The Bookseller Podcast #5 April 2019: In Full

The Bookseller Podcast

What to expect from Episode 5 Hosted by acclaimed author Cathy Rentzenbrink, the fifth edition of The Bookseller Podcast features an exclusive interview with author and journalist, Damian Barr about his first novel “You Will be Safe Here”, following on from his hugely successful memoir, “Maggie and Me”. The Bookseller editor, Philip Jones shares the much anticipated “Nibbies” shortlist, ahead of The British Book Awards on 13th May, which celebrates the stars of the bookselling and publishing trade. Tom Tivnan, managing editor, discusses the biggest fiction and non-fiction hits to be published in April, including a very special 50th anniversary edition of the children’s classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle, with an afterword written by Dolly Parton. Hear what The Book Doctors – two of the British Isles’ best indie bookshops – recommend for readers from up and down the country. This episode it’s Henry Layte from The Book Hive in Norwich and Carrie Morris from Booka in Oswestry. As BookGig is now part of The Bookseller family, we recommend the very best book and author events coming up this month, across the UK. And playing us out – an extract from “The Confessions of Frannie Langton” written and read by Sara Collins. The Bookseller Podcast is a Heavy Entertainment Production