The Writers' Cafe

Welcome to Season 3 of The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the hilarious and loving Jessica George! We were absolutely overjoyed and excited to have Jess with us for an evening event wherein we discussed her novel: Love by the Book! Bookseller Review: "I don’t believe in reserving romance for romantic relationships....

Welcome to Season 3 of The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the wonderfully wise Virginia Evans! We were absolutely thrilled to have Virginia with us for an evening event wherein we discussed her Women's Prize shortlisted novel: The Correspondent! Bookseller Review: "I loved this book SO much! I genuinely did cry! Un...

Welcome to Season 3 of The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the delightful Tina Andrews ! We were absolutely overjoyed to have Tina with us for a lunchtime event wherein she discussed her latest novel: Queen Charlotte Sophia: A Royal Affair ! If you like the sound of this live event, then more information can be foun...

Welcome to Season 3 of The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the astounding Andrew Miller! We were absolutely delighted to have Andrew with us for an evening event wherein we discussed his Booker Prize shortlisted novel: The Land in Winter! Bookseller Review: "An engrossing, atmospheric tale set in the bleak, snowy wi...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! We're wrapping up Season 2 with the awe-inspiring Derek Owusu! Derek is one of Denise’s favourite writers, so it was a great honour to have him on for the last episode to chat about his latest novel: Borderline Fiction. Derek is an award-winning writer, poet and podcaster whose work explores...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the lyrical and deeply contemplative Miranda Cowley Heller. Miranda is the bestselling author of The Paper Palace , a Reese's Book Club pick and long-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Her debut poetry collection, What The Deep Water Knows , traces th...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the thoughtful and cheerful William Rayfet Hunter. Will was previously a junior doctor in the NHS when they won the Merky Books New Writers' Prize back in 2022 for their novel Sunstruck . Their non-fiction has appeared in VICE, Dazed, and the Evening Standar...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the brilliant and funny and warm Morgan Dick. Morgan, a writer from Calgary, Canada, whose short fiction has earned her a Pushcart Prize nomination, joins us upon the release of her debut novel, Favourite Daughter . Join us as we discuss all things addiction...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the insanely gifted and warm Seán Hewitt. Seán, an acclaimed writer and poet known for his distinctive voice that blends vulnerability with intellectual depth, is the author of notable works such as 300,000 Kisses: Tales of Queer Love from the Ancient World,...

Welcome to The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the brilliant and perceptive Lola Jaye. Lola, a psychotherapist and author of several highly praised novels, including  The Attic Child which was longlisted for the Jhalak Prize in 2023, joins us for the release of her latest historical fiction novel, The Manu...

Welcome to The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the absolutely lovely and warm Natasha Brown! We were absolutely delighted to have her with us for an evening event wherein we discussed her newest novel: Universality ! An absolutely immersive read that will have you pondering just how much power language wields! Books...

Welcome to Season 2 of The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the insanely talented and insightful, Garrett Carr. Garrett joins us upon the release of his debut fiction novel, The Boy from the Sea . Join us as we discuss all things love/loss, resentment, fishing, and so much more. Garrett was such a lovely guest and is...

Welcome to The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the wonderful and brilliantly insightful, Oisín McKenna. This episode also marks the end of Series 1 of The Writers' Cafe Podcast, so a sincere and deeply felt thank you for listening to this truly brilliant, wise, and witty bunch of authors as they have joined us from...

Welcome to The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the wonderful and brilliantly insightful, Jason Okundaye. Jason joins us to speak all things, Revolutionary Acts , his debut history of queer Black life in and around South London, expertly combining the social, the political, and the sexual with precision and warmth. I...

Welcome to The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is, without hyperbole, one of the greatest current writers of American letters, Percival Everett. Percival joined us a few months ago to celebrate the release of James , his retelling of Huckleberry Finn, which has just been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2024. We knew w...

Welcome to The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the wonderful and brilliantly insightful, Noreen Masud. Noreen joins us to speak all things, A Flat Place , her debut memoir exploring complex trauma and flat landscapes. A book so lauded and acclaimed, from the shortlist of the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, to the Sun...

Welcome to The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the utterly brilliant, Allen Bratton. Allen joins us upon the release of his debut novel, Henry Henry . Join us as we discuss all things Shakespeare adaptation, terrible rich kids, bad families, love, pain, sex, and misguided reviews! Allen was a delight and is welcome...

Welcome to The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! This week's visitor to the cafe is the ridiculously talented and eternally wonderful, Julia Armfield. Julia joins us upon the release of her second novel, Private Rites . Join us as we discuss all things horror/genre writing, bad sisters, queerness, and so much more. Julia was a total treat and is welcom...

Welcome to The Writers' Cafe! Brought to you from the award-winning indie, Sevenoaks Bookshop! Inspired by our own in-shop cafe of the same name and the conversations about books, life, literature, and so much more every single day - as well as the literary salons of old where gossip thrived - this new podcast seeks to highlight and celebrate the best writers and voices every episode with a warm,...