All Episodes
The Bestseller Experiment — 300 episodes
Ep540 - David Koepp – Everything You Write Moves You Forward
Ep539 - Sarah Moorhead and Stuart Turton — Teacher, Student & Metempsychosis
Ep538 - Michelle Paver | Research To The Extreme
Ep537 - Maria Semple | How To Find Your Voice As A Writer
Ep536 - A Christmas Special with Ian Rankin
Ep535 - Behind Sarah Pinborough’s Eyes!
Ep534 - John Connolly | No Formulas & Finishing Books Author
Ep533 - Shannon Mayer - Million-Selling Indie Author
Ep532 - LJ Ross – Rebel with Four Million Sold
Ep531 - Joanne Harris — Squeeze Your Characters
Ep530 - Angela Marsons - on getting a 12-book deal
Ep529 - Michael Connelly - How to Write Every Day
Ep527 - Joe Abercrombie Returns
Ep527 - Steve Cavanagh: “A Masterclass in How to Hook Your Readers”
Ep526 - Kate Mosse: “Unlocking the Secrets of Kate Mosse”
Ep525 - Dean Wesley Smith - How to Stop Listening to Your Critical Voice
Ep524 - Linwood Barclay - How to Be a Bestseller Rulebreaker
Ep523 - Dean Koontz: “The Soul of Dean Koontz. All-Time Bestselling Author”
Ep522 - You Are Not Alone
Ep521 - B.J. Fogg — Tiny Habits
Ep520 - Philip C. Quaintrell — The Bestseller Breaking All The Rules
Ep519 - Richard Armitage Returns - “Hobbits, Audiobooks and How to Manifest Your Dreams”
Ep518 - Kim Bretton – Working with ACX Audiobooks Producers
Ep517 - Our Listeners’ Challenges and Triumphs
Ep516 - Writers & Mental Health – Live Show Highlights
Ep515 - Angela Marsons – 3 million sold in 3 years
Ep514 - Defying the Odds with Sherrilyn Kenyon
Ep513 - Ask the Editor with Emad Akhtar
Ep512 - Steve Cavanagh – Author on the verge of a massive breakthrough
Ep511 - Into The Woods With John Yorke
Ep510 - Gareth L Powell – How to sing a space opera
Ep509 - Joanne Harris | Chocolat & Sheds
Ep508 - Mark Billingham – From a shoutline to five million books sold
Ep507 - Taylor Jenkins-Reid – Breaking The Rules = Bestseller
Ep506 - Mark Victor Hansen - “Your Life Story”
Ep505 — Heather Morris — “Shut up and Listen!”
Ep504 - Mark Desvaux - “The Hallmark Habits of Highly Successful Authors (Part 2)”
Ep503 - Mark Desvaux - “How to Create a Writing Habit for Life”
Ep502 - Mark Desvaux - “The Hallmark Habits of Highly Successful Authors (Part 1)”
Ep501 - Brandon Sanderson
Ep500 - Mark Desvaux - “The Six Life-Changing Reasons You Write”
Ep499 - Michael Connelly | 60 Million Thriller Books
Ep498 - Karen Storey - “How to Become a Short Story Superstar”
Ep497 - Ben Aaronovitch and the Great Bollocking…
Ep496 - Jacqueline O'Mahony - “Sheer Determination Beats Everything”
Ep495 - Joe Abercrombie - “The Best Writing Advice Ever”
Ep494 - Rachel Lynch - “Speed Drafts, PTSD & The Rich”
Ep493 - Bryan Cranston on... Writing, Breaking Bad and Donald Trump
Ep492 - Lucinda Halpern - “Get Signed! How to Pitch to an Agent”
Ep491 - Lucinda Halpern - “Get Signed! Why You Need an Agent”
Ep490 - Shari Lapena - “The Debut That Sold Four Million”
Ep489 - Joe Hill ...On Never Giving Up, Beatles & Carving His Own Path from Dad, Stephen King
Ep488 - Amy Newmark - “More Chicken Soup for the Soul (Part 2)”
Ep487 - Amy Newmark - “Chicken Soup for the Soul (Part 1)”
Ep486 — Mark Desvaux — “Your Best Writing Year Yet”
Ep485 — Christmas Special 2023
Ep484 — Mike Gayle — “Always be Entertaining."
