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BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau
BOOK OF THE WEEK: At the Edge of the Woods by Kathryn Bromwich
BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Funny Thing About Death by Jo Caulfield
BOOK OF THE WEEK: A Country of Eternal Light by Paul Dalgarno
BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time by Catherine Taylor
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Tiger Work by Ben Okri
BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Fascination by Essie Fox
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Kala by Colin Walsh
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Junior
Miriam Margolyes in conversation with Damian Barr, at the Literary Salon
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Black Girl, No Magic by Kimberly McIntosh
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Hokey Pokey by Kate Mascarenhas
BOOK OF THE WEEK: And Then He Sang A Lullaby by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu
BOOK OF THE WEEK: There's Been A Little Incident by Alice Ryan
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto by Zachary Zane
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Broken Light by Joanne Harris
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moïra Fowley
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Nothing Left to Fear from Hell by Alan Warner
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out
BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Bequest by Joanna Margaret
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Shy by Max Porter
BOOK OF THE WEEK: White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Three Gifts by Mark A. Radcliffe
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah
JOJO MOYES SPECIAL: in conversation about Someone Else's Shoes
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
BOOK OF THE WEEK: In Ordinary Time by Carmel McMahon
BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Someone Else’s Shoes by Jojo Moyes
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Getting Better by Michael Rosen
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
BOOK OF THE WEEK: River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
‘Marple’ Special: Kate Mosse, Lucy Foley & Ella Berthoud join Damian Barr For A Night of Marple!
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Cells by Gavin McCrea
BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Carrie Kills A Man by Carrie Marshall
BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Marmalade Diaries
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Difference is Born on the Lips by Michael Handrick
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Jackdaw by Tade Thompson
Alan Cumming Book Week Scotland Salon Special! November 2021
BOOK OF THE WEEK: I Am Not Raymond Wallace by Sam Kenyon
BOOK OF THE WEEK: One For Sorrow, Two For Joy by Marie-Claire Amuah
BOOK OF THE WEEK: New Skin for the Old Ceremony by Arun Sood
BOOK OF THE WEEK: Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen
BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan
BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Bobby Palmer reads from 'Isaac and the Egg'
Kit de Waal WORLD PREMIERE, at the Literary Salon
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jess Kidd reads from 'The Night Ship'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Sara El Sayed reads from ‘Muddy People’
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ali Millar reads from 'The Last Days'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jill Nalder reads from ‘Love From The Pink Palace’
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Schmidt reads from 'Blue Hour'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Rebecca Wait reads from 'I'm Sorry You Feel That Way'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Bolu Babalola reads from Honey & Spice
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Claire Alexander reads from 'Meredith, Alone'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: DBC Pierre reads from 'Big Snake Little Snake'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jenni Fagan reads from 'Hex'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: a reading from 'People Person' by Candice Carty-Williams
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Dolen Perkins-Valdez reads from 'Take My Hand'
Abi Morgan WORLD PREMIERE, at the Literary Salon May 2022
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Julie Owen Moylan reads from That Green Eyed Girl
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Patrick McCabe reads from 'Poguemahone'
Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart in conversation with Damian Barr, at the Literary Salon April 2022
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Adriana Trigiani reads from 'The Good Left Undone'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Joanna Cannon reads from 'A Tidy Ending'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Yasmin Cordery Khan reads from 'Edgware Road'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Gee reads from 'The Red Children'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Maddie Mortimer reads from 'Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Lauren John Joseph reads from 'At Certain Points We Touch'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Lily Dunn reads from 'Sins of My Father'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Gale reads from 'Mother's Boy'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ed O'Loughlin reads from 'The Last Good Funeral of the Year'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Audrain reads from 'The Push'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Charmaine Wilkerson reads from 'Black Cake'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jon Ransom reads from 'The Whale Tattoo'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Osman Yousefzada reads from 'The Go-Between'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jo Browning Wroe reads from 'A Terrible Kindness'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Megan Nolan reads from 'Acts of Desperation'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Amor Towles reads from 'The Lincoln Highway'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Antti Tuomainen reads from 'The Rabbit Factor'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'In Every Mirror She's Black' by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström
SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'Lemon' by Kwon Yeo-sun
SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'The Spirit Engineer' by A.J. West
Salon News - Autumn Season reveal! Tickets available 30th September
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Elodie Harper reads from 'The Wolf Den'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Gilmartin reads from 'Dinner Party: A Tragedy'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Defne Suman reads from 'The Silence of Scheherazade'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Evans reads from 'The Beloved Girls'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Lesley Lokko reads from 'Soul Sisters'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Kate Sawyer reads from 'The Stranding'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life' by Georgia Pritchett
Garth Greenwell - Salon LIVE Online - May 2020
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Scholes Young reads from 'The Hive'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ruth Gilligan reads from 'The Butchers'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Meg Rosoff reads from 'The Great Godden'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Krystal Sutherland reads from House of Hollow
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ross MacKenzie reads from 'Feast Of The Evernight'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Dawnie Walton reads from 'The Final Revival of Opal & Nev'
Salon News - so much better than the real news.... April 2021
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Lucy Holland reads from 'Sistersong'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Craig Taylor reads from 'New Yorkers'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Emma Stonex reads from 'The Lamplighters'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ali Benjamin reads from 'The Smash-Up'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Lesley Storm reads from 'It's About Time'
Salon News - so much better than the real news.... February 2021
SALON EXCLUSIVE: A Special Reading of Deborah Orr's 'Motherwell' from Andrew O'Hagan
Alexandra Heminsley - Literary Salon - January 2021
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Robert Jones, Jr reads from 'The Prophets'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Darien Hsu Gee reads from 'Other Small Histories'
Booker winner Douglas Stuart in conversation with Damian Barr - UK PREMIERE of Shuggie Bain
Dolly Alderton at Salon Online - exclusive excerpt
Salon News - so much better than the real news. October 2020
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Eliza Clark reads from 'Boy Parts'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Heidi James reads from 'The Sound Mirror'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Neil Blackmore reads from 'The Intoxicating Mr Lavelle'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: SJ Watson reads from 'Final Cut'
