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Synopsis
Hi and welcome to Talking Books - my regular radio show devoted to the written word in all its forms. I interview authors, poets, features writers, editors etc and anyone who supports their work. I am a writer, researcher, proofreader and editor, published in national publications on the subjects of health (focusing on mental health), women's issues and social history. My book, 'Shell Shocked Britain: The First World War's legacy...' was published by Pen & Sword Books in 2014 and I am currently working on another commission by Pen & Sword books, due out in 2017. In my spare time I dabble in fiction and have my own imprint, Mickleden Press. These recordings were first broadcast on my radio show, Talking Books, on 10radio.org. Married with two children - one a philosopher, one a high jumper - I live in Somerset but have my heart in the Lake District and London. My long-standing passion for poetry, especially John Keats, has led to the wicked rumour that there are three people in my marriage....
Episodes
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Occupy the Airwaves! Writing Women's Lives for International Women's Day '23
12/04/2023 Duration: 17minFor Occupy The Airwaves, three writers and historians - Suzie Grogan (writing about Harriet Martineau), Lucienne Boyce (Millicent Price) and Karen Hunt (Dora Montefiore) - currently working on biographies of women talk about some of the rewards and challenges of writing about women’s lives.
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Talking Books - Jennifer Bohnet
27/03/2023 Duration: 26minI welcome the wonderful author Jennifer Bohnet to Talking Books. Jennie lives and works in France now and her bestselling books, set in Devon and France, are wonderful escapism, taking the reader to beautiful places and into the lives of interesting women and their families. We talk about her latest book, the hard work of writing, good publishers and the joy of libraries and indie bookshops.
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Talking Books March 2023 Sue Noble
24/03/2023 Duration: 27minI interview Sue Noble, co-author of a book shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2023. We talk about coaching, change in our working lives and managing our responses to it. I was thrilled to help prepare this book for submission to its publisher, Kogan Page. Do listen in if you can - it was fun.
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Talking Books - Cath Hanley
26/01/2023 Duration: 27minI have great fun chatting with historian and writer Catherine Hanley about her passion for the Middle Ages, how her nonfiction and fiction offer a rich picture of the period, the fun we can have with real-life tales of ordinary folk and the power of social history.
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Lucienne Boyce - Talking Books Oct22 v2
16/12/2022 Duration: 29minOn my Talking Books show for 10Radio.org I welcome the wonderful Lucienne Boyce, to talk about her Dan Foster detective series and her ongoing research into the suffrage movement.
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Talking Books - Chip Tolson
27/11/2022 Duration: 31minSuzie welcomes Brendon Hills author Chip Tolson to the studio, a man whose interesting life experiences have inspired his later career as an author, writing prize-winning short stories, poetry, novels and screenplays. He also shares his experience of taking part in the Novel in a Year course run by Talking Books favourite Jenny Kane who is also guiding Suzie through that daunting process