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The Brighton Book Club — 99 episodes

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83: Brighton Festival Literature Programme Preview with Bea Colley

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

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81: Joelle Taylor at Brighton Festival 2026

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

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79: Hattie Williams, Katherine Bradley and Kate Beales

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78: Christmas Gift Guide with Elizabeth Perry and Gabrielle Griffiths

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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65: The Coast is Queer: Queer Ukraine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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54: Graham Bartlett, Katy Massey and Tanya Byrne

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

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

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51: Real Writers Circle Takeover

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

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49: Lisa Fransson, Deborah Jenkins and Emma Jackson

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48: The Coast is Queer LGBTQ+ Literature Festival 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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39: Bumper Christmas Book Recommendation Special!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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24: Books for Amnesty

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

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

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21: Footnotes: Charleston Festival Edit

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

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19: Books in Translation

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18: Books and Mental Health

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

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16: Unheard Voices

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15: Book to Screen

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

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13: Local Author Special and Paul Mendez' Rainbow Milk

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12: A deep dive into Boy Parts with Eliza Clark

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11: Pride (or not Pride) Special

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

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

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7: Footnotes: Cecilia Knapp

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8: Footnotes: Short Story prompt with Naomi Ishiguro

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7: Footnotes: Afraid of the Light with Jo Furniss

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

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6: Footnotes: Elizabeth Haynes

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

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6: Footnotes: Publication party for STAUNCH and THE SCOOP

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

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4: Footnotes: Salt Lick Crowdfunder with Lulu Allison

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4: Footnotes: Book Bloggers

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4: Footnotes: Short Stories with Elizabeth Perry

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

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4: Prologue: Short Stories

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3: Footnotes: Young City Reads

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

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3: Prologue: Coming Up in Chapter 3

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2: Excerpt: Christmas Gift Guide from a Bookseller

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2: Footnotes: The Feminist Bookshop

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2: Amanthi Harris & Tammye Huf

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2: Prologue: Coming up in Chapter 2

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1: Footnotes: Emma Jane Unsworth - ANIMALS

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1: Emma Jane Unsworth & Lizzie Ridout

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1: Introducing the Brighton Book Club!