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Have you ever wondered what everyone is reading? Well here is the place to find out as my guests tell me their must reads!
Ilaria's book can be pre-ordered here: We Will Be Forest by Ilaria Bernardini | HatchardsThe bookshop we discussed: Libreria Verso Milano - verso – libri, incontri, bar
My guest this week is Karen Jennings. Karen's book Crooked Seeds can be pre-ordered here: Karen Jennings | Penguin Random House
The books we discussed:
Cal by Bernard MacLaverty Cal (penguin.co.uk)
A mouthful of salt by Reem Gafar brownsbfs.co.ukThe bookshops we discussed: The Book Shoppe | Cape Town The Book LoungeStellenbosch Books
My guest this week is Rachel Wolf. Rachel's book Five Nights can be pre-ordered here: Five Nights
The book we discussed: Books on the Hill (books-on-the-hill.co.uk)The bookshop we discussed: Books on the Hill (books-on-the-hill.co.uk)
My guest this week is Dani Atkins. You can find more information about her here: Dani Atkins — Blake Friedmann Dani's book can be pre-ordered here: The Memory of Us by Dani Atkins The book we discussed: The Night in Question (penguin.co.uk) The bookshop we discussed: David's Bookshop, Letchworth
My guest this week is David Slattery-Christy. You can find his website here: David Slattery-Christy David's book can be ordered here: WaterstonesThe book we discussed: Jude the Obscure - Thomas HardyThe bookshop we discussed: Packlitt and Booth - plackittandbooth.co.uk
Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf!You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter here: TwitterMy guest this week is Nicholas Hutchinson of BookThinkersYou can listen to his podcast here: Life Changing Books
My guest this week is Nigar Alam. You can find her website here: Nigar Alam (nigaralamwrites.com)Nigar's book can be preordered here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/720000/under-the-tamarind-tree-by-nigar-alam/ The literary programmes we discuss:
- The Loft Literary Center - https://loft.org/
- Madeleine Milburn Mentorship Programme - https://www.madeleinemilburn.co.uk/mentorship/
The books we discuss:
- Craft Book - Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need by Jessica Brody - https://www.jessicabrody.com/2020/11/how-to-write-your-novel-using-the-save-the-cat-beat-sheet/
- Finding me - Viola Davis https://www.waterstones.com/book/finding-me/viola-davis/9781399704038
The bookshop we discuss:
- Cream & Amber Bookshop, Minnesota https://www.creamandamber.com/
Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf!
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My guest this week is Laurie Barkman!
You can find her podcast here: Succession Stories on Apple Podcasts
You can find her book here: The Business Transition Handbook
You can find her website here: The Business Transition Sherpa
The Forbes article we were discussing can be found here: forbes.com/sites/edwardsegal/2023/09/23/lessons-from-the-leadership-transition-at-murdochs-media-empire/
Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf!
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My guest this week is Johnnie Lowery and you can find his website here: Johnnie Lowery
His Book choices were:
- Best Non-Fiction Book; Yuval Noah Harari – Sapiens
- The best book you received as a gift; Harry Pearson – The Far Corner
- A book by your favourite author; Michael Calvin – State of Play
- The book that makes you cry ;Abigail Dean – Girl A
- The book that everyone should read; Aldous Huxley – Brave New World
Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf!
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My guest this week is Spencer Quinn.
You can find out more about his work here: Spencer Quinn
Spencer's favourite independent bookshops are:
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The Poisoned Pen Bookstore
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Eight Cousins Books
Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf!
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My guest this week is Amanda Prowse.
You can find out more about her work here: Amanda Prowse
Amanda's book choices were:
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The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
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A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.
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Intuitive Editing: A Creative and Practical Guide to Revising Your Writing by Tiffany Yates Martin
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The Christmas Chronicles: Notes, Stories & 100 Essential Recipes for Midwinter by Nigel Slater
Amanda's favourite independent bookshops are:
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Chepstow Books & Gifts
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Ilfracombe Bookshop Bookshop UK
Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf!
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My guest this week is James MacManus.
You can find out more about his work here: James McManus
James book choice was A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway.
