Category Archives: Author interviews

Sorry Nigel Farage – Talking Books loved ‘Talking France’…

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Well, my holidays are over for 2013. Unless we win the lottery in the next few weeks I will now spend the rest of the year wishing all my friends ‘Bon Voyage’ and envying them their breaks from the daily … Continue reading →

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‘In relation to’ what? On ‘Talking Books’ and chewing words….

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

Lots of people have asked me how my new radio show is going and how they might listen to it again or online. That is very good of you, my friends but I thought I ought to listen to it … Continue reading →

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‘Talking Books’…On trying to become Somerset’s answer to Mariella Frostrup

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

…I wish! But I do have my own book show on local radio -10Radio based at the heart of a Somerset community  – and the first programme  is looming large. I go on air at 11am tomorrow (Friday 29th March … Continue reading →

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On Victorian London, forensics and writing inspiration: a conversation with D.E. Meredith, author of The Devil’s Ribbon

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Today I am lucky enough to have a guest on my blog – the author D. E. Meredith writer of the historical crime series, The Hatton and Roumande Mysteries featuring the first forensic scientist, Professor Adolphus Hatton, and his trusty … Continue reading →

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On Shelley, secrets and weaving fact with fiction in ‘A Treacherous Likeness’….

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

One of my favourite reads of 2012 was Tom All Alone’s by Lynn Shepherd. The grim realities of Victorian Britain were brought to life for a 21st century audience and the fictional worlds of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins (often … Continue reading →

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