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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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14:26

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jo Browning Wroe reads from 'A...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/01/18

Welcome to our 200th podcast episode! In this episode we're sharing a beautifully written and uniquely told novel about a tragic event in history: the 1966 Aberfan Disaster where a landslide buried a school. William Lavery, a newly certified embalmer, offers up his services to the grieving families. As William soon discovers, giving so much to others can sometimes help us to heal ourselves. This book does so many things, and it does them powerfully. It's a story about masculinity, trauma, and above

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11:38

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Megan Nolan reads from 'Acts of...

The Literary Salon ·

2022/01/06

Welcome back listeners to a new year of unmissable books that we can’t wait to share with you. This week we’re bringing you a reading from Irish author Megan Nolan’s sensational novel Acts of Desperation - one of the biggest books of the year! In Megan’s visceral novel about love, loss and self-effacing obsession, she tells the story of an unnamed narrator’s descent into a toxic relationship with the man of her dreams. But their relationship is short-lived when he goes back to his ex-girlfriend and

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13:13

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Amor Towles reads from 'The Lincoln...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/11/01

We were so happy to launch Amor Towles’ international bestseller A Gentleman in Moscow back in 2017 (you can listen to that event here on the podcast) and we’re delighted to be sharing a reading from his new book The Lincoln Highway in this week’s episode! Already a New York Times bestseller, readers are discovering Amor’s imaginative coming-of-age novel about a young boy in the 1950’s embarking on the journey of a lifetime. The book combines everything we’ve come to expect from Amor’s writing:

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15:25

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Antti Tuomainen reads from 'The...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/10/27

If you enjoy a dark thriller with romance and comedy thrown in, then tune in to this week’s episode featuring a reading by award-winning Finnish author and master of Scandi-noir, Antti Tuomainen. This non-stop novel follows Henri, an insurance mathematician who inherits a theme park. This dose of chaos might be just what his perfectly ordered life is missing - if he can survive the loan sharks, that is. The Rabbit Factor is published by Orenda Books, an indie press that specialises in literary and

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10:35

SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'In Every Mirror She's Black' by...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/10/18

We're delighted to bring you an exclusive reading from the timely and arresting debut novel, In Every Mirror She’s Black. Three Black women are linked in unexpected ways to the same influential white man in Stockholm, as they build their new lives in the most open society, run by the most private people. This multi perspective story is told through the lives of Kemi, a successful marketing exec, Brittany-Rae, a former model turned flight attendant, and Muna, a refugee establishing her residency in

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14:42

SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'Lemon' by Kwon Yeo-sun

The Literary Salon ·

2021/10/11

Coming to us all the way from South Korea, Lemon, written by multi-award winning author Kwon Yeo-sun, is a short novel translated by Janet Hong. While the plot centres around the tragic and unsolved murder of a beautiful adolescent, Kim Hae-on, the story is about the people in her life who are left to grapple with grief in their own personal ways. Told from three perspectives over the course of two decades, we are privy to the inner life and turmoil of Kim’s younger sister, Da-on, who has

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17:12

SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'The Spirit Engineer' by A.J. West

The Literary Salon ·

2021/10/05

Have we got a chilling book in store for you! In this week’s episode, debut author A.J. West brings us a haunting historical novel entitled The Spirit Engineer. This reading is a particularly special treat as actor Dickon Farmar treats us to a fantastic performance. Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with seances. William Jackson Crawford is a man of science and a sceptic, but one night with everyone sitting around the circle, voices come to

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10:03

Salon News - Autumn Season reveal! Tickets available...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/09/29

BIG NEWS about our Autumn Season revealed for your ears only! Listen in to find out who our very exciting guests are and how YOU can get priority tickets before anyone else. We can't wait to be back with you IN PERSON for our UK events this season! Or you can still join us online, of course. Our newsletter subscribers are always first in line for tickets, so sign up *now* (link below) to avoid the tragedy of missing out. The special newsflash with priority tickets drops at 9am on Thursday 30th

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13:29

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Elodie Harper reads from 'The Wolf Den'

The Literary Salon ·

2021/09/28

Sold by her mother. Enslaved in Pompeii's brothel. Determined to survive. Her name is Amara. Welcome to the Wolf Den… We’ve seen this book in just about every bookshop and we’re so glad to be hosting Elodie for an episode of the Literary Salon’s podcast. By day, Amara walks the streets with the Wolf Den's other downtrodden women, finding comfort in their dreams and the laughter that they share. For the streets of Pompeii are alive with opportunity. Out here, even the lowest slave can secure a

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14:18

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Gilmartin reads from 'Dinner...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/09/12

We're thrilled to bring you this new episode featuring Dinner Party by Sarah Gilmartin - a brilliant coming-of-age page-turner about the complications of sibling relationships and the trauma of family secrets. To mark the anniversary of a death in the family, Kate plans a dinner party - from the fancy table settings to the perfect Baked Alaska waiting in the freezer (yum!). But by the end of the night, old tensions have flared, the guests have fled, and Kate is spinning out of control. Set between