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Joyce reads from 'Miss Benson's Beetle'
Imagine Anthology: readings for Refugee Week
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Douglas Stuart reads from 'Shuggie Bain'
John Niven WORLD PREMIERE - Literary Salon - April 2020
EPolly Samson - Literary Salon - April 2020
Pete Paphides WORLD PREMIERE - Literary Salon - April 2020
EXCLUSIVE: new reading from You Will Be Safe Here
EXCLUSIVE: Damian Barr reads from Imagine A Country
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Eoin Colfer reads from 'Highfire'
Maggie O'Farrell WORLD PREMIERE - Literary Salon - October 2019
Salon News - so much better than the real news. December 2019
Special performance for Salon by poet Anthony Anaxagorou
Kerry Hudson - Literary Salon - October 2019
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Okechukwu Nzelu reads from 'The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney'
Jojo Moyes - Literary Salon - July 2019
Dustin Lance Black - Literary Salon Brighton Theatre Royal - June 2019
Tracey Thorn - Literary Salon Brighton Theatre Royal - June 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Joyce at Cheltenham Literature Festival
EXCLUSIVE: Damian Barr reads from his novel You Will Be Safe Here. Extract 3 of 3
EXCLUSIVE: Damian Barr reads from his novel You Will Be Safe Here. Extract 2 of 3
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Saskia Vogel reads from her novel 'Permission'
EXCLUSIVE: Damian Barr reads from his novel You Will Be Safe Here. Extract 1 of 3
Oceania - Literary Salon - Nov 2018
Maggie O'Farrell - Literary Salon - Aug 2018
Premiere of Damian Barr's Debut Novel: You Will Be Safe Here
Kirsty Wark WORLD PREMIERE - Literary Salon - February 2019
David Nicholls WORLD PREMIERE - Literary Salon - February 2019
Armistead Maupin - Literary Salon Brighton Theatre Royal - October 2017
EXCLUSIVE: Søren Sveistrup reads from 'The Chestnut Man'
Rose McGowan - Literary Salon - Oct 2018
Adam Kay - Literary Salon - Oct 2018
EXCLUSIVE Tracey Thorn premieres her new memoir - Literary Salon - Oct 2018
The 2018 Man Booker Prize Readings
EXCLUSIVE: Rachael Brown reads from new book 'Trace' - inside the award-winning true-crime podcast
EXCLUSIVE: Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon talks books with Damian Barr at Wigtown
EXCLUSIVE - James Frey reads from Katerina
Patrick Gale WORLD PREMIERE - Literary Salon - June 2018
Sarah Perry WORLD PREMIERE - Literary Salon - June 2018
EXCLUSIVE - Justin Myers reads from The Last Romeo
Natalie Haynes - Literary Salon Brighton Theatre Royal - May 2018
Mary Beard - Literary Salon Brighton Theatre Royal - May 2018
EXCLUSIVE - Lulah Ellender reads from 'Elisabeth's Lists'
Matt Lucas at Cheltenham Literature Festival - October 2017
Alexis Petridis - The Literary Salon - June 2017
Juno Dawson - The Literary Salon - June 2017
WORLD EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW - Andrew Michael Hurley reads from new novel Devil's Day
Richard Russo - Damian Barr's Literary Salon - June 2017
Sam Leith - Damian Barr's Literary Salon - June 2017
Natalie Haynes - Damian Barr's Literary Salon - June 2017
Reverend Richard Coles - The Literary Salon - February 2017
Tim Murphy - The Literary Salon - February 2017
Amor Towles - The Literary Salon - February 2017
Lionel Shriver at the Cheltenham Literature Festival - October 2016
Yaa Gyasi - The Literary Salon - September 2016 - UK Premiere
Philippa Perry - The Literary Salon - September 2016 -World Premiere
Andrew O'Hagan- The Literary Salon - September 2016 - World Premiere
The Power - Naomi Alderman - The Literary Salon, World Premiere
Jessie Burton - The Literary Salon at the Bermondsey Yard Cafe - June 2016
Literary Salon presents A Book and A Bottle. Launching soon with Jessie Burton! #NovelPairings
Jonathan Lee - The Literary Salon at Ace Hotel NYC - April 2016
David Gilmour and Polly Samson - The Literary Salon at the Ace Hotel NYC - April 2016
Polly Samson - The Literary Salon at Ace Hotel NYC - April 2016
Maggie O'Farrell - Literary Salon - March 2016 - Savoy Hotel
Joan Bakewell - Literary Salon - March 2016 - Savoy Hotel
Garth Greenwell - Literary Salon - March 2016 - Savoy Hotel
Susan Calman - Literary Salon - March 2016 Savoy Hotel
Preview Clip Of Polly Samson And David Gilmour - The Literary Salon In Sao Paulo - December 2015
Polly Samson And David Gilmour - The Literary Salon In Sao Paulo - WITH PORTUGUESE TRANSLATION
Polly Samson And David Gilmour - The Literary Salon In Sao Paulo - December 2015
