Book Club

Conversations with authors and writers, alongside reviews of the latest releases. Exploring new ideas to challenge our thinking.
Energy & Vibrations | Book Club

Jen Campbell shares a selection of spectral tales for misty autumn mornings.

1 month ago
Breakfast with… Rumaan Alam

Jo Rodgers meets with the New York-based author to discuss his fourth novel, Entitlement.

2 months ago
A Moment For Poetry | Book Club

Jen Campbell shares her favourite poetry anthologies and the lines that most resonate.

2 months ago
Reading Diary | August

Jen Campbell reviews a new short story for every day of the week.

4 months ago
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the shortlisted books for this year's literary award.

6 months ago
Reading in Early Motherhood | Book Club

Jen Campbell reflects on her journey to motherhood with a selection of comforting literary favourites.

7 months ago
Breakfast with…Olivia Laing

Jo Rodgers meets the author whose book, The Garden Against Time, recounts the restoration of a walled garden in Suffolk.

7 months ago
Water and Wonder with Greta Rybus

The photojournalist on the beauty and complexity of caring for hot springs.

8 months ago
Weathering | Navigating Change Through Geology and Self-Reflection

In her new book, outdoor psychotherapist and geologist Ruth Allen explores the connection between our inner and outer landscapes.

8 months ago
Rural Hours | The Country Lives of Three Pioneering Writers

Harriet Baker’s new book explores how Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann were forever changed by a move to the countryside.  

9 months ago
Reading About the Arctic and Walking Along the River | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks from Battersea Station to Brompton Cemetery with Christiane Ritter’s memoir, A Woman in the Polar Night.

10 months ago
Breakfast with… Kiley Reid

Jo Rodgers speaks with the author of Such a Fun Age about her new book, Come and Get It. 

11 months ago
Looking Ahead | A Selection of Books for 2024

Jen Campbell on the literary highlights to look forward to this year. 

1 year ago
A Walk Along Grand Union Canal | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks the waterway from Paddington with Kathleen Farrell’s Mistletoe Malice

1 year ago
An Annual Autumn Walk | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks from Milford to Haslemere with Huma Qureshi’s Playing Games. 

1 year ago
Walking with Ghost Stories | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks from Canary Wharf to Blackheath, accompanied by Jeanette Winterson’s Night Side of the River.

1 year ago
Breakfast with… Caroline O’Donoghue

Jo Rodgers meets the author of The Rachel Incident at the Horniman Museum in south London.

1 year ago
A Walk to Hampstead Pergola | Book Club

Jen Campbell takes a stroll from East Finchley to Hampstead Heath, accompanied by Thomas Morris’ book Open Up.

1 year ago
Women in Translation Month | Book Club

In August 2014, Meytal Radzinski founded Women in Translation Month (#WITMonth) - a part of...

1 year ago
Breakfast with… Joanna Quinn

Jo Rodgers meets the author of The Whalebone Theatre on the Dorset coastline.

1 year ago
A Walk Along Regent’s Canal | Book Club

Jen Campbell ambles from King’s Cross to Regent’s Park, accompanied by Termush by Sven Holm.

1 year ago
Three Summertime Reads | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews her favourite new books fit for the season. 

1 year ago
Breakfast with... Jenny Jackson

Jo Rodgers meets with the author of the bestselling novel Pineapple Street. 

1 year ago
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023 | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the shortlisted books for this year’s literary award. 

1 year ago