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The Literary Salon

Damian Barr"s Literary Salon tempts the world"s best writers to read exclusively from their latest greatest works and share their own personal stories. Star guests have included Bret Easton Ellis, Jojo Moyes, John Waters, Helen Fielding, Diana Athill and Louis de Bernières - all in front of a live audience at leading glamourous locations. Suave salonnière Damian Barr is your host. Don"t worry it"s not a book club - there"s no homework. Salon Selective! Produced by Russell Finch.

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18:28

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jenni Fagan reads from 'Hex'

The Literary Salon ·

2022/06/01

We love historical fiction and this week’s featured title, Hex by Jenni Fagan, is simply bewitching. Edinburgh, December 1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floors below, convicted witch Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor – Iris, who says she comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they are and what they believe. Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible

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11:08

SALON EXCLUSIVE: a reading from 'People Person' by...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/05/24

We’re thrilled to feature the latest book from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Queenie on the podcast! Candice Carty-Williams’ novel People Person is about five half-siblings with abandonment issues brought together by crisis in a story of heart, humour, and homecoming. The tension will have you turning the page and the characters will have you laughing to yourself into the wee hours of the morning as you finish this novel in one sitting. So settle down to enjoy a juicy excerpt, read

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15:31

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Dolen Perkins-Valdez reads from...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/05/18

This week’s reading comes to us from Dolen Perkins-Valdez, the New York Times bestselling author of Wench. Her timely new novel, Take My Hand, will get under your skin and stay with you long after the last page. Montgomery, Alabama. 1973. Civil Townsend works at the Family Planning Clinic and has big plans to make a difference in her community, helping Black women make their own choices for their lives and bodies. But when she discovers the injections they’re giving young women are still

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44:39

Abi Morgan WORLD PREMIERE, at the Literary Salon May...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/05/17

Abi Morgan OBE is the BAFTA and Emmy-winning playwright and screenwriter who created the BBC's rave series The Split, The Iron Lady, Suffragette, The Hour and much more. She shifts from screen to page for her first book This Is Not A Pity Memoir, and we were thrilled to have the world premiere at a very special Literary Salon. Poignant and heart-breaking but resolutely unwilling to rely on sentimental platitudes, Abi's memoir about a tragic change in her family circumstances is a profoundly powerful

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12:33

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Julie Owen Moylan reads from That...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/05/10

Prepare for some sparkling literature that you need to read this summer. That Green Eyed Girl by Julie Owen Moylan has everything we love in a book: a character-driven plot, a dual timeline, and a mystery that gradually unfolds making for a page-turning novel. Ava is a young girl struggling to cope with an absent father and a mother suffering from a debilitating mental illness. She’s managing to keep it together, but only just. And then a parcel appears on her doorstep with a photo of a young woman

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12:55

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Patrick McCabe reads from...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/05/03

This week we’re featuring Poguemahone: a wild, free-verse monologue, steeped in music and folklore, crammed with characters, both real and imagined. It’s an epic 600-page book by twice Booker-shortlisted author Patrick McCabe that takes place in the 1970s, in Northwest London, and in the fractured mind of Una Fogarty. This is a really exciting literary novel that plays with form - the kind of book we love to feature on our show. Published by Unbound and available now in all good bookshops. We

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Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart in conversation...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/04/28

EXTRA SPECIAL EPISODE ALERT! Enjoy this full-length Literary Salon with Douglas Stuart! We held a very special evening with Douglas in conversation with Damian at an in-person Salon in Brighton - it was an incredible conversation, and we're still thinking about it. So join us as we celebrate Douglas' brilliant new novel 'Young Mungo', the story of two boys, two tribes and two Scotlands. Catholic James and Protestant Mungo live in the violent, macho world of Glasgow’s council schemes. They dream of

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13:46

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Adriana Trigiani reads from 'The...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/04/26

As the weather warms, we’re bringing you a sun-drenched mid-century novel from the international bestselling author Adriana Trigiani. In 'The Good Left Undone', we’re treated to a family saga that spans a century, taking us from Italy to the UK and back again. Through the generations, the Cabrellis have been subject to the tides of history and it is up to Matelda, the matriarch nearing the end of her life, to pass on their legacy before it’s too late. Trust Adriana to offer up lush descriptions that

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13:48

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Joanna Cannon reads from 'A Tidy...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/04/19

If you love a whodunnit then we’ve got just the thing to satisfy that craving. A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon is a novel about Linda, an ordinary middle-aged housewife who keeps herself to herself. That is, until her husband Terry starts keeping strange hours just as a string of young women begin disappearing. There’s something nasty lurking behind the net curtains on Cavendish Avenue… A darkly funny, character-driven mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and

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13:15

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Yasmin Cordery Khan reads from...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/04/11

You may have noticed the rise in popularity of compelling novels written across dual timelines. We say: the more the merrier! This week we’re spotlighting one such novel, Edgware Road. It explores the story of Khalid, an immigrant father and gambler who goes missing in 1981. In 2003, his daughter Alia, now a young academic at Oxford, is on a mission to discover who her father really was. A family mystery, a daughter’s journey, and the exploration of what it means to be an immigrant in London are all

