All Episodes

85: Sarah Crossan, Jill Johnson, Lesley Bungay and Louisa Bello

84: Joanna Glen, Jackie Wills, Simon Maddrell and Victoria West

83: Brighton Festival Literature Programme Preview with Bea Colley

82: Maria Cohut, Alice Wright, Daren Kay and Brighton Book Festival

81: Joelle Taylor at Brighton Festival 2026

80: Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees, Jess Robinson, Suzy Quinn and Laura Mugridge

79: Hattie Williams, Katherine Bradley and Kate Beales

78: Christmas Gift Guide with Elizabeth Perry and Gabrielle Griffiths

77: Chris Bridges, Hayley Dunlop, Social Sauna Book Club, Demystifying Publishing and more!

76: 🛟The Coast is Queer LGBTQ+ Literary Festival featuring Ayse Huseyin, Abi Fellows, Kit Heyam and DG Coutinho 🛟

75: Jo Morey, Sally Gardner, Piotr Cieplak and Chapter 34 Books

74: Marisa Linton, Kerry Downes, Jill Johnson, E.C. Nevin and Brighton Book Festival

73: Emma Jane Unsworth, Lauren Bravo, Andrew Flewitt and Beyond The Book Festival

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

71: Annabel Thorpe, Judy Upton, Tom Johnstone, Waterstones Events and Publishing Industry Day

70: Frances Quinn, D.E White's Crime Writing Workshop, Forthwrite Festival, The First Graphic Novel Award and Brooke Robinson's attempt to write in every cafe in Brighton

69: Laura Wilkinson, Hannah Dolby, Simon Maddrell and Charlie Ross AKA The Roaming Reader

68: Holly Bourne and Alan Edwards (are coming to a venue near you)

67: Holiday Book Recommendations with Kemptown Books and our very first Christmas Story with Fran Swaine

66: Historical Fiction with Anna Lucia, Jacquie Bloese and Ciar Byrne

65: The Coast is Queer: Queer Ukraine

64: Truth, Memory and Reliability in Fiction with Elizabeth Perry & Status Quo

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

62: The Coast is Queer: Juno Dawson's Lovely Trans Literary Salon with Harry Nicholas

61: Jill Johnson, Jane Crittenden and AFLO. the Poet

60: The Coast is Queer: The Undercurrent of Class on Queer Literature with Joelle Taylor and Abi Fellows

59: The Coast is Queer: Queer Representation in Commercial Fiction with Tanya Byrne, Tasha Suri and Laura Kay.

58: From Short Story to Radio Drama: Recording 'Anne' with Kristin Burniston and Duncan Illing

57: Summer Reads with Jo Furniss, Cassie Bruce and Sophie Flynn

56: Brighton Book Festival with Althea Woolf, Sheika Helawy, Taha Kehar, Helen Lederer and Roy McFarlane

55: It's the Reverbathon! Supported by Brighton Fringe, Hove Creative Writing Club and The Real Writers Circle

54: Graham Bartlett, Katy Massey and Tanya Byrne

53: Brighton Debut Authors Ania Card and Sarah Butler plus a Brighton Fringe Preview

52: Brighton Bestsellers with Elly Griffiths, Dorothy Koomson and Jack Jordan

51: Real Writers Circle Takeover

50: Christmas Gift Guide 2023, Idra Novey and why you should all join Jericho Writers

49: Lisa Fransson, Deborah Jenkins and Emma Jackson

48: The Coast is Queer LGBTQ+ Literature Festival 2023

47: Eliza Clark's 'Penance', Elizabeth Delo, Deborah Price and Joseph Zigmond

46: Claire Fuller, Chloe Michelle Howard, Emma Claire Wilson and The First Graphic Novel Competition

45: Lily Lindon, Talia Hibbert, Amy Lavelle, Joe Bedford and Amita Murray

44: Amy Key, Katherine Bradley, The Creative Writing Programme and Jane Crittenden

43: Spring Reads, Brighton Book Festival and Chikodili Emelumadu's DAZZLING

42: Sea swimming in books with Josie Lloyd and Mark Radcliffe, Brighton Fringe preview and Sophie Flynn's ALL MY LIES

41: Romantic Comedies, Lost Love, Second Chances and Jessica George's MAAME

40: Three Brighton Writers for 2023: PD Viner, David Bramwell and Jo Bloom, plus The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton

39: Bumper Christmas Book Recommendation Special!

