Lucy's The Guest List is one of the best locked room books out there, set on an island on the west of Ireland. Paul Burston's The Closer I Get is a gorgeous, creepy tale of obsession; we also discuss Paul's Polari project and whether we should shave or not. https://youtu.be/hagVnH9G8FM
Just as The Steyning Bookshop closes for the duration myself and Elly Griffiths are talking books, bookshops and Gus the cat. https://youtu.be/zouYY21ugCY
Vaseem Khan's latest book is Bad Day at the Vulture Club; we talk with Gill Hart of the independent bookshop Lindum Books and he tells us about his upcoming new series that launches in August with Midnight at Malabar House. https://youtu.be/VZBsfJcPRiE
A few days ago, as the corona-lockdown kicked in, I started doing some Facebook Live broadcasts to save my sanity. Here are two of my favourite people, writers Sarah Hilary and Graham Bartlett. https://youtu.be/jabiaYbLAsY
I'm feeling very flattered to be the author for the town of Wymondham's One Community One book project in 2020. I'll be doing three events with their local shop Kett's Books. Bookshops are ahead of the curve. They are offering us a model of how we can save our high streets, especially in communities like this. [...]