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12:40

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Gee reads from 'The Red...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/04/05

In times of need we turn to literature. Maggie’s Gee’s timely modern fable The Red Children is our featured title this week, and just the tonic we all need to make sense of confusing times. Set in a world in crisis, this original, gripping story about migration and global warming restores belief in the power of human kindness. Do yourself a favour and buy this book! Published by Telegram Books, an imprint of independent publisher Saqi Books, and available now. We recommend buying from your local

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16:03

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Maddie Mortimer reads from 'Maps of...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/03/29

You know we love a debut, and this week’s featured novel is startlingly good. Something gleeful and malevolent is moving in Lia’s body, learning her life from the inside out. A shape-shifter. A disaster tourist. It’s travelling down the banks of her canals. It’s spreading. Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is a story of coming-of-age at the end of a life. Utterly heart-breaking yet darkly funny, Maddie Mortimer’s astonishing debut is a symphonic journey through one woman’s body: a wild and lyrical

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14:05

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Lauren John Joseph reads from 'At...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/03/22

We have a remarkable novel to share with you this week. At Certain Points We Touch by Lauren John Joseph is lyrical, sexy, and will appeal to readers of Garth Greenwell’s Cleanness, which, if you haven’t read the book, is highly rated by everyone at the Literary Salon! At Certain Points We Touch is a story of first love and last rites, conjured against a vivid backdrop of London, San Francisco and New York - a riotous, razor-sharp coming-of-age story that marks the arrival of an extraordinary new

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13:56

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Lily Dunn reads from 'Sins of My...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/03/14

A daughter. A cult. A wild unravelling. Lily Dunn reads from her compelling memoir, Sins of My Father . When Lily was just six years old, her father left the family home to follow his guru to India for the promise of enlightenment with the cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Since then he has been a mystery to her. In her quest to understand him, she asks how we can reconcile unconditional love with irreparable damage. ‘I was obsessed. A memoir which combines the emotional and the cerebral in telling

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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Gale reads from 'Mother's Boy'

The Literary Salon ·

2022/03/07

This week’s episode is for our listeners who love historical fiction. Mother’s Boy by Patrick Gale is a finely wrought novel that centres around Cornwall, class, desire and two world wars. Based on the life of poet Charles Causley, Mother’s Boy is the story of a man who is among, yet apart from, his fellows. Charles is being shaped for a long, remarkable and revered life spent hiding in plain sight. As an intensely private young man, Charles joins the navy with the new rank of coder. His escape from

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11:37

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ed O'Loughlin reads from 'The Last...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/03/01

Soon, the lockdown would start. People would die alone, without any proper ceremony. Charlotte's death would be washed away, the first drop in a downpour. Nobody knew it then but hers would be the last good funeral of the year. It was February 2020, when Ed O'Loughlin heard that Charlotte, a woman he'd known had died, young and before her time. He realised that he was being led to reappraise his life, his family and his career as a foreign correspondent and acclaimed novelist in a new, colder light

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11:03

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Audrain reads from 'The Push'

The Literary Salon ·

2022/02/22

While the nights are still long and we’re experiencing some unusually stormy weather, what better way to make the most of this atmosphere than by reading a thriller? On today’s episode of the podcast, we’re featuring Ashley Audrain’s genre-busting The Push. An international bestseller, Ashley has crafted a page-turning psychological drama about a woman whose worst fears come true when she becomes a mother. ‘Gripping, clever, vividly realised… the ending left me flabbergasted.' The Guardian The Push

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11:41

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Charmaine Wilkerson reads from...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/02/08

Exciting news! In this week’s episode of the podcast we feature rising star Charmaine Wilkerson with her debut novel Black Cake. It’s a truly captivating book about estranged siblings reunited after the death of their mother, encouraged to heal old wounds and share a slice of black Caribbean cake, ‘when the time is right.’ This one will get you right in the feels. And watch out for the upcoming television series which is being produced by none other than Oprah herself! 'A story as meaningful as it

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14:03

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jon Ransom reads from 'The Whale...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/02/01

It's LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK! We’re celebrating with the release of an episode featuring Jon Ransom’s debut novel The Whale Tattoo. It’s a fine work of queer literature that we’re excited to share with you. When a giant sperm whale washes up on the local beach and tells Joe Gunner that death will follow him wherever he goes, Joe knows that the place he needs to go is back home. But his return throws sea salt in old wounds and dredges up rumours bubbling beneath the placid surface of this

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11:02

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Osman Yousefzada reads from 'The...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/01/26

We have a dazzling memoir featured on the show this week! The Go-Between is a coming-of-age story that shines a light on the life of a young, creative boy growing up in 1980’s Birmingham. Osman Yousefzada grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, in a red-light district amidst divided immigrant communities. Despite these humble beginnings, he is now an internationally celebrated fashion designer who dresses the stars. Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez - all love his artistry. This is his remarkable

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