All Episodes
In My Good Books — 143 episodes
142: Layla McCay: The Queer Bookshelf – A Literary Guide to Queer History | Reading is Political
141: Cathryn Kemp: They Can’t Burn Us All, Iceland’s Witch Trials & Historical Fiction
140: The Secret Barrister: The Cut Throat Trial, a Gripping Legal Thriller – But Who Are They Really?
139: Gavin Bell: 138 Main Street – A Killer Premise and a Deadly Manhunt
138: Chloe Benjamin: Under Story – From The Immortalists to an Epic Literary Sci-Fi Novel
137: Janice Hallett: The Silent Appeal, Crime Fiction & the Art of Misdirection
136: Sarah Vaughan: Based on a True Story – The Psychological Thriller Inspired by King Lear & Succession
135: Matt Coyne: The Trouble With Sister Francis | From Man vs Baby to Novelist
134: Sarah Pinborough on Small Town Secrets in They Say a Girl Died Here | Crime Fiction
133: Joanna Wallace on The Art of Getting Hammered | Darkly Comic Crime Fiction
132: Jonathan Trigell on Boy A | Literary Fiction, Crime, Punishment & Second Chances
131: Linda Duncan McLaughlin – Original Sin | Bloody Scotland 2026
130: Katie Huttlestone Talks A Healthy Appetite | Literary Horror & Speculative Fiction
129: Fauzia Musa on The Strangling Fig | Literary Fiction, Partition & Generational Trauma | Reading is Political
128: Kirsty Lockwood on We Know What You Did | Scottish Crime Thriller | Bloody Scotland 2026
127: Zoe Rankin: The Vanishing Place | Bloody Scotland 2026
126: Dr Eleanor Drage – What If We Got AI Right? | AI, Feminism & the Future
125: Behind the Scenes at the Harrogate Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2026
124: Steve Cavanagh | One of Us is Guilty, Eddie Flynn & Legal Thrillers
123: Sara Sheridan on The Jewel Keepers | Historical Fiction, Scottish History & Hidden Women
122: Nadine Matheson on The Shadow Carver | Bloody Scotland 2026
121: Ellery Lloyd on Time to Burn | Time Travel, Billionaires and the Blitz
120: Natalie Gregory on Grief, History and Mother, Ghost, Mango Seed | Reading Is Political
119: Frances Crawford – A Bad, Bad Place | Bloody Scotland 2026
118: Amman Brar – Mr Siddhu's Post Office | Family, Community & the Horizon Scandal
117: Alasdair Gill Knives and Spoons - A Memoir of Addiction, Recovery & Hospitality | Reading is Political
116: May Rinaldi on Liar Thief | Bloody Scotland 2026
115: Nicci Cloke on Her Many Faces | Crime Fiction, Identity and Unreliable Narrators
113: Sally Hepworth Discusses Mad Mabel | Crime Fiction, Family Secrets and Female Friendship
114: Amy Abdelnoor on Ever Land | Reading Is Political
112: Nikki Smith on Destination Thrillers, Big Hooks and Why the Best Twists Feel Inevitable
111: Jane Casey: Everything She Didn't Say and What's Next for Maeve Kerrigan
110: GD Wright – Family Secrets, Crime Writing and Against the Tide
109: JM Simpson & Gemma Denham Answer Your Questions About Writing and Thrillers
108: Jennifer Ross on Writing Every Lifetime After and Embracing Speculative Fiction
107: Louise Beech | Wonderful, Historical Fiction, Marilyn Monroe & Reinvention
106: Lindsey Kelk Talks Writing Spicy Sports Romance as Elle Kelk, Hit or Miss & Anxiety
105: Eve Chase on The Secret Thread: A Historical Fiction Novel of Sisters, Secrets and Family Betrayal
104: Dave Goodman on Solitary Agents: Secrets, Spies and Second Chances
103: Bloody Scotland 2026 Programme Launch Special | Exclusive Interviews and Festival Highlights
102: Out BookFest: Scotland's First Queer Book Festival
101: Matt Cain: The Castle of Stories, LGBTQ+ Fiction & Pansy Publishing
100: Kathryn Sharman on The Second Home, Psychological Suspense and Small-Town Secrets
99: Simon Mason: Crime, Class and Chaos in The Dangerous Stranger
98: Ilona Bannister on Public Spaces, Moral Dilemmas and Complicated Characters
