Episodes

  • 57: Summer Reads with Jo Furniss, Cassie Bruce and Sophie Flynn

    57: Summer Reads with Jo Furniss, Cassie Bruce and Sophie Flynn
    Jun 22 2024
    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.

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    1 hr
  • 56: Brighton Book Festival with Althea Woolf, Sheika Helawy, Taha Kehar, Helen Lederer and Roy McFarlane

    56: Brighton Book Festival with Althea Woolf, Sheika Helawy, Taha Kehar, Helen Lederer and Roy McFarlane
    May 25 2024
    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.
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    1 hr
  • 55: It's the Reverbathon! Supported by Brighton Fringe, Hove Creative Writing Club and The Real Writers Circle

    55: It's the Reverbathon! Supported by Brighton Fringe, Hove Creative Writing Club and The Real Writers Circle
    Apr 27 2024
    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 to the Real Writers Circle Festival Event
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    33 mins
  • 54: Graham Bartlett, Katy Massey and Tanya Byrne

    54: Graham Bartlett, Katy Massey and Tanya Byrne
    Mar 23 2024
    We're joined by three fantastic Brighton authors: Graham Bartlett, Katy Massey and Tanya Byrne
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    1 hr
  • 53: Brighton Debut Authors Ania Card and Sarah Butler plus a Brighton Fringe Preview

    53: Brighton Debut Authors Ania Card and Sarah Butler plus a Brighton Fringe Preview
    Feb 24 2024
    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 Rhiannon Lingwood from Brighton Fringe who is giving us a preview of book, literature and spoken word events on at this year’s iconic Fringe.
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    1 hr
  • 52: Brighton Bestsellers with Elly Griffiths, Dorothy Koomson and Jack Jordan

    52: Brighton Bestsellers with Elly Griffiths, Dorothy Koomson and Jack Jordan
    Jan 27 2024
    Our Brighton Bestseller episode features the wonderful Elly Griffiths, Dorothy Koomson and Jack Jordan. 

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    1 hr
  • 51: Real Writers Circle Takeover

    51: Real Writers Circle Takeover
    Dec 23 2023
    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 editor Charlotte Mursell at Orion Publishing on Sam’s debut novel The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers.

    Favourite Books Mentioned in the Show:
    Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
    Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
    In Memoriam by Alice Winn
    La Terre by Emil Zola
    Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
    My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
    Persuasion by Jane Austen
    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    The Fellowship of the Puzzlemakers by Samuel Burr (available in May)
    The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
    The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
    The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
    The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett
    The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
    The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
    The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
    Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
    To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
    We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

    X/Twitter
    Real Writers Circle: @Real_Writers_
    Cindy Etherton: @CindyEtherton4
    Victoria Robson: @victoriarobson
    Ciar Byrne: @ciarbyrne
    Jackie Mendoza: @writerandhounds
    Kate Marsh: @k8marsh
    Samuel Burr: @samuelburr
    Charlotte Mursell: @Charlo_Murs

    Instagram
    @realwriterscircle
    @cindy.etherton
    @samuelburr
    @writerandhounds
    @ciarbyrnewriter
    @aunticles
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    1 hr
  • 50: Christmas Gift Guide 2023, Idra Novey and why you should all join Jericho Writers

    50: Christmas Gift Guide 2023, Idra Novey and why you should all join Jericho Writers
    Nov 25 2023
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    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 List by Yomi Adegoke
    5b: More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez

    Non-fiction
    1a: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
    1b: Pageboy by Elliot Page
    2a: Went to London, Took the Dog by Nina Stibbe 
    2b: Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson
    3a: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
    3b: Furious Hours by Casey Cep 
    4a: The Golden Mole by Katherine Rundell
    4b: Uprooting by Marchelle Farrell
    5a: Stay True by Hua Hsu 
    5b: This Ragged Grace by Octavia Bright

    Book of the year: Open Throat by Henry Hoke
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    1 hr