James fave bookshop is: Village Books (village-books.co.uk)
Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf!You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter here: TwitterMy guest this week is Victoria Gosling.You can find out more about her here: Victoria Gosling | The Reader BerlinHer picks were:1. Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain-Fournier2. The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren3. The Assault by Harry Mulisch 4. The regeneration trilogy by Pat Baker5. Life and faith by Vasily Grossman 6. There's a War Going On But No One Can See It by Huib Modderkolk
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My guest this week is Diana Janney. You can find out more about her here: Diana Janney
Diana's choices are: 1. An Imaginary Life by David Malouf2. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 3. The old man and the sea - Hemingway 4. Siddhartha - Herman Hesse 5. Small Miracle by Paul Gallico
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My guest this week is Freya Bromley.
You can find out more about her here: Freya Bromley
Freya's book choices were: 1. The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink
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The Narnia Chronicles by C S Lewis
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Expectation by Anna Hope
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You’ll Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfeld
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Turning by Jessica J. Lee
Freya's bookshop pick is Rye Books: Rye Books, Books & Coffee
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My guest this week is Fiona Valpy:
You can find out more about her here: Fiona Valpy, Author Her latest book THE CYPRESS MAZE is released tomorrow.
You can pre-order her book here: The Cypress Maze
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My guest this week is Robert Welbourn:
You can find out more about him here: Home | Robert Welbourn
You can pre-order his book here: Belonging | Robert Welbourn
His choices were:
- The best fiction book: The Grapes of Wrath
- The book I remember reading first: The Catcher in the Rye
- The book with my fave character: Glamorama
- The book that makes me cry: 11.22.63
- The book that everyone should read: American Psycho
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My guest this week is Louisa Reid:
You can find out more about her here: The Poet (penguin.co.uk)
You can pre-order her book here: The Poet: A propulsive novel of female empowerment, solidarity and revenge a book by Louisa Reid. (bookshop.org)
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My guest this week is Pim Wangtechawat:
You can find her website here: Pim Wangtechawat
You can pre-order her book here: The Moon Represents My Heart by Pim Wangtechawat | Waterstones Pim's selected books are:
- Best Non-Fiction Book: Conversations on Love (Natasha Lunn)
- A book by your favourite author: Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng)
- The book that makes you cry: Circe (Madeline Miller)
- The book that makes me happy: Small Joys (Elvin James Mensah)
- The book with your favourite character in: Emma (Jane Austen)
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My guest this week is Caro Giles:
You can follow her on Twitter here: Caro Giles (@CaroGilesWrites)
You can pre-order her book here: Twelve Moons: A year under a shared sky – HarperCollins Publishers UK
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My guest this week is Phoebe Walker:
You can follow her on Twitter here: Phoebe Walker (@PhoebeLPWalker)
Phoebe's choices were:
Best Non-Fiction Book; Miriam’s Kitchen by Elizabeth Ehrlich
Favourite book as a child; The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
The best book you received as a gift; Ulverton by Adam Thorpe
The book with your favourite character in; Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel
The book that makes me happy; Trick or Treat by Lesley Glaister
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My guest this week is Megan Warrington, Owner of Denny's Books: You can follow Denny's Books on Instagram here: Denny’s Books (@dennysbookstore) You can find the Denny's Books website here: dennysbooks.com
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My guest this week is Lia Louis:
You can follow her on Instagram here: Lia Louis (@lialouisauthor)
You can follow her on Twitter here: Lia Louis (@LisforLia)
Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf!
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You can follow me on Twitter here: Profile / Twitter
My guest this week is Scott Shields:
You can follow him on Instagram here: 🏴Scott.You.Reading (@scott.you.reading) • Instagram photos and videos
You can listen to the Wee Scottish Bookclub here: The Wee Scottish Book Club
Scott's choices were:
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Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
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Fairy Rock by Stephen Watt
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Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
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A Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
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My guest this week is Cara Hunter: You can learn more about her work here: Cara Hunter (penguin.co.uk) Her picks were:
Best Non-Fiction Book - Landscape and Memory, by Simon Schama Favourite book as a child - The Lord of the Rings The book you always remember the first time you read - The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles The best book you received as a gift - A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar The book that makes you cry - Still LIfe, by AS Byatt
Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf!