Ep483 — LM Chilton — “Be a Bit Cheeky."
Ep482 — Tracy Wolff & Nina Croft — “The Little Things."
Ep481 — Jake Lamar — “Make it Sing."
Ep480 — Graham Hurley — “Soft Linkage."
Ep479 — Fiona Valpy — “Say Yes to Everything."
Ep478 — Mira V Shah — “Healing Through Writing."
Ep477 — Michael R Miller — “A Sprinkle of My Experience"
Ep476 — IVY NGEOW — “EMOTION MORE THAN ANYTHING."
Ep475 — Heather Morris — “Shut up and Listen!"
EP474: Deep Dive — Mountain Ash Press with Andi Cumbo-Floyd & Caroline Topperman
EP473: Julie Owen Moylan — “Tiny, Weird Obsessions."
EP472: Gareth L Powell — “Be Kind, Be Encouraging."
EP471: Jesse Sutanto — “Pure Writing."
EP470: Suzie Edge — “Vital Organs, Poo & Wee!"
EP469: Harriet Muncaster — “I Wanted to Create My Own World."
EP468: Sarah Moorhead — “Grit in the Oyster"
EP467: Linwood Barclay — “The Lie Maker"
EP466: Teresa Driscoll — “Be Genre Aware"
EP465: Damian Dibben — “It Needs a Bit of Bite."
EP464: AJ Pearce — “Passion, patience & persistence."
EP463: Jeremy Szal — “I Want to Break the Reader."
EP462: Antony Johnston — “Right Place, Right Time."
EP461: Freya Berry — “Be Ambitious."
EP460: Heide Goody & Iain Grant — “We Smush Our Methods Together."
EP459: Deep Dive — Making a Thousand Dollars a Month with Paul Austin Ardoin
EP458: Katherine Faulkner — “It’s Not About Your Ego"
EP457: Katie Fforde — “Keep The Page Turning."
EP456: JD Kirk — “Libraries Change Lives"
EP455: Deep Dive — How to Write a Novel with Tim Lott
EP454: Andrea Dunlop — “Keeping Going is a Win."
EP453: Deep Dive — SEO for Authors
EP452: James Naughtie — “A Sense of Place is Essential."
EP451: Scarlett Brade — “Take Those First Steps"
EP450: Deep Dive — Knowing your Readers
EP449: Sue Watson — “You’re Looking for the Answers"
EP448: Jonathan Whitelaw — “Turn The Idea on its Head."
EP447: Jessie Keane — “Don’t Be Afraid."
EP446: Katy Brent — “Doing Something Meaningful"
EP445: Amita Parikh — “Don’t Be a Victim."
EP444: Deep Dive — Experiments with ChatGPT with Jeevani Charika
EP443: JS Monroe — “Weird Alchemy"
EP442: Deep Dive — Bookouture with Jenny Geras
EP441: Delilah S Dawson — “It Was Always in my Head."
EP440: Academy All Stars - Kate Baker - "Being Ultraflexible!"
EP439: David McCloskey — “A Lonely Team Sport."
EP438: Deep Dive — Police Procedures with Stuart Gibbon
EP437: Jayne Davis — “Sometimes it Just Feels Right."
EP436: Dave Dawson — “Grammar Free in the UK"
EP435: Rosie Andrews — “Carve out time for yourself"
EP434: Mark Edwards — “It Changed My Life."
EP433: Matt Brown — “The Worst Thing They’d Ever Read"
EP432: Zack & Michael Urlocker — “There Can Only Be One Boss."
EP431: Richard Armitage — “Know, Don’t Show."
EP430: Simon Scarrow — “Trust the Reader"
EP429: Deep Dive — Second Sky with Jack Renninson
EP428: Peter May — “I Felt a Weight Lift."
EP427 — Deep Dive — Unwelcome with Jon Wright and Mark Stay
EP426: Lou Abercrombie — "I Write Whilst I Swim."