Diana Athill - The Literary Salon - November 2015
Nick Frost - The Literary Salon - November 2015
Sloane Crosley - The Literary Salon - November 2015
John Lahr - The Literary Salon - September 15
Caitlin Moran - The Literary Salon - September 15
Jojo Moyes - The Literary Salon - September 2015
Amy Bloom - The Literary Salon - Sydney Writers' Festival
Cathy Rentzenbrink - The Literary Salon - June 2015
Owen Sheers - The Literary Salon - June 2015
Ryan Gattis - The Literary Salon - June 2015
Thomas Keneally - The Literary Salon - Sydney Writers' Festival 2015
Emily St. John Mandel - The Literary Salon At Auckland Writers Festival - May 2015
Natalie Haynes - The Literary Salon At Auckland Writers Festival - May 2015
Ben Okri - The Literary Salon At Auckland Writers Festival - May 2015
Sarah Winman - The Literary Salon - April 15
Katharine Norbury - The Literary Salon - April 15
Tracey Thorn - The Literary Salon - April 15
Windham Campbell Prize - The Literary Salon - January 15
Polly Samson - The Literary Salon - January 15
Patrick Gale - The Literary Salon - January 15
Aminatta Forna - The Literary Salon - January 15
Colm Toíbín on How To Write
Clare Balding - The Literary Salon - November 2014
Chris Cleave - The Literary Salon - November 2014
SJ Watson - The Literary Salon - November 2014
Alan Johnson - The Literary Salon - September 2014
David Mitchell - The Literary Salon - September 2014
Esther Freud - The Literary Salon - September 2014
David Nicholls - The Literary Salon - April 2014
Armistead Maupin - The Literary Salon - February 2014
Patrick Gale - The Literary Salon - February 2014
Kirsty Wark - The Literary Salon - February 2014
Janice Galloway - The Literary Salon - August 2013
Maggie O'Farrell - The Literary Salon - August 2013
Damian Barr - The Literary Salon - August 2013
Lottie Moggach - The Literary Salon - April 2013
Susie Boyt - The Literary Salon - April 2013
Deborah Levy - The Literary Salon - April 2013
Lionel Shriver - The Literary Salon - March 2013
Manil Suri - The Literary Salon - March 2013
Rupert Thomson - The Literary Salon - March 2013
Damian Barr - Maggie And Me - The Literary Salon - February 2013
Blake Morrison - The Literary Salon - February 2013
Alexandra Heminsley - The Literary Salon - February 2013
Cerys Matthews - The Literary Salon - November 2012
Ca' The Yowes - Cerys Matthews sings live at The Literary Salon
Jojo Moyes - The Literary Salon - November 2012
Goin' Down The Road - Cerys Matthews singing live at The Literary Salon
Naomi Alderman - The Literary Salon - November 2012
Taiye Selasi - The Literary Salon - 23 October
A.M. Homes - The Literary Salon - 23 October
Thomas Keneally - The Literary Salon - 23 October
Craig Taylor - The Literary Salon - 23 October
Bharat Tandon- The Literary Salon - September 2012
Radcliffe Royds - Soho Stories Literary Salon - October 2012
Immodesty Blaize - Soho Stories Literary Salon - October 2012
Clayton Littlewood - Soho Stories Literary Salon - October 2012
Shirley Conran - The Literary Salon - September 2012
Katy Regan - Aubin and Wills Literary Salon - September 2012
Eleanor Moran - Aubin and Wills Literary Salon - September 2012
Clare Balding - The Literary Salon - September 2012
Alex Preston - Aubin & Wills Literary Salon - July 2012
Jake Arnott - Aubin & Wills Literary Salon - July 2012
Hannah Rothschild - The Literary Salon - June 2012
Gatz - The Literary Salon - June 2012
Howard Jacobson - The Literary Salon - June 2012
Valeria Luiselli - The Literary Salon - May 2012
Tom Bullough - The Literary Salon - May 2012
Andrew Miller - The Literary Salon - May 2012
Chris Cleave - The Literary Salon - March 2012
Mark Forsyth - The Literary Salon - Aubin and Wills - March 2012
Jonathan Lee - The Literary Salon - Aubin & Wills - March 2012
Colm Toibin - The Literary Salon - March 2012
Richard Holloway - The Literary Salon - March 2012
Alexandra Shulman - The Literary Salon - March 2012
Patrick Gale - The Literary Salon - February 2012
John Crace - The Literary Salon - February 2012
Jojo Moyes - The Literary Salon - February 2012
SJ Watson - The Literary Salon - November 2011
DBC Pierre - The Literary Salon - November 2011
Liz Hoggard - The Literary Salon - November 2011
Maggie O Farrell - The Literary Salon - October 11
Craig Taylor - The Literary Salon - October 11
Jon McGregor - The Literary Salon - September 2011
Jill Dawson - The Literary Salon - July 2011
Charles Frasier - The Literary Salon - September 2011
Janice Galloway - The Literary Salon - September 11
David Whitehouse - The Literary Salon - July 2011
Chris Adrian - The Literary Salon - July 2011
John Waters - The Literary Salon - December 2010
Diana Athill - The Literary Salon - October 2011