Meet the Author

Veterinarian, barrister, expeditioner and nature author Charles Foster talks to us about his book ‘Being a Beast’, one of this year’s chosen Wild Reads titles, and how he lived life as a badger for six weeks as part of his research.

Author and journalist Lucy Jones talks to us about her latest book ‘Matrescence’ and her award-winning book ‘Losing Eden’ which is one of our featured Wild Reads titles for this year’s programme.

Historical fiction novelist Foluso Agbaje talks to us about her debut novel ‘The Parlour Wife’ set in 1940s colonial Lagos and the research she did on the impact World War II had on Nigerian people.

Fantasy writer C.M. Waggoner talks to us about her latest supernatural cosy crime novel ‘The Village Library Demon Hunting Society’ and tells us how she became (almost) fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Award-winning Irish author Donal Ryan talks to us about his latest book, ‘Heart, Be at Peace’, a companion novel to his debut ‘The Spinning Heart’, and how working as a university lecturer in creative writing has made a difference to his own writing style.

Sunday Times bestselling author and memoirist Cathy Rentzenbrink talks to us about her latest novel ‘Ordinary Time’ and how she finds the time to write novels, teach creative writing and organise literary events.

Award-winning fiction novelist and former editor Clare Chambers talks to us about her latest novel ‘Shy Creatures’ and what it was like working alongside Diana Athill at the publisher André Deutsch.

New York Times bestselling husband-and-wife writing duo Ellery Lloyd talk to us about their latest novel ‘The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby’ and the journey to finding a combined ‘voice’ for their pseudonym author.

Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke talks to us about his latest Robicheaux thriller ‘Clete’ and tells us where the idea of writing the Dave Robicheaux series first came to him.

Thriller novelist and criminal barrister Imran Mahmood talks to us about his upcoming book Finding Sophie and how he spent almost every evening in his ‘oasis’ of a local library whilst studying for his school exams.

Irish author Colin Barrett talks to us about his latest novel Wild Houses and how he and his two children love visiting their local library.

Author Tom Hindle talks to us about his latest novel ‘Murder on Lake Garda’ and how he was inspired to write it after a visit to a castle in the lakeside town of Malcesine in Italy.

Bestselling author Anthony Horowitz talks to us about his latest Detective Hawthorne novel Close to Death and all the things he loves about Suffolk.

Dublin-born award-winning author Joseph O’Connor talks to us about his latest novel My Father’s House and the impact that music has on the written word.

Author Jo Callaghan talks to us about her debut crime novel ‘In The Blink of An Eye’ and the inspiration behind creating an artificially intelligent detective to help solve cold cases.