Book Club

Conversations with authors and writers, alongside reviews of the latest releases. Exploring new ideas to challenge our thinking.
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 | Book Club

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

1 month ago
Reading in Early Motherhood | Book Club

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

2 months 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.

3 months ago
Water and Wonder with Greta Rybus

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

3 months 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.

3 months 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.  

4 months 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.

5 months ago
Breakfast with… Kiley Reid

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

6 months ago
Looking Ahead | A Selection of Books for 2024

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

7 months ago
A Walk Along Grand Union Canal | Book Club

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

7 months ago
An Annual Autumn Walk | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks from Milford to Haslemere with Huma Qureshi’s Playing Games. 

9 months ago
Walking with Ghost Stories | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks from Canary Wharf to Blackheath, accompanied by Jeanette Winterson’s Night Side of the River.

9 months ago
Breakfast with… Caroline O’Donoghue

Jo Rodgers meets the author of The Rachel Incident at the Horniman Museum in south London.

10 months ago
A Walk to Hampstead Pergola | Book Club

Jen Campbell takes a stroll from East Finchley to Hampstead Heath, accompanied by Thomas Morris’ book Open Up.

10 months ago
Women in Translation Month | Book Club

In August 2014, Meytal Radzinski founded Women in Translation Month (#WITMonth) - a part of...

11 months ago
Breakfast with… Joanna Quinn

Jo Rodgers meets the author of The Whalebone Theatre on the Dorset coastline.

1 year ago
A Walk Along Regent’s Canal | Book Club

Jen Campbell ambles from King’s Cross to Regent’s Park, accompanied by Termush by Sven Holm.

1 year ago
Three Summertime Reads | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews her favourite new books fit for the season. 

1 year ago
Breakfast with... Jenny Jackson

Jo Rodgers meets with the author of the bestselling novel Pineapple Street. 

1 year ago
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023 | Book Club

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

1 year ago
More than Cake by Natasha Pickowicz | Book Club

The New York pastry chef on her inclusive and strategic approach to baking. 

1 year ago
A Walk from Putney to Kew Gardens | Book Club

Jen Campbell takes a stroll with Danielle Pender’s debut collection of short stories.

1 year ago
The Home Child by Liz Berry | Book Club

Jen Campbell speaks to the author and award-winning poet about her new novel-in-verse.

1 year ago
A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the author’s highly anticipated second novel.

1 year ago