The Brighton Book Club

In the first of the five-part series in collaboration with The Coast is Queer Festival , we revisit an enlightening conversation from 2023's festival exploring queer representation in commercial fiction featuring Tanya Byrne, Tasha Suri and Laura Kay. 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 line...

On this episode of The Brighton Book Club, we talk to two Brighton-based writers – Kristin Burniston and Duncan Illing – who have teamed up to transform Kristin's wonderful short story, Anne, into a radio drama. We discuss everything from the publishing industry, to special effects, writing Brighton and Brighton's writing community.

On this month's show, we speak to two Brighton based writers Jo Furniss and Cassie Bruce about their new novels DEAD MILE and SIRENS BAY . We also speak to the excellent Sophie Flynn about her new novel WHAT STAYS UNSAID , a thriller set over a hen weekend Dartmoor.  Follow the show over on Instagram

On the show today, we speak to co-director of Brighton Book Festival Althea Woolf, Sheika Helawy, Taha Kehar, Helen Lederer and Roy McFarlane. You can buy tickets from brightonbookfestival.co.uk and follow us on Instagram to find out more about the events spoken about in today’s show over at @btnbookclub.

It's the Reverbathon and we're back with a special show recorded in the Radio Reverb studio with a host of fab live guests and sponsors. Please consider making a donation to keep us ad-free and creating the show. You can do so here . More about Jenni and her work at Brighton Fringe Book tickets to Mrisi's show More about Hove Creative Writing Group More about The Real Writers Circle Book tickets t...

We're joined by three fantastic Brighton authors: Graham Bartlett , Katy Massey and Tanya Byrne

This month we speak to Brighton based debut novelists, Ania Card and Sarah Butler, both of whom have books out with indie presses. Ania talks about writing not in her native tongue, about exploring queer identity and how the writing community has helped her reach success. Sarah talks about the move from short fiction to a novel and how the Sussex landscape inspires her writing. We also speak to Rh...

Our Brighton Bestseller episode features the wonderful Elly Griffiths , Dorothy Koomson and Jack Jordan .  If you enjoy the show, please do rate review and subscribe!

This month’s show is hosted Victoria Robson and Cindy Etherton, co-founders of Real Writers Circle, a Brighton-based a community of writers who meet monthly to share work, support, and friendship. Victoria and Cindy talk to Circle members Ciar Byrne, Jackie Mendoza and Kate Marsh about their favourite books and their influence on their writing. And they catch up with RWC member Samuel Burr and his...

Join Jericho Writers More about TAKE WHAT YOU NEED The books spoken about on the show: Fiction 1a: Penance by Eliza Clark 1b: Pretty as a Picture by Elizabeth Little 2a: In Memoriam by Alice Winn 2b: Ghost Girl, Banana by Wiz Wharton 3a: Mrs S by K Patrick 3b: Dryland by Sara Jaffe 4a: Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Sutanto 4b: Murder & Mamon by Mia P Manansala 5a: The L...

On this month’s show, we hear from Lisa Fransson about her new novel THE SHAPE OF GUILT , to Deborah Jenkins about her debut collection of short stories, WINTER LIGHTS and to Emma Jackson’s new book WITCH YOU WEREN’T HERE .  Our next show is our bumper Christmas recommendation special with bookseller, Elizabeth Perry. We’ll go through the top 5 bestsellers in fiction and nonfiction and she’ll offe...

On the show, we hear from Lesley Wood, CEO of New Writing South and director of the festival; from David Sheppeard from festival partner, Marlborough Productions; from Alexa Rusakoff, one of the student curators behind Friday’s event; from Okechukwu Nzelu who joins us to talk about his in-conversation event with Max Lobe and the workshop on character he’s running. We also speak to author of this m...

This month, we speak to Elizabeth Delo, author of BECOMING LIZ TAYLOR , about why she decided to set part of her debut novel in Brighton and how overhearing a conversation in a queue sparked the idea for the book. We also talk to Brighton based Deborah Price about her memoir THE PEANUT FACTORY about living in London squats in the 80s. We talk to Brighton-based Joseph Zigmond about his novel CONSTA...

We're back from our short summer hiatus with a jam-packed episode for you. We speak to Brighton based Chloe Michelle Howard about her debut novel SUNBURN – a beautiful sapphic comic of age story set in rural Ireland in the 1990s, to former Brighton resident Emma Claire Wilson about her debut novel THIS CHILD OF MINE and what it was like to grow up in Brighton’s Old Shop Hotel. We talk to Corinne P...