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You can follow me on Twitter here: Profile / Twitter
My guest this week is Liam Bell:
You can learn more about his work at his website here: Home | liammurraybell
You can follow him on Twitter here: Liam Bell (@liammurraybell) / Twitter
You can buy his books here: Amazon.co.uk
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My guest this week is Chloe Timms
You can learn more about her work at her website here: Chloe Timms
You can find her podcast here: Podcast
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My guest this week is Abbigail Rosewood!
You can learn more about her work at her website here: Abbigail N. Rosewood (abbigailrosewood.com)
Abbigail's choices are:
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Lanark by Alasdair Gray
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The Notebook Trilogy by Agota Kristof
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The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
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IQ84 - Haruki Murakami
The Book I was referring to is Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk.
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My guest this week is Rebecca Ryan! You can follow her on Instagram here: Rebecca Ryan (@becsryanauthor) You can read more about her debut novel here: Simon & Schuster to publish My (Extra)Ordinary Life, the debut novel by Rebecca Ryan
The books she chose are: 1. Book that got me through a difficult time - The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet 2. A book by your favourite author - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 3. Best non fiction book - Being Mortal by Atul Gawande 4. The book that changed your life - Anthology of World War One poetry 5. The book that makes me happy - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey Mquinston
Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf!
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My guest this week is Sarah Clarke!
Her website is here: https://www.sarahclarkeauthor.com
You can preorder her new book Every Little Secret here: Every Little Secret a book by Sarah Clarke. (bookshop.org)
Her choices are:
Favourite book as a child - Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Book everyone should read - Invisible Women, Caroline Criado-Perez
Book that made me cry - A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khalid Hosseini
Book by a favourite author (in my genre, and one of!) - Beneath the Skin, Nicci French
Book that has stayed with me - Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
HAPPY EASTER and Welcome to this week's episode of Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks)
My guest this week is Simon Alexander Ong: His website is here: Simon Alexander Ong - Life Coach & Business Strategist His book is released on 21st April! You can preorder his book here: Energize (penguin.co.uk)
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My guest this week is Laura Price! Her website is here: LAURA PRICE (laura-price.com) You can follow her on Instagram here: Laura Price (@laurapricewrites) • Instagram photos and videos You can preorder her new book Single, Bald, Female here: Single Bald Female a book by Laura Price. (bookshop.org) Her podcast Life in Food can be found here: Podcast — LAURA PRICE (laura-price.com)
On the show we talk about Kris Hallenga, founder of Coppafeel: Her website is here: How to glitter a turd You can order her book here: Glittering a Turd: The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller a book by Kris Hallenga. (bookshop.org) Kris's episode of Laura's podcast is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mL7GsGfbadO039hixzUuo?si=rewNi-2hTkGH2AAmC6MSIQ
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My guest this week is Phoebe Wynne: You can find her website here: Phoebe Wynne (phoebewynnewrites.com)
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My guest this week is Jessica Moor:
You can follow her on Twitter here: Twitter
You can follow her on Instagram here: Jessica Moor (@ms_jessica_moor)
You can find her website here: Jessica Moor
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My guest this week is Laura Pearson: You can follow her on Twitter here: Twitter You can find her website here: Laura Pearson
WELCOME BACK! Season 2 of Off the Shelf is well underway! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks)
My guest this week is Bhavika Govil You can follow her on Instagram here: Bhavika Govil (@bhavikagovil) You can find her website here: Bhavika Govil
Her choices are: The book that everyone should read: Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo The book you always remember the first time you read: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie The book you relate to the most: Writers & Lovers by Lily King The book you always give as a gift: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde The best fiction book: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
WELCOME BACK! Season 2 of Off the Shelf is well underway! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) My guest this week is Tom Hindle: You can follow him on Instagram here: Tom Hindle (@tom.hindle) You can find his book here: A Fatal Crossing (penguin.co.uk)
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My guest this week is Dannie:
You can follow her on Instagram here: Dannie (@blottedinkbooks)
You can find her podcast here: A Novel Evening | Podcast on Spotify
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This week's guest is me! My lovely friend and first guest Molly Hills has made her come back to interview me about my choices!