EP425: MATT CAIN — "Write with Heart and Humour.”
EP424: Cole Haddon — “I Stripped the Censor in my Head"
EP423: Christian Cameron — “You’re Always Worldbuilding."
EP422: Christmas 2022 Special and Setting 2023 Goals!
EP421: Margaret Weis — “It’s All About Characters."
EP420: Elizabeth Noble — “Make the Reader Care."
EP419: SJ Bennett — “A Relentlessly Positive Attitude"
EP418: Deep Dive — Blurbs with Louise Willder
P417: Harriet Tyce — “Trying to Outdo Myself."
EP416: Alan Gorevan — “Write Something and Release It"
EP415: Tracey Lien — “You’re Digging for Clay"
EP414: A.G. Riddle — “What is Right, Right Now?"
EP413: Deep Dive — Forensics with Dr Devin Finaughty and Chandra Finaughty
EP412: Ed McDonald — “Do Everything Now"
EP411: Deep Dive — Writing and Directing Independent Film with Danny Stack and Tim Clague
EP410: Jenny Ashcroft — “Self-Perpetuating Support."
EP409: Sixth Birthday Special — How to Make a Podcast
EP408: Deep Dive — ADHD and Writers with Kim Raine
EP407: CL Taylor — “Trust Your Gut"
EP406: Scott Turow — “Plot is a Species of Character."
EP405: Deep Dive — TikTok with Suzie Edge
EP404: EP404: Aggie Blum Thompson — “I Had No Plan B"
EP403: Luan Goldie — “There’s Always Time"
EP402: Lesley Thomson — “Stay Inside Your Story"
EP399: Elissa Soave — “My Story is Worth Telling"
EP399: Elissa Soave — “My Story is Worth Telling"
EP399: Elissa Soave — “My Story is Worth Telling"
EP398: Christopher Abbott — Writing as a Superfan
EP397: Mark Ellis — Never Give Up
EP396: Lisa Regan — Let Them Tell You No
EP395: Scott Kershaw — Playing the Game
EP394: Mike Shackle — Tune in and Go With The Flow
EP393: Sarai Walker — Subversive, but Fun
EP392: David Lee Stone — No One Tells You When You’re Done
EP391: Lizzy Barber — I Carry My Work With Me
EP390: Patricia Gibney — Start Writing Immediately
EP389: Joanne Harris — Squeeze Your Characters
EP388: Ian Skewis — Memories and Fiction
EP387: Angela Marsons — Every Book is a Brand New Journey
EP386: Deep Dive — Editing a Draft with Ian W Sainsbury
EP385: Louise Hare — Find the Discipline
EP384: Andrew Chapman — How To Write a Bestseller in a Day
EP383: Simon McCleave — Start with the Twist
EP382: Eva Leigh — Romancing the Scoundrels
EP381: Rachael Blok — Follow Your Character
EP380: Deep Dive — How to Start a Publisher with Hobeck Books
EP379: Deon Meyer — It’s a Chemical Reaction.
EP378: Tim Sullivan — Character is more Important than the Crime
EP377: FMA Dixon — Finding Your Voice
EP376: Martin Latham — A Bookseller’s Tale
EP375: Deep Dive — Creating Thrutopia with Manda Scott
EP374: Nina De Gramont — Searching for Agatha Christie
EP373: Erica James — What happens next?
