Bending and Queering Words from 2023's festival with three Brighton based authors and poets Janet Sutherland, Maria Jastrzębska and Robert Hamberger. GET TICKETS TO THE COAST IS QUEER 2024 GET TICKETS FOR MARIA'S MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP Find out more about The Coast is Queer and sig...

In the third of the five-part series in collaboration with The Coast is Queer Festival , we revisit Juno Dawson's Lovely Trans Literary Salon with Harry Nicholas from 2023's festival. GET TICKETS TO JUNO'S LOVELY TRANS LITERARY SALON AT 2024'S FESTIVAL Find out more about The Coast is Queer and sign up to their mailing list to hear first about the full lineup for this year's festival and get early...

We speak to local writers Jane Crittenden and Jill Johnson and to AFLO. the Poet about this year's The Coast is Queer Festival

In the second of the five-part series in collaboration with The Coast is Queer Festival , we revisit an enlightening conversation from 2023's festival exploring the undercurrent of class on queer literature featuring Joelle Taylor and Abi Fellows SUPER EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! Find out more about The Coast is Queer and sign up to their mailing list to hear first about the full lineup fo...