TOAST Magazine

Book Club

Conversations with authors and writers, alongside reviews of the latest releases. Exploring new ideas to challenge our thinking.
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
An Annual Autumn Walk | Book Club

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

2 years 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.

2 years ago
Breakfast with… Caroline O’Donoghue

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

3 years 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.

3 years ago
Women in Translation Month | Book Club

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

3 years ago
Breakfast with… Joanna Quinn

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

3 years 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.

3 years ago
Three Summertime Reads | Book Club

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

3 years ago
Breakfast with... Jenny Jackson

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

3 years ago
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023 | Book Club

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

3 years ago
More than Cake by Natasha Pickowicz | Book Club

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

3 years ago
A Walk from Putney to Kew Gardens | Book Club

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

3 years 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.

3 years ago
A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo | Book Club

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

3 years ago
Cooking with Mushrooms by Andrea Gentl | Book Club

Early mushroom memories and umami bombs with the New York-based photographer and cookbook author.

3 years ago
A Countryside Reading Diary | Book Club

Jen Campbell on three choice novels for a week in the New Forest. 

3 years ago
Jen Campbell's Best Books of 2022 | Book Club

Recommendations for holiday reading.

3 years ago
Ghost Music by An Yu | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the second novel from the acclaimed author of Braised Pork.

3 years ago
Breakfast with… Kamila Shamsie

Jo Rodgers meets the London-based author of Best of Friends for a walk around Primrose Hill.

4 years ago
Best of the Booker Prize 2022 | Book Club

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

4 years ago
Without Warning and Only Sometimes by Kit de Waal | Book Club

Jen Campbell speaks to the author about her memoir recalling her 1960s childhood.

4 years ago
An Environmental Reading List for Making Positive Change | Book Club

Sustainability writer Anna Turns recommends her favourite eco-conscious books.

4 years ago