EP372: Veronica Henry — It’s not supposed to be easy
EP371: Cathy Bramley — Launch in a Phone Box
EP370: Lizzie Pook — A Long Old Slog to Publication
EP369: Deep Dive — Making an Independent Horror Movie with Bethany Clift and Peter Handford
EP368: Bethany Clift — Feeling Fine at the End of the World
EP367: Jeevani Charika — The “Aah” Factor
EP366: Beth Miller — The Spine of the Story
EP365: Samantha King — Enjoy the View
EP364: Shona Kinsella — We All Help Each Other If We Can
EP363: Lori Ann Stephens — Ignore the Fear
EP362: Simon Beckett — All Change
EP361: Daniel Rigby — Just Start Doing It
EP360: A Christmas Special with the Two Marks
EP359: Mia Kuzniar — Make Something Happen
EP358: Deep Dive — Surviving NanoWriMo with GB Ralph
EP357: Ian W Sainsbury — Limitations Make You Creative
EP356: Lisa Hall — A Dagger in my Heart
EP355: JK Ellem — Think of the Long Game
EP354: Deep Dive — Beta Readers with StoryOrigin’s Evan Gow
EP353: Michael Connelly — A Pretty Strange Trip
EP352: Sasha Greene — Trust and the Writer
EP351: Christine Pride & Jo Piazza — Communication is the Key
EP350: Deep Dive — Writer Burnout with Paul Bulos
EP349: Katie Khan — X meets Y Equals Bestseller
Deep Dive — Writing Horror with Adam Nevill
Academy All Stars - Mark Hood
EP347: Alan Gillespie & Emma Grae — Vernacular Voices
EP346: Fifth Anniversary Live Show!
EP345: Felix Francis — Writing as a Family Business
EP344: Elise Valmorbida — How to be a Happy Writer
EP343: Deep Dive — Non-Fiction and Memoir with Jenn T Grace
EP342: Awais Khan — Do Your Bit, Let The Universe Do The Rest
EP341: Deep Dive — Book Launches with Patrick Walsh
EP340: Abi Silver — Why We Write
EP339: Deep Dive — Jennie Nash, Blueprint for a Book
EP338: Sarah Denzil — If I Surprise Myself, I Surprise the Reader
EP337: Joe Abercrombie — The Magic Happens When You Work It
EP336: Steve Cavanagh — Engage the Reader Straight Away
EP335: Deep Dive — Copy Editing with Lisa Rogers
EP334: Piers Torday — What Matters is the Book
EP333: Deep Dive — Diversity & Inclusion with Dr Jen O'Ryan
EP332: Kia Abdullah — Don’t Shy Away
EP331: Mick Finlay — Psychology, Murder & The Writer
EP330: Matthew Ralph — Celebrating Diversity
EP329: Nicola May — You Have To Be Persistent
EP328: RJ MCBRIEN — Let The Subconscious Take Control
EP327: Adam Simcox — A Leisurely Stroll, Barefoot Over Broken Glass
EP326: Deep Dive — Book Launches with Sara Cox
EP325: Sue Teddern — A Story Is A Story, However You Tell it
EP324: Deep Dive — Writing Horror with Adam Nevill
EP323: Nicole Kennedy — Perfection Takes Time
EP322: Joe Thomas — Balancing Exposition and Realism
EP321: Damien Lewis — History Isn't Static
EP320: Nadine Matheson — A Little Bit of Dismemberment
EP319: Sarah Moorhead and Stuart Turton — Teacher, Student & Metempsychosis
EP318: Deep Dive — Writing Sex Scenes with Caedis Knight
EP317: Dean Wesley Smith — Plug in to your Creative Voice and Play
EP316: Josie Lloyd — Make ‘em laugh, Make ‘em cry
EP315: Andrew Hunter Murray — Terror Leads to Productivity
EP314: Eric Maikranz — Infinite Reward
EP313: Ellie Barker — Dreams Come True… Eventually
EP038: Archive Rerun - From The Heart | Erica James
EP312: Adele Geras — Be Whoever You Want
EP035: Archive Rerun - The Incredible Tenacity Of Mark Edwards
EP311: Catriona Ward — Nerve Shredder
EP310: Deep Dive — Blog Tour Q&A with Anne Cater
EP309: Sarah Pinborough — Behind Her Eyes Spoiler Special
EP308: Mitch Benn — Helvetica Breakdown
EP034: Archive Rerun - Into The Woods With John Yorke
EP307: Deep Dive — Networking in Publishing with Justine Solomons
EP306: Linwood Barclay “Chapter Breaks Are Commercial Breaks”
EP032: Legal Eagles | Keith Mathieson and Paul Joseph
EP305: Deep Dive — Maria Dismondy - The Business of Inspiring Children
EP304: DV Bishop “History Is Really Badly Structured”
EP031: Archive Rerun - Fear of Failure | Julie Cohen
EP303: Mark Stay and The Crow Folk
EP302: Deep Dive — Literary Agent Q&A with John Jarrold
EP301: Caimh McDonnell — Stranger Fiction
EP300: Rich Leder — Write Anyway
Academy All Stars - JW Atkinson
EP299: Michele Campbell — Making Writing A Priority
EP029: Archive Rerun - Kate Harrison | Bestselling Insights
EP298: Mark Victor Hansen — Pick A Target, Set Goals!