This month we talk to Lily Lindon about her new queer rom com MY OWN WORST ENEMY , to Talia Hibbert about her new YA rom com HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS AND UNFAIRLY CUTE as well as her appearance at Brighton Book Festival on June 24 . We also speak to two Brighton writers, Amy Lavelle and Joe Bedford about their new books, HOME SWEET HOME and A BAD DECADE FOR GOOD PEOPLE . We also speak to the author of th...

On this month’s show, we talk to poet Amy Key about her new book ARRANGEMENTS IN BLUE and her appearance as part of Brighton Festival’s books and debate programme on April 20th; to local writer Kate Bradley about her new novel THE SISTERHOOD – a feminist retelling of Orwell's 1984; to Cathy Haywood and Mark Slater about the Creative Writing Programme , and author of this month’s book club book, WO...

A list of the books spoken about on this month's show! Windmill Hill - Lucy Atkins - 25th May Transitional - Munroe Bergdorf - out now All the Beauty in the World - Patrick Bringley - out now  Fire Rush - Jacqueline Crooks - out now  Scorched Grace - Margot Douaihy - 6th April  Books & Islands in Ojibwe Country - Louise Erdrich - 20th April Voyager - Nona Fernandez  - out now The Housekeepers...

This month, we go sea swimming with Brighton based writers Josie Lloyd and Mark Radcliffe , and we speak to the author of this month’s book club book I F THEY KNEW , Sophie Flynn.  We also give you a curated preview of literary events in this year’s Brighton Fringe Festival which runs through May. Our next book club book is DAZZLING by Sussex-based Chikodili Emelum.  Please rate, review and subscr...

This month we’re talking all things romance in books. Anna speaks to Joseph Murray about his new novel, FLING , a laugh out loud Irish romantic comedy which follows a couple who both turn to a dating app when they face problems in their relationship. She talks to Julia Boggio about SHOOTERS , her romantic comedy set in the world of wedding photography, to Charlotte Rixon about the lost love that c...

Christmas is over for another year, and on this episode, we’re bringing you three exciting interviews with Brighton writers to help inspire your reading for 2023. I talk to PD Viner about his crime thrillers and his community-based writing routine. I speak to author of Ridley Road, Jo Bloom , about her new book permission which explores non-monogamy in a marriage, and I speak to writer, podcaster...

We’ve got a jam-packed Christmas special for you this month. We speak to five writers of Christmas books: Hayley Webster , Alexandra Benedict , Andy Leach , Lotte James and Lizzie Huxley-Jones . I’m joined by Elizabeth Perry who runs through the top 5 fiction and non fiction bestsellers this year and suggest her alternative recommendations that you may not have heard of but need to know about. Sub...

On this episode of the Brighton Book Club, we speak to Brighton icon and crime writer extraordinaire Peter James about everything from bringing the internet to Sussex, to shadowing the police, to the real life Roy Grace. We discuss the kindle Storyteller Award with Ann Girdharry , and we discuss this month’s book club book TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW by Gabrielle Zevin with two readers and...

We love books and we love Brighton and we love books set in Brighton! Anna is joined by Jamie West , Daren Kay , Sue Teddern and Alison Belsham who talk all about their books set in our fine city. Anna is also joined by Rachelle Atalla to discuss this month's book club book, THE PHARMACIST . Our next book club book is Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow . 

This episode is packed full of great upcoming book events in Brighton and Sussex as well as some great local authors and publishers. We also discuss this summer’s hottest rom com, HONEY & SPICE by Bolu Babalola. We speak to William Shaw about Fatal Shore as part of Shoreham Festval next month; Lesley Wood about The Coast is Queer Festival , Susannah Stevenson about Charleston’s Small Wonder Fe...

We are back from our summer break with a jam-packed show. We speak to the new owner of Kemptown Bookshop , Cathy Haywood, about her plans for the shop as well as YA specialist, Remony Hart about her plans for the new YA and kids’ section. Caitlin Gleeson speaks to Lily Lindon about her new book DOUBLE BOOKED , and I interviewed Cate Quinn about one of this summer’s hottest thriller, BLOOD SISTERS...