The TRE Bookshow. TRE’s Hannah Murray catches up top authors, to discuss their latest releases 17/04/2026

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.Tess M. Calloway has worked in the cosmetics industry for nearly 40 years as a skin scientist and claims consultant. She is a biochemist and graduate of the University of Bath. 'The Zoe Blaise Mysteries' is a thrilling crime series that takes you behind the scenes of the cosmetics industry - a hyper competitive world that hides hard science behind pretty packaging. Book 1 in the series is called 'Pink Bobbit' Julie Walker understands how precious life is, is grateful to be alive and privileged to be getting older, having been through a serious illness. Laughter, love and positivity see her through every day. Her latest novel 'Slipped Again' is the sequel to 'Slipped'. It's described as a time-slip drama influenced by Julie's personal loss. It asks what you would do if you had 10 minutes a month to spend with those you've lost. Megan Hopkins is a Northern Irish writer who is a secondary school teacher with an MA in English Literature and Creative Writing from the Open University. Megan has always dreamt of flying, and her 'Starminster' trilogy was her opportunity to live that dream and share it with everyone who longs for endless skies. 'Starminster: The City of Wings' is the final book in the trilogy....Tim Parfitt is an author based in Barcelona, and a regular contributor on Giles' show. He is the author of the travel memoir 'A Load of Bull - An Englishman's Adventures in Madrid'. His latest novel 'The Madrid Connection' follows on from 'The Barcelona Connection' with the British art detective Benjamin Blake investigating a stolen Caravaggio from the Prado Museum on the night Madrid is hosting the Champions League final Stephen Rossiter is from Wexford, Ireland. After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, he spent two years living in Tarragona, Catalonia. He is now a retired language teacher and travels to Tarragona twice a year. His novel 'Us Human Towers' is a tribute to the gorgeous city and its wonderful, welcoming people. Vicki Lloyd has worked across Britain and Europe as a archaeologist. Now living in Oxford, she holds degrees in Latin and English, as well as a Master's in Creative Writing. Her latest book 'The Divide' is a dystopian novel inspired by history and AI-era fears, as it re-imagines a broken Britain, set in 2050