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Tim Sullivan on The Tailor, George Cross & the Books That Went to Greece Without Me
Episode 477
Philippa opens with an update on the Great Book Parcel Saga — a box of holiday reading, a Greek customs office, a handwritten letter explaining why a…
11 hours ago
Adele Parks on Eyes on You, Twists, Pre-Orders & the Biscuit That Changed Everything
Episode 476
Philippa sits down with the brilliant Adele Parks — bestselling author of 25 novels, over six million copies sold, OBE for services to literature — t…
3 days, 7 hours ago
St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend: Abir Mukherjee, Jane Casey & Sarah Hilary
Episode 475
Philippa is joined by three brilliant crime writers — Abir Mukherjee, Jane Casey, and Sarah Hilary — to talk all about St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weeke…
5 days, 7 hours ago
Amman Brar on Mr. Sidhu's Post Office — One of BBC News's 12 Books of 2026
Episode 474
Philippa opens with a much-requested update on the Barcelona Kindle story — specifically, the one detail everyone wanted to know: did the Kindle surv…
1 week ago
Kate Eberle on "If Books Could Kill": The Romance-Turned-Thriller That Started a 10-Way Book Auction
Episode 473
Kate Eberle's debut novel If Books Could Kill sparked a 10-way bidding war, sold film and TV rights, and is being published in over 14 countries — an…
1 week, 3 days ago
The Unlimited Budget Question: Alison Barrow on Launching a Bestseller
Episode 472
Philippa welcomes back Alison Barrow, PR director at Transworld, fresh from Capital Crime, for a fascinating look behind the curtain of book publishi…
1 week, 5 days ago
M.W. Craven on The Killer's Mark Plus the Kindle That Saved a Life in Barcelona
Episode 471
Philippa opens with a genuinely unbelievable true story — how a friend trapped in a locked Barcelona hotel toilet used her Kindle to prise the door o…
2 weeks ago
Lindsey Kelk (writing as Elle Kelk) on Hit or Miss, Anxiety & Starting Over
Episode 470
Philippa sits down with Lindsey Kelk — writing as Elle Kelk — to talk about her brand new novel Hit or Miss, the first in the Junior Year Abroad seri…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
My Holiday Reading Stack: 12 Books & 4 Graphic Novels I'm Shipping to Greece
Episode 469
Philippa has just received the most exciting email of the year: her holiday hotel has offered to receive a box of books in advance and put them in he…
3 weeks ago
Are Hardback Books Dead? The Great Format Debate
Episode 468
Are hardback books too expensive, too heavy, and past their sell-by date? A recent Guardian article made the provocative case that hardbacks should d…
3 weeks, 3 days ago