38: Peter James, Gabrielle Zevin's Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and Ann Girdharry

37: Books Set In Brighton featuring Jamie West, Daren Kay, Sue Teddern and Alison Belsham, plus Rachelle Atalla's THE PHARMACIST

36: Honey & Spice, The Coast is Queer, Fatal Shore Festival, Small Wonder Festival, Mark Thompson and Helen Trevorrow

35: The Kemptown Bookshop, Lily Lindon, Cate Quinn and Chloe Timms

34: Summer Reads, Brighton Book Festival, Dolen Perkins-Valdez, The West Hill Writers and Laura Kay

33: Brighton Fringe, Do No Harm and The Human Body is a Hive

32: Brighton Writers of Historical Fiction and Toni Morrison's RECITATIF

31: From Fact to Fiction with Melissa Fu, Alice O'Keefe and Nofel Nawras. Plus Creative Future's Writers Awards

30: New Beginnings with Claire Fuller, Beth Miller, Lisa Edwards and Jo Furniss

29: Christmas Recommendations Special with City Books, Daunt and Afrori and The View Was Exhausting

28: Man Booker Prize Deep Dive, Evie Wyld and the Brighton Bookshop

27: Heidi James, the Women's Prize Shortlist, COMA Comic and more

26: Footnotes: Lulu Allison's SALT LICK is released!

26: The Bookmakers, Cathy Hayward, Sheila Bugler and Tanya Byrne

25: Pre Loved Books, Beer, & A Bit Of Romance

24: Books for Amnesty

23: Three Brighton authors: Ericka Waller, Beth Miller and Anna Jefferson, plus an Arvon fundraiser and Anna Bailey's Tall Bones

22: Emma Jane Unsworth, Alice Ash, Holly Seddon and Sophie Flynn talk about their new books and their favourites

21: Footnotes: Charleston Festival Edit

20: Four local(ish) authors: Joanna Rees, Lisa Heathfield, Sarah Ann Juckes and Rosie Wilby

19: Books in Translation

18: Books and Mental Health

17: Graphic novels, Christmas gift guide and Shelter Book Club

16: Unheard Voices

15: Book to Screen

14: Footnotes: Hannah Eaton and Hannah Berry celebrate the launch of BLACKWOOD

13: Local Author Special and Paul Mendez' Rainbow Milk

12: A deep dive into Boy Parts with Eliza Clark

11: Pride (or not Pride) Special

10: Love Stories: the conventional, the non-conventional and the controversial

9: Coming-of-age novels, re-reading and lockdown recommendations

7: Footnotes: Cecilia Knapp

8: Footnotes: Short Story prompt with Naomi Ishiguro

7: Footnotes: Afraid of the Light with Jo Furniss

7: Poetry: Laura Mugridge, Jackie Wills, Rachel Shorer, John McCullough, Lucy Cage and Sharlene Teo

6: Footnotes: Elizabeth Haynes

6: Crime: Dorothy Koomson, Elly Griffiths, Julia Crouch and William Shaw

6: Footnotes: Publication party for STAUNCH and THE SCOOP

5: Music: Sarah Ozo-Irabor, Paul Simmonds & Bethan Roberts

4: Footnotes: Salt Lick Crowdfunder with Lulu Allison

4: Footnotes: Book Bloggers

4: Footnotes: Short Stories with Elizabeth Perry

4: Short Stories: Naomi Ishiguro, Hannah Vincent & Victoria Adeniji West

4: Prologue: Short Stories

3: Footnotes: Young City Reads

3: Young Adult Literature with Chris Riddell & Sarah Ann Juckes

3: Prologue: Coming Up in Chapter 3

2: Excerpt: Christmas Gift Guide from a Bookseller

2: Footnotes: The Feminist Bookshop

2: Amanthi Harris & Tammye Huf

2: Prologue: Coming up in Chapter 2

1: Footnotes: Emma Jane Unsworth - ANIMALS

1: Emma Jane Unsworth & Lizzie Ridout

1: Introducing the Brighton Book Club!