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My guest this week is Antonia Caraveteanu:
You can follow her on Instagram here: Got Books? (@gotbookspodcast)
You can find her podcast here: Got Books? Conversations with Booksellers & Bookmakers
Antonia's book choices are:
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Adam and Eve, by Liviu Rebreanu
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Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren
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It Runs in the Family: On being raised by radicals and growing into rebellious motherhood, by Frida Berrigan
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The Spy and the Traitor, by Ben Macintyre
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City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert
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My guest this week is Grace Grossman:
You can follow her on Instagram here: Grace | Yoga & Wellbeing Coach (@graceygrossmann)
You can find her website here: Yoga Teacher Berlin | Words with grace
Welcome to the Off the Shelf Halloween Special! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks)
My guest this week is Helen Naylor: You can follow her on Instagram here: Helen Naylor (@helennayls) You can follow her on Twitter here: Helen Naylor (@HelenNayls) You can find out more about her writing here: Helen Naylor (helennaylorwriter.com) You can pre-order her book here: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/3066/9781909770683
Welcome to the Off the Shelf Halloween Special!
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My first guest this week is Drew:
You can follow him on Instagram here: Drew (@drewreadsintherain)
My second guest this week is Jimmy:
You can follow him on Instagram here: Jimbeaux (@jimmy_eat_book)
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My guest this week is Emma Grae:
You can follow her on Instagram here: Emma Grae (Guinness) (@emmapaintsthings)
You can find her website here: Emma Grae Author
You can find her on Twitter here: Emma Grae (@emmagraeauthor)
You can also find out more about Unbounders here: Unbound | Liberating ideas
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My guest this week is Jyoti Patel: You can follow her on Instagram here: Jyoti Patel (@jyotisbooks) You can follow her on Twitter here: Jyoti Patel (@Jyoti__Patel) You can read her short story with We Present here: https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/literally-jyoti-patel/ If you want to know more about her writing then you can read a Q&A here: https://www.thebookseller.com/insight/jyoti-patel-1274276
Her book choices are:
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi Natives by Akala In The Days of Rain by Rebecca Stott The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
The Penguin podcast with Avni Doshi that we discuss can be heard here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/avni-doshi-with-nihal-arthanayake/id89411073?i=1000526562160
Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) My guest this week is Naomi George the winner of the 2021 Grazia x Women's Prize Fiction First Chapter Competition. You can follow her on Instagram here: Naomi George (@naomi.is.a.george) You can read her winning entry here: Women's Prize for Fiction
This week is a London Marathon special. Firstly, i am going to tell you all about the top running books and the audiobooks that have motivated me in training. Secondly, I come to you after the marathon to tell you all about the experience and what books I will be reading as i recover.
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My guest this week is Marianne Rosen:
You can follow her on Instagram here: Marianne Rosen (@mariannerosen.writer)
You can find her website here: Marianne Rosen
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My guest this week is T. C. Emerys:
You can follow her on Instagram here: T. C. Emerys - Writer (@tcemerys.writer)
You can find her website here: Home - T. C. Emerys (tcemerys.com)
You can also find her podcast here: The Midnight Quill Podcast
Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) My guest this week is Natalie McMath! You can follow her on Instagram here: Natalie (@scottiesandbooks)
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My guest this week is Amy Lavelle:
You can follow her on Twitter here: Amy Lavelle (@LavelleActually)
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My guest this week is Lynette Cresswell:
You can follow her on Twitter here: Lynette Creswell (@creswelllyn)
You can find her Website here: Lynette Creswell’s Website & Blog
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My guest this week is Kate Sawyer:
You can follow her on Instagram here: Kate Sawyer (@mskatesawyer)
You can follow her on Twitter here: Kate Sawyer 🐋 (@KateSawyer)
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My guest this week is Anna Burtt:
You can follow her on Twitter here: Anna Burtt (@annamburtt)