97: Victoria West on Never Alone, Breaking Into Publishing & Writing Diverse Stories That Feel Real
96: Chris Brookmyre on Quite Ugly One Evening, Satire, Family and Murder at Sea
95: Jo Callaghan on Body of Lies, Kat & Lock, and Ending a Beloved Series
94: Andrea Mara on Such a Nice Girl, Twisty Psychological Thrillers & Seeing All Her Fault on Screen
93: Elizabeth Arnott on True Crime, Female Agency & The Secret Lives of Murderers’ Wives
92: Charlotte Robinson on Mars One: Space Thrillers, Reality TV & Writing an Ambitious Debut
91: Stephanie Bramwell-Lawes on Thornby Manor, Gothic Fiction & Dark Victorian History
90: Jane Harper on Last One Out, Grief, Community & What Happens After the Drama | In My Good Books
89: Erin White on Like Family, Midlife Friendships, Secrets & the Complexity of Modern Relationships
88: Angela Flournoy on The Wilderness, Friendship & Life in Your 40s | In My Good Books
87: Hannah MacDonald from A Pair of Bookends on Podcasting Disasters, Reading Habits & Book Recommendations | In My Good Books
86: Kia Abdullah on What Happens in the Dark, Violence Against Women & Class | Reading Is Political
85: Tiffany Crum on This Story Might Save Your Life, Genre-Blending & Podcast Fame | In My Good Books
84: Anna Brook-Mitchell on MotherFaker, Fake Pregnancies & Found Family | In My Good Books
83: Jon Doyle on Communion, Masculinity and Working-Class Identity | Reading Is Political
82: Louise Welsh on The Cut-Up, Rilke’s Return & Why Crime Fiction Starts with a Murder | In My Good Books
81: Kelly Mullen – A Murder in Eight Cocktails | Writing Out of Order, Unconventional Processes & Midlife Reinvention
80: Katie Baskerville on Gossip, Patriarchy and the Power of Women’s Voices | Beyond Belief
79: Patrick Gale on Love Lane, Family Secrets & Writing Real Lives into Fiction
78: Book Reviewer What Michaela Reads on Negative Reviews, Reading 100 Books a Year & BookTok Debates | In My Good Books
77: Claire Linney on Diversity in Children’s Books, Middle Grade Fiction and Why Reading Is Political
76: Samantha Dooey-Miles on Under the Hammer, dark humour, the housing crisis, and writing morally questionable characters
75: Rebecca Philipson on How to Get Away with Murder: Feminism, Serial Killers and Writing a Debut Crime Novel
74: Is Reading Political? Heather Parry on Carrion Crow, Economics, AI and the Books That Explain the World
73: Liz Nugent on The Truth About Ruby Cooper, Thriller Writing & Dark Secrets | In My Good Books
72: B A Paris on When I Kill You, Psychological Thrillers, and the success of Behind Closed Doors
71: Charleen Hurtubise on Saoirse: Identity, Survival, Art & BBC Radio 2 Book Club | In My Good Books
70: Chris Bridges on Crime, Moral Dilemmas & His Books The Deathbed & Sick to Death | In My Good Books
69: Matilda Wilding on Thriller Writing, Suspense & The Waiting List | In My Good Books
68: Catriona Ward on Horror Fiction, Psychological Thrills & Nowhere Burning | In My Good Books
67: Will Dean on Tense Crime Thrillers & Adrift | In My Good Books
66: R.S. Burnett on Crime Thrillers, Suspense & Deception Island | In My Good Books
Episode 65: Tracy Sierra on Nightwatching and Warning Signs
Episode 64: Helensburgh Book Festival 2026 Programme Launch
Episode 63: Lucy Lapinska on Some Body Like Me. Identity, Ownership and Writing a Novel in Ten Days
Episode 62: Interview with author Tanya Sweeney
Episode 61: Interview with author C.E Hulse
Episode 60: Interview with author Alexandra Potter
Episode 59: Interview with author Sean Watkin
Episode 58: Interview with author Silvia Saunders
Episode 57: Interview with author Caroline Mitchell
Episode 56: Interview with author Laura Pearson
Episode 55: Interview with author Carole Hailey
Episode 54: Interview with author D.V. Bishop
Episode 53: What's Hot for 2026 with Philippa Hall of Quick Book Reviews!
