Hannah Murray will start by looking at the bestseller lists on Amazon.co.uk and The Sunday Times, the oldest and most influential book sales chart in the UK, and seeing what new entries there are.
Carol Drinkwater is a multi-award-winning actress, writer and film maker, best known for her portrayal of Helen Herriot in the classic BBC television series All Creatures Great and Small. She is the author of twenty five books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the bestselling Olive Farm memoir series set in the South of France. Her latest TV work is a six part travel/lifestyle programme called Carol Drinkwater's Secret Provence. Her latest novel, with great reviews from the likes of Mariam Margolyes, Kate Mosse and Joanne Harris, is 'One Summer in Provence' It's a heartwarming, sunkissed novel of family, community and wine-making. It's also a story of betrayal and belonging, and of discovering love in unexpected places.
Yvonne Radley is passionate about exploring the complexities of women's lives, and loves examining the intricacies of relationship dynamics. With over 25 year experience as a journalist, Yvonne has split her time between her home in a Nottinghamshire village and living with friends in Malaga, while she wrote her debut novel 'Dandelion Yellow' It's a contemporary piece of mid-life women's fiction that explores the complex relationship between lifelong friends, based in part on relationships that Yvonne has had her entire life.
Flavia Brunetti was born just outside of Rome, and grew up bouncing back and forth between Italy and California. Her second novel 'The Web of Time' is a YA grounded fantasy adventure set in Rome, Tunis and Tripoli. It follows several characters - some mortal, some not - whose lives and fates intertwine in often starling, consequential ways.
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Ed Needham is the Editor of Strong Words Magazine. He joins us monthly to review a selection of new Fiction and Non Fiction titles, which this week includes Mania by Stuart 'Woody' Wood
Rosemary Griggs has been researching Devon's sixteenth-century history for years and is a well-known West Country speaker. Her latest novel 'Mistress of Dartington Hall' was inspired by a true story, and explores themes of women's roles during wartime, and women in Elizabethan society. It's the latest in her 'Daughters of Devon' series. It's set against the backdrop of the Spanish Armada, primarily at Dartington Hall, a fourteenth Century manor house, home of the Champernowne family for more than 400 years.
Flora Johnston worked for over twenty years in museums and heritage interpretation, including at the National Museums of Scotland, which has greatly influences the historical fiction she now writes. Her previous book 'The Paris Peacemakers' delved into the lives of characters picking up the pieces in the aftermath of the First World War, and their stories continue in 'The Endeavour of Elsie Mackay' She also brings to life the tragic story of pioneering Scottish aviator Elsie Mackay who disappeared in 1928 while attempting to be the first person to fly the Atlantic east to west. the.radio
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