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13:24

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Defne Suman reads from 'The Silence...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/08/16

This week’s episode is a delight for anyone who loves to learn about historical events through the lens of fiction. Author Defne Suman brilliantly evokes the sprawling multicultural city of Smyrna through the lives of four families during the early 20th century as the Ottoman Empire is on the brink of collapse. In the first English edition of The Silence of Scheherazade, the writing is utterly beautiful - the sign of not only a talented author, but a skilled translator as well. The story spans 17

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14:45

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Evans reads from 'The...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/08/02

We can’t wait for you to discover Harriet Evans’ gripping novel The Beloved Girls! Catherine, a successful barrister, vanishes from a London train station on the eve of her anniversary. But how and why? The answer lies buried in the past, in the events of the hot, seismic summer of 1989. At Vanes - a mysterious West Country manor house - a young girl, Jane Lestrange, arrives to stay with the gilded, grand Hunter family. She’s to take part in their curious ritual involving the bees kept in the crypts

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17:27

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Lesley Lokko reads from 'Soul Sisters'

The Literary Salon ·

2021/07/27

Welcome back to the podcast! We scour the literary world for the best books to share with you and this episode's reading comes all the way from Accra, Ghana, as Lesley Lokko (supported by a beautiful dawn chorus of birds!) shares her new book, Soul Sisters, with us. It’s a rich, intergenerational tale of love, race, power and secrets that centres on the lifelong friendship between two women: Scottish Jen McFadden and South African-born Kemisa Mashabane, known to her friends as Kemi. The ties that

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13:46

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Kate Sawyer reads from 'The Stranding'

The Literary Salon ·

2021/07/13

If you read one book this summer (although why would you read just one?!), you wouldn't be going wrong by making it The Stranding by Kate Sawyer. In the words of Marian Keyes, it’s 'GORGEOUS and original and captivating', and we love the extract Kate generously shares with us in this podcast episode! Ruth lives in the heart of London. Working, drinking, falling in love: the rhythm of her vivid and complicated life is set against a hum of darkening news reports from which she deliberately turns away

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SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life' by...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/06/28

Georgia Pritchett knows a little something about living with anxiety. From worrying about the monsters under her bed as a child (Were they comfy enough?), to embracing womanhood, (One way of knowing you have crossed from girlhood to womanhood is that men stop furtively masturbating at you from bushes and start shouting things at you from cars. It's a beautiful moment) worry has accompanied her at every turn. This memoir is a joyful reflection on just how to live - and sometimes even thrive

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Garth Greenwell - Salon LIVE Online - May 2020

The Literary Salon ·

2021/06/27

To celebrate Pride Month we wanted to gift you an exclusive release of this special private Salon, with the one and only Garth Greenwell! Garth and Damian talked writing, queerness and 'Cleanness', in this online Salon last year. Garth originally charmed us all at a Salon at The Savoy in 2016 with his debut novel 'What Belongs to You'. He reads his prose as beautifully as he writes it. His subsequent book, 'Cleanness', places its arms around the shoulders of his handsome sensuous debut and confronts

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19:20

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Scholes Young reads from...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/06/21

After Robbie Fehler’s sudden death, his wife and daughters unite in their struggle to save their pest control company’s finances and the family’s future. To survive, they must overcome a political chasm that threatens a new civil war as the values that once united them now divide the very foundation they’ve built. Through alternating point-of-views, grief and regret gracefully give way to the enduring strength of the hive. The Hive by Melissa Scholes Young is published by Turner Publishing and

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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ruth Gilligan reads from 'The Butchers'

The Literary Salon ·

2021/06/07

A photograph is hung on a gallery wall for the first time since it was taken two decades before. It shows a slaughter house in rural Ireland, a painting of the Virgin Mary on the wall, a meat hook suspended from the ceiling - and, from its sharp point, the lifeless body of a man hanging by his feet. The story of who he is and how he got there casts back into Irish folklore, of widows cursing the land and of the men who slaughter its cattle by hand. Note: Damian mentions that The Butchers was

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13:23

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Meg Rosoff reads from 'The Great...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/06/03

In a holiday house by the sea, in a big, messy family, one teenager watches as brothers and sisters, parents and older cousins fill hot days with wine and games and planning a wedding. Enter the Goddens - irresistible, charming, languidly sexy Kit and surly, silent Hugo. Suddenly there's a serpent in this paradise - and the consequences will be devastating. The Great Godden by bestselling author Meg Rossoff is published by Bloomsbury and available in hardback now or from 10th June in paperback in

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11:53

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Krystal Sutherland reads from House...

The Literary Salon ·

2021/05/18

As we continue to highlight young adult fiction books throughout the month of May, we invite you to enjoy a spine tingling reading by international bestselling author Krystal Sutherland. House of Hollow is a dark and twisted modern fairytale about a glamorous trio of otherworldly young women, who share the secret of what really happened to them all those years ago. Everyone knows who the Hollow sisters are, because one day they simply disappeared, and when they came back one month later, with no

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