TOAST Magazine

Book Club

Conversations with authors and writers, alongside reviews of the latest releases. Exploring new ideas to challenge our thinking.
2025 Year in Review | Book Club

Jen Campbell reflects on a year of reading and her favourite books, from Booker Prize longlisted to speculative fiction.

10 days ago
Well-Loved Pages

Gail Pirkis reflects on 22 years of Slightly Foxed and why some books deserve a second life.   

11 days ago
Breakfast with… Nell Stevens

The author and lecturer on finding time for writing, translating history, and her new book, The Original.

2 months ago
The Booker Prize 2025 | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the shortlisted books for this year's literary award.

3 months ago
Persephone Books

Francesca Beauman in conversation with Jen Campbell on shining a light on neglected women writers and critiquing the literary canon.

3 months ago
A Library of Ideas

Curating books at Libreria and a Slow Sundays collaboration with TOAST.

4 months ago
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the shortlisted books for this year's literary award.

7 months ago
The Chorus of Motherhood

Alice Vincent on the quiet work of play, finding connection in song and her new book, Hark.

7 months ago
Breakfast with… Florence Knapp

The craftsperson and author on hand-sewing, finding community, and her new book, The Names.  

8 months ago
2024 Year in Review | Book Club

Jen Campbell selects this year's best reads from children's picture books to the Women's Prize shortlist.

1 year ago
Energy & Vibrations | Book Club

Jen Campbell shares a selection of spectral tales for misty autumn mornings.

1 year ago
Breakfast with… Rumaan Alam

Jo Rodgers meets with the New York-based author to discuss his fourth novel, Entitlement.

1 year ago
A Moment For Poetry | Book Club

Jen Campbell shares her favourite poetry anthologies and the lines that most resonate.

1 year ago
Reading Diary | August

Jen Campbell reviews a new short story for every day of the week.

1 year ago
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the shortlisted books for this year's literary award.

1 year ago
Reading in Early Motherhood | Book Club

Jen Campbell reflects on her journey to motherhood with a selection of comforting literary favourites.

1 year ago
Breakfast with…Olivia Laing

Jo Rodgers meets the author whose book, The Garden Against Time, recounts the restoration of a walled garden in Suffolk.

1 year ago
Water and Wonder with Greta Rybus

The photojournalist on the beauty and complexity of caring for hot springs.

1 year ago
Weathering | Navigating Change Through Geology and Self-Reflection

In her new book, outdoor psychotherapist and geologist Ruth Allen explores the connection between our inner and outer landscapes.

1 year ago
Rural Hours | The Country Lives of Three Pioneering Writers

Harriet Baker’s new book explores how Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann were forever changed by a move to the countryside.  

1 year ago
Reading About the Arctic and Walking Along the River | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks from Battersea Station to Brompton Cemetery with Christiane Ritter’s memoir, A Woman in the Polar Night.

2 years ago
Breakfast with… Kiley Reid

Jo Rodgers speaks with the author of Such a Fun Age about her new book, Come and Get It. 

2 years ago
Looking Ahead | A Selection of Books for 2024

Jen Campbell on the literary highlights to look forward to this year. 

2 years ago
A Walk Along Grand Union Canal | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks the waterway from Paddington with Kathleen Farrell’s Mistletoe Malice

2 years ago