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My guest this week is Frances Quinn:
You can follow her on Instagram here: Frances Quinn (@franquinn21)
You can follow her on Twitter here: frances quinn (@franquinn)
Her book choices were:
- Book that makes me cry - Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse by Ursula Moray Williams
- Best fiction book - Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans
- Best non- fiction book - Dr Johnson’s London by Liza Picard
- Book you relate to most - Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
- Book by favourite author - Daughter of Lir by Diana Norman
- Best childhood book - Five Go to Smugglers Top by Enid Blyton
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My guest this week is Victoria Scott:
You can follow her on Instagram here: Victoria Scott (@victoriascottauthor)
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My guest this week is Cali Bird:
You can read more about her work here: Cali Bird - Tales Of The Countess
Her book choices were:
- Best Fiction Book – The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
- A book by your favourite author – A Cornish Summer by Catherine Alliott
- Favourite book as a child – Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
- The best book you received as a gift – Prairie Fires – The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser
- The book most recommended by me – The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
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My guest this week is Sara Nisha Adams:
You can follow her on Instagram here: Sara Nisha Adams (@saranishaadamsbooks)
You can follow her on Twitter: Sara Nisha Adams (@saranishaadams)
You can pre-order her book here: The Reading List (bookshop.org)
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My guest this week is Stephen Reynolds:
You can follow him on Instagram here: Stephen Reynolds (@sreynolds_author)
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My guest this week is A. S. Hatch:
You can read more about his work here: A.S. Hatch (ashatch.com)
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My guest this week is Anna Bailey:
You can read more about her work here: Anna Bailey (penguin.co.uk)
You can follow her on Instagram here: Anna Bailey (@annabaileywrites)
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My guest this week is Jodie:
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Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) My guest this week is Susan: You can follow her on Instagram here: Susan Furber (@susanfurberwrites) You can read more about her work here: Susan Furber (susanfurberbooks.com)
Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) My guest this week is Victoria: You can follow her on Instagram here: Victoria Mortimer (@theunlikelyaccountant) You can listen to her podcast here: The Unlikely Accountant
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My guest this week is Sam Led:
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You can read more about him here: Sam Led (samledconsulting.com)
Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) My guest this week is Nick Hollis: You can follow him on Instagram here: Nick Hollis | World Explorer (@721challenge) You can read more about the 721 Challenge here: Home - 721 Challenge
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My guest this week is Tess Charnley:
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You can find her writings here: Tess Charnley
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My guest this week is Lia Middleton!
You can follow her on Instagram here: Lia Middleton (@liamiddletonauthor)
You can pre order her hardback book here: When They Find Her: The gripping new thriller that will take your breath away (bookshop.org)
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My guest this week is Jessica: You can follow her on Instagram here: Jessica | Stuck In The Book (@stuckinthebook) You can follow her the Let's Get Classical Book Club on Instagram here: ‘Lets Get Classical’ Book Club (@letsgetclassical_bookclub)
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My guest this week is Christina Sweeney-Baird: You can follow her on Instagram here: Christina Rose Sweeney-Baird (@christinasweeneybaird) You can follow her on Twitter here: Christina Sweeney-Baird (@ChristinaRoseSB) You can pre-order her book here: Pause Books Bookshop UK
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My guest this week is Sam from Durham Drums! You can see his Youtube Channel here: Durham Drums - YouTube
You can follow him on Instagram here: Durham Drums (@durhamdrums)
Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) Browse and purchase the books discussed here: Pause Books Bookshop UK My guest this week is Lucy! You can follow her on Instagram here: Lucy 📚 (@lucyswaterstoneschallenge)
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My guest this week is Marley!
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My guest this week is Jenny!