Episode 52: Interview with author Abigail Dean
Episode 51: Interview with author Anna Bailey
Episode 50: The Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2026
Episode 49: Interview with author G.D. Wright
Episode 48: Interview with author Emma Steele
Episode 47: Interview with author Natasha Siegel
Episode 46: Interview with author J.M. Simpson
Episode 45: Interview with The Anonymums authors Emilie Castera & Eve Goodfellow
Episode 44: Bay Tales 2026 - Crime Fiction Festival Preview with Organiser Vic Watson
Episode 43: Interview with author Tariq Ashkanani
Episode 42: Interview with author Emma Christie
Episode 41: Interview with author Alison Stockham
Episode 40: Interview with author Zoe Rankin
Episode 39: Interview with author Lisa Timoney (AKA Kate Storey and Naomi Williams)
Episode 38: Interview with book reviewer Susan Lobban
Episode 37: Interview with author Sam Frances
Episode 36: Interview with author Chloe Michelle Howarth on Writing Queer Identity and Family in 1960s Ireland
Episode 35: Interview with author Ross Montgomery - from Children’s Books to Crime Fiction
Episode 34: Interview with author Nikki Allen on Wellness Culture, Vulnerability, and Destination Thrillers
Episode 33 with author Vaseem Khan on Reinventing Q and Writing Quantum of Menace for the Ian Fleming Estate
Episode 32: Inverview with author James Robert Moore on his novel ‘Not Good Enough’, Self-Discovery, and the Power of Chosen Family
Episode 31: Interview with Jo Morey author of The Night Lagoon: Family Secrets, Belize, and the Art of the Unreliable Narrator
Episode 30: Interview with Emily Buchanan on grief and climate activism in her novel Send Flowers
Episode 29: Interview with author Hannah Brennan
Episode 28: Interview with author Celia Silvani
Episode 27: Interview with author Cailean Steed
Episode 26: Interview with author Holly Seddon
Episode 25: Interview with author Callum McSorley
Episode 24: Interview with book reviewer Kevin Woolard
Episode 23: Interview with author L.V. Matthews
Episode 22: Bloody Scotland Book Festival 2025
Episode 21: Interview with author Amy Jordan
Epidsode 20: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Foday Mannah
Episode 19: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Richard Strachan
Episode 18: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Natalie Jayne Clark
Episode 17: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - Claire Wilson
Episode 16: Bloody Scotland Debut Author Interview - David Goodman
Episode 15: Interview with author Julie Mae Cohen
Episode 14: Interview with author Kathryn Sharman
Episode 13: Who is Evelyn Clarke?
Episode 12: Interview with author Louise Hegarty
Episode 11: Interview with author Kingsley Pearson
Episode 10: Author Spotlight
Episode 9: Interview with author Kate Kemp
Episode 8: Interview with Independent Bookshop Owner Elaine Sinclair
Episode 7: Interview with Author Steph McGovern
Episode 6: Interview with author Kelly Mullen
Episode 5: Interview with Book Reviewer Stu Cummins
Interview with author Daniel Aubrey
Interview with author Chris Bridges
Interview with author Emma Cowing
I'm A Book Reviewer, Ask Me Anything with Fran Woodrow
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