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The Brighton Book Club

A podcast dedicated to all things literary and bookish in Brighton & beyond. Anna interviews authors, publishers, people working in literature programmes, gets recommendations from booksellers and bloggers, and shares the best upcoming events. Follow @annamburtt on Twitter and @btnbookclub on Instagram for updates. Email btnbookclub@gmail.com for enquiries.

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81: Joelle Taylor at Brighton Festival 2026

The Brighton Book Club ·

2026/04/12

We caught up with the brilliant Joelle Taylor to find out more about her performances at Brighton Festival in May. Get your tickets here!

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80: Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees, Jess Robinson, Suzy...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2026/02/28

On this month's show, we're joined by Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees, talking about their new book You & Me and You & Me and You & Me; by Jess Robinson, to talk about her memoir Life is Rosi, to Suzy Quinn about her latest novel The Greatest Love Story Never Told and to friend of the show and all-round brilliant human Laura Mugridge about her audio series INSIDE THE LINES as well as her book reccomendations.

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79: Hattie Williams, Katherine Bradley and Kate Beales

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/12/27

In this episode, we're joined by former Brighton resident Hattie Williams, author of BITTER SWEET, to Brighton-based Katherine Bradley about her new book THE INSTITUTE, and Kate Beales joins us to talk about a writing retreat she's co-hosting with Anna in March and reads from her debut novel BROKEN HORSES.

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78: Christmas Gift Guide with Elizabeth Perry and...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/11/22

Our bumper Christmas Recommendation episode is here! Whether you're looking for inspiration for gifts to buy loved ones, or to put on your own wish-lists, Elizabeth Perry and I have got you covered! We also speak to Brighton-based writer Gabrielle Griffiths about her debut novel GREATER SINS.Books we discussed on the show: Fiction The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden The Lilac People by Milo Todd All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Heartwood by Amity Gaige The Artist by Lucy

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77: Chris Bridges, Hayley Dunlop, Social Sauna Book...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/10/25

On this month's show we talk to Chris Bridges about his new book SICK TO DEATH; to Hayley Dunlop about her Christmas novel IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, to Anna Jefferson about New Writing South's DEMYSTIFYING PUBLISHING DAY and to Kelly from SOCIAL SAUNA BOOK CLUB.Events we mention at the end of the show: Queer Gothic: Chloe Michelle Howarth & Leon Craig How to Build a Writing Career with Real Writers Circle and Amanda Prowse Interactive Murder Mystery Evening at

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76: 🛟The Coast is Queer LGBTQ+ Literary Festival...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/08/23

This month's show is dedicated to The Coast is Queer Festival, Brighton's landmark festival of LGBTQ+ literature.Info about all the events we speak to festival speakers Ayse Huseyin, Abi Fellows, Kit Heyam and DG Coutinho. We also chat to Sarah from Writers HQ about their Writing As Resistance Festival in September. The Coast is Queer events mentioned on the show: The Queer Girls Book Club presents Christina Fonthes Not That Innocent with with Jack Jordan, DG Coutinho, Piotr Cieplak and Lesley

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75: Jo Morey, Sally Gardner, Piotr Cieplak and...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/07/26

On this month's episode, we speak to Jo Morey about her new book THE NIGHT LAGOON, to Sally Gardner about THE BRIDE STONE and to Piotr Cieplak about ZOFIA NOWAK'S BOOK OF SUPERIOR DETECTING. We also chat to Kelly at Chapter 34 Books in Shoreham about their event programme and summer reads.If you're interested in coming to our day long writing retreat, you can find out more here.

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74: Marisa Linton, Kerry Downes, Jill Johnson, E.C....

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/05/24

On this month's show, we speak to Brighton-based writers Marisa Linton, Kerry Downes and Jill Johnson, plus Althea from Brighton Book Festival tells us about this year's offering. We break our own Brighton-based rules to have E.C. Nevin on the show... the book was just that good!

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73: Emma Jane Unsworth, Lauren Bravo, Andrew Flewitt...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/04/26

This month we speak to three Brighton-based writers; Emma Jane Unsworth (SLAGS), Lauren Bravo (PROBABLY NOTHING) and Andrew Flewitt (DO YOU BELIEVE IN LIFE AFTER LOSS?). We also talk to Phil Viner about BEYOND THE BOOK festival which takes place on May 10th.