You can follow her on Instagram here: Jenny 🌈📚🏴 (@bookishbiii)
Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) You can follow me on Twitter Browse and purchase the books discussed here: Pause Books Bookshop UK My guest this week is Millie Walton You can read her short story here: Grace – the dillydoun review You can read her articles for Trebuchet here: Millie Walton, Author at Trebuchet (trebuchet-magazine.com)
Welcome to Off the Shelf! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) • Instagram photos and videos You can follow me on Twitter Browse and purchase the books discussed here: Pause Books Bookshop UK My guest this week is Jess Philips MP! You can follow her on Instagram here: Jess Phillips (@jessphillipsmp) • Instagram photos and videos You can follow her on Twitter here: Jess Phillips MP (@jessphillips) / Twitter
WELCOME TO THE IWD SPECIAL! Ft. all my friends I forced into contributing! You can follow me on Instagram here: Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) • Instagram photos and videos You can follow me on Twitter Browse and purchase the books discussed here: Pause Books Bookshop UK
Welcome to Off the Shelf which is just a convenient excuse for me to look around my guests book shelves! Follow me on Instagram Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) Follow me on Twitter Any books you like the sound of? Come buy them in my Bookshop Pause Books Bookshop My guest this week was Verity! Her website is here Verity Babbs You can follow her on Instagram here Verity Babbs / Art & Culture You can follow her on Twitter here Verity Babbs (@veritybabbsart) You can watch the latest episode of Art Laughs here Verity Babbs - YouTube
Welcome to Off the Shelf which is just a convenient excuse for me to look around my guests book shelves! Follow me on Instagram Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) Follow me on Twitter Twitter Any books you like the sound of? Come buy them in my Bookshop Pause Books Bookshop My guest this week was Stina - you can follow her on Instagram here STINA SANDERS (@stinasanders)
Welcome to Off the Shelf which is just a convenient excuse for me to look around my guests book shelves! Follow me on Instagram Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) • Instagram photos and videos Follow me on Twitter Twitter Any books you like the sound of? Come buy them in my Bookshop Pause Books Bookshop My guest this week was Toff - you can follow her on Instagram here Georgia Toffolo (@georgiatoffolo)
Welcome to Off the Shelf which is just a convenient excuse for me to look around my guests book shelves! Follow me on Instagram Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) • Instagram photos and videos Follow me on Twitter Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) / Twitter Any books you like the sound of? Come buy them in my Bookshop Pause Books Bookshop UK
My guest this week was Michael Dove from Inoviv - you can find them here Inoviv | Biomarker Development
Welcome to Off the Shelf which is just a convenient excuse for me to look around my guests book shelves! Follow me on Instagram Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) • Instagram photos and videos Follow me on Twitter Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) / Twitter Any books you like the sound of? Come buy them in my Bookshop Pause Books Bookshop UK My guest this week was Masa - you can follow her on instagram here Masa M. (@lost.inabookworld)
Welcome to Off the Shelf which is just a convenient excuse for me to look around my guests book shelves! This week we have recorded a Christmas Special as Tier 4 has left us with not much else to do! Follow me on Instagram Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@pausebooks) Follow me on Twitter Phoebe @ Pause Books HQ (@PauseBooks) Any books you like the sound of? Come buy them in my Bookshop Pause Books Bookshop UK
Did you like what Rachel had to say? Follow her on Instagram Rare Birds Book Club (@rarebirdsbookclub) Visit her Website Rare Birds Book Club | A book subscription box with character
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Did you like what Kirsty Molly had to say? Follow her on Twitter Kirsty Eyre (@KirstyJaneEyre) / Twitter Check out her website Kirsty Eyre | Author of Cow Girl
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Welcome to Off the Shelf which is just a convenient excuse for me to look around my guests book shelves! This week we are back with a bang following the Christmas Break. Wellness Emelie is with us to talk all this health, wellness and bilingual books!
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Did you like what Emelie had to say? Follow her on Instagram Emelie (@wellness.emelie)
Welcome to Off the Shelf which is just a convenient excuse for me to look around my guests book shelves!
This week we have recorded a Christmas Special as Tier 4 has left us with not much else to do!
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Did you like what Vicky had to say?
Follow her on Instagram Brand & Marketing Consultancy (@pinkdigitaluk)
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Visit her Website pinkdigitaluk.com
Welcome to Off the Shelf which is just a convenient excuse for me to look around my guests book shelves!
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Did you like what Sharena had to say?
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Read her website Home | Start Up. Start Now. and listen to her podcast on Spotify!
Honestbrew, the amazing beer subscription company Sharena mentions, can be found here HonestBrew | Buy Beer Online | Craft Beer Delivery UK
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Did you like what Molly had to say?
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Like the sound of feminist Shakespeare? Emilia | Shakespeare's Globe
The Deeper the Water can be found here Katya Apekina
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple can be found here The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (karencushman.com)
Welcome to Off the Shelf which is just a convenient excuse for me to look around my guests book shelves!
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