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Episode 500! In Conversation with Val McDermid and Jo Sharp: This Door of the Seas
Episode 500
Episode 500! In Conversation with Val McDermid and Jo Sharp: This Door of the Seas
A huge milestone — this is episode 500 of Quick Book Reviews! Thank…
4 weeks ago
In Conversation with Kate Atkinson: Our Noble Selves
Episode 499
This episode is a special one — Kate Atkinson joins me to talk about Our Noble Selves, her wonderful new novel set at the 1951 Festival of Britain. W…
1 month ago
The Unpopular Book Opinion I've Been Keeping to Myself
Episode 498
A shorter episode this week, but a packed one. Philippa has an announcement, a question to answer honestly, and a book-related confession she has bee…
1 month ago
Frances Quinn: The True Scandal Behind The Scandalous Ladies' Football Club
Episode 497
Victorian Women Weren't Allowed to Play Football. They Did It Anyway.
In 1897, a woman calling herself Nettie Honeyball founded Britain's first ladies…
1 month, 1 week ago
What Really Happened at Harrogate — and the Book Rescued From the Toilets
Episode 496
Philippa went to Harrogate Crime Festival and came back with an alarming number of books. Here is everything she picked up, was given, or had rescued…
1 month, 1 week ago
Sarah Pinborough on They Say a Girl Died Here, Horror, Secrets & Pick and Mix
Episode 495
Philippa is back with her first author interview in two months — and opens with a confession: she recorded the entire thing without plugging her micr…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Why Isn't Everybody Talking About This Crime Author? My Holiday Top 8
Episode 494
Philippa is back from holiday — and the books made it to Rhodes eventually, after a handwritten letter to Athens customs explaining why a normal pers…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
C.J. Tudor on Serenity Falls, Creepy Disney Towns & the Smell of Buttered Popcorn
Episode 493
Philippa reviews four books — including two she couldn't wait to tell you about — before a wonderful, wide-ranging conversation with C.J. Tudor about…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Philippa's Best Books of 2026 So Far — 12 Picks & an Honourable Mention
Episode 492
No author interview, no book reviews — just Philippa's most personal episode of the year: her best reads of the first six months of 2026. Twelve book…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
We're Starting a Book Club — Here's the Twist
Episode 491
A short but exciting episode! Philippa announces a brand new format for the podcast: a Quick Book Reviews Book Club, running throughout October.
The c…
1 month, 3 weeks ago