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72: Saba Sams is coming to Brighton Festival on May 8th

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/04/23

In this bonus Footnote episode, Saba Sams joins us to talk about her debut novel, GUNK, which she's launching at the Brighton Festival in conversation with Fee Mac. Get tickets here.Jules has been divorced from her ex-husband Leon for five years, but she still works alongside him at the nightclub. With the arrival of Nim, a new employee at the bar, Jules is jolted awake for the first time in years and with an unexpected pregnancy in the mix, this novel poses questions around who we choose to

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71: Annabel Thorpe, Judy Upton, Tom Johnstone,...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/03/22

Today's show includes Ditching based Annabel Thorpe talking about her historical fiction set in Italy and how her work as a travel journalist has informed her writing. Judy Upton discusses her Sussex based mystery Series. Tom Johnstone talks about how he uses Brighton's unseen history to write short fiction. Sam at Brighton Waterstones talks about their jam-packed event programme in April and May and Anna Jefferson from New Writing South is back to discuss their Publishing Industry Day which is a

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70: Frances Quinn, D.E White's Crime Writing...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/02/22

In this month's jam-packed show, we talk to Brighton-based Fran Quinn about her new book THE LOST PASSENGER; to D.E. White about her crime-writing workshop in Horsham on March 27th; to Anna and Sam from Forthwrite Festival which takes place in Brighton and Crawley in March; to Brighton-based graphic novelists Myf and Corinne from the First Graphic Novel Award and to new-to-Brighton thriller writer, Brooke Robinson.

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69: Laura Wilkinson, Hannah Dolby, Simon Maddrell and...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2025/01/25

On this jam-packed episode, we talk to Brighton-based writer Laura Wilkinson about her new book That Night in New York; to Charlie Ross AKA The Roaming Reader about Chichester's new poetry Slam; to Simon Maddrell about his forthcoming pamphlet Jonathan Blake, L1, and the launch in Brighton on February 19th at 7om at Lunch Positive, and to Hannah Dolby, about her Victorian Hastings set books No Life for a Lady and How To Solve Murders Like A Lady.

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68: Holly Bourne and Alan Edwards (are coming to a...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2024/12/28

We speak to Alan Edwards and Holly Bourne about their forthcoming events in Brighton and Sussex and the books they’ll be discussing.See Holly on Jan 16th at Chapter 34 https://www.chapter34.co.uk/event/book-launch-of-so-thrilled-for-you-by-holly-bourne/ See Alan on Feb 7th at The Old Market https://www.theoldmarket.com/shows/i-was-there-in-conversation-with-alan-edwards

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67: Holiday Book Recommendations with Kemptown Books...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2024/11/23

On our Christmas special we speak to Cathy Hayward from Kemptown Books about her Holiday Recommendations, and Brighton based writer Fran Swaine reads her Christmas short story, The Lost Dog.

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66: Historical Fiction with Anna Lucia, Jacquie...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2024/10/26

This month we're joined by Anna Lucia, Jacquie Bloese and Ciar Byrne to talk about their historical novels.If you have an idea for the show, email us at btnbookclub@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram!

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65: The Coast is Queer: Queer Ukraine

The Brighton Book Club ·

2024/09/30

In the fifth of our five-part series in collaboration with The Coast is Queer Festival, we revisit the event Queer Ukraine from 2023's festival with DViJKA Collective, Yelena Moskovich and Tanya G, hosted by Maria Jastrzębska GET TICKETS TO THE COAST IS QUEER 2024 Find out more about The Coast is Queer and sign up to their mailing. You can follow them on Instagram here. Use code PODCAST20 for 20% off tickets (available for individual event tickets, not for workshops or festival passes!) With

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64: Truth, Memory and Reliability in Fiction with...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2024/09/21

Go and see AFLO. at Status Flo!Books discussed with Elizabeth: Hazadorous Spirits, Anbara Salam After She Wrote Him, Sulari Gentill Margo's Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe My Good Bright Wolf: A Memoir, Sarah Moss The Hypocrite, Jo Hamya Rodham Curtis Sittenfeld You Can't Catch Death: A Daughter's Memoir, Ianthe Brautigan Total Recall: A V. I. Warshawski Novel, Sara Paretsky Neverland: The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom, Vanessa Kisuule

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63: The Coast is Queer: Genre Bending and Queering Words

The Brighton Book Club ·

2024/09/16

In the fourth of our five-part series in collaboration with The Coast is Queer Festival, we revisit the event Genre Bending and Queering Words from 2023's festival with three Brighton based authors and poets Janet Sutherland, Maria Jastrzębska and Robert Hamberger. GET TICKETS TO THE COAST IS QUEER 2024 GET TICKETS FOR MARIA'S MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP Find out more about The Coast is Queer and sign up to their mailing list to hear first about the full lineup for this year's festival and get early

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62: The Coast is Queer: Juno Dawson's Lovely Trans...

The Brighton Book Club ·

2024/09/02

In the third of the five-part series in collaboration with The Coast is Queer Festival, we revisit Juno Dawson's Lovely Trans Literary Salon with Harry Nicholas from 2023's festival.GET TICKETS TO JUNO'S LOVELY TRANS LITERARY SALON AT 2024'S FESTIVAL Find out more about The Coast is Queer and sign up to their mailing list to hear first about the full lineup for this year's festival and get early access to workshops. You can follow them on Instagram here. Use code PODCAST20 for 20% off tickets

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