https://youtu.be/1PxsvTLuO0E With big thanks to, in order of appearance, Val McDermid, Abir Mukherjee, Mark Billingham, Ann Cleeves, Cally Taylor, Liz Nugent, Elly Griffiths, Lesley Thomson, Peter James, Shari Lapena, Cara Hunter, Dorothy Koomson and Peter May. Quite the cast, eh?
Oh boy. Sound issues! The lips move but the voice doesn't come out. Vice versa. The great Steve Cavanagh has ventriloquism skills. We are joined by Philippa, talking about the world of book groups. It worked fine after we rebooted, but was a little strange up until then. https://youtu.be/u_B3pFHK6-A
With the wonderful Mark Billingham, talking what is happening to the book festival season with Sharon Canavar, the Chief Executive of Harrogate International Festivals, and Sara Bullimore, director of Newark Literary Festival. https://youtu.be/26xFZwSrkYw
Jasmine Blackborow is the woman who narrates the the DI Cupidi series for audiobook and she's BRILLIANT! Paddy Magrane's new book Red Desert is an Audible Original - it's written specially for audio. We talk about how audiobooks is changing what books are. https://youtu.be/YklsSUTLFvs
Mark Edwards is a phenomenon; in the last eight years he's sold over three million books. Hear him talking about his books Hear To Stay and The Guest List. Katy Connolly works for the East Riding Library service and the virtual book club they've set up while we're in lockdown. https://youtu.be/YVCZVD0aNqA