EP297: Deep Dive — Book Marketing Q&A with Leslie O'Connor
EP027: Archive Rerun - From Script, To Screen, To Book | Jo Ho
EP296: You Are Not Alone
EP026: Archive Rerun - Author & Editor In A Hot Mess | Lucy Vine & Katie Seaman
EP293: Getting Published is Just the Beginning. A Deep Dive with Rhoda Baxter
EP294: B.J. Fogg — Tiny Habits
EP025: Archive Rerun - Liz Fenwick
EP293: Getting Published is Just the Beginning. A Deep Dive with Rhoda Baxter
EP292: Rowan Coleman — Writing is Well Hard
EP024: Archive Rerun - Liz Fenwick
EP291: Sally Gardner - Writing in Colour
EP022: Archive Rerun - Ben Aaronovitch
EP290: Deep Dive — Crate Digging with David Pennington
EP289: Four More Years! Live Show
EP019: Archive Rerun - Joe Hill
EP288: Deep Dive - YouTube for Authors with Jeremy Mason
EP287: Charles Stross — Don’t Wait. Write!
EP018: Archive Rerun - Behind Sarah Pinborough’s Eyes!
EP286: Carole Matthews — Write with your Heart
EP017: Archive Rerun - Million-Selling Indie Secrets | Shannon Mayer Returns
EP285: Philip C. Quaintrell — The Bestseller Breaking All The Rules
EP016: Archive Rerun - How Do I Get An Agent? | Federica Leonardis & Sonya Lalli
EP284: Deep Dive - Indie Publishing with Caffeine Nights
EP283: Caro Ramsay — Everything Happens for a Reason
EP015: Archive Rerun - Mark Huckerby & Nick Ostler | Peter Rabbit vs Werewolves
EP282: Rachel Winters — Would Like to Meet a Bestseller
EP281: Deep Dive - Bookbub Promo Tips with Paul Ardoin
EP013: Archive Rerun - Michelle Paver | Research To The Extreme
EP280: Six Accountability Tips for Writers
EP012: Archive Rerun - Maria Semple | How To Find Your Voice As A Writer
EP279: Sadie Jones — Writing is a Marathon
EP011: Archive Rerun - Writing a Bestseller | The Story So Far
EP278: James Swallow — Fuelled by Rage
EP010: Archive Rerun - Robin Stevens | NaNoWriMo Success Story
EP277: Perseverance Pays Off — Live Show Highlights
EP009: Archive Rerun - Joe Abercrombie | Dancing Naked in the Rain
EP275: Deep Dive - Great Newsletter Content with Caimh McDonnell
EP274: Adele Parks — Choose to be Positive
EP008: Archive Rerun - Michael Connelly | 60 Million Thriller Books
EP273: Liz Moore — Bestsellers Worth Waiting For
EP007: Archive Rerun - Bryan Cranston | On Breaking Bad, Characters, Writing & Life
EP272: Deep Dive - An Editorial Q&A with Rachel Winterbottom
EP271: Ayisha Malik — Just Get Through It
EP006: Archive Rerun - Bryan Cranston | On Breaking Bad, Characters, Writing & Life
EP270: Mel Sherratt — Pressing That Button Changed My Life
EP269: Deep Dive - Blog tours with Heather Fitt
EP005: Archive Rerun - NaNoWriMo | How to Write 50,000 Words in Month | Grant Faulkner
EP268: Emergency Good News Special
EP267: Deep Dive - Indie Children’s Publishing with Karen Inglis