“Hopefully readers of The Escape will be scared to be in their own home.” CL Taylor is the Sunday Times bestselling author of psychological thrillers. Her fourth book, The Escape, publishes in March 2017 and already people are raving about it

Catherine Mayer: "What does gender equality look like?"

Mar 8th, 2017 34m 55s

Catherine Mayer is a journalist, a best selling author and a former president of the foreign press association in London - she accidentally co founded a political party at the Woman of the World festival in March 2015. She's watched the Woman's

Jennifer Ryan: "Party Granny lived up to her reputation"

Feb 22nd, 2017 44m 23s

Borough Press’ editor Charlotte Cray meets debut novelist Jennifer Ryan, the author of The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir.In this conversation they delve into life in the invented idyllic English village of Chilbury and meet all of its delightful and

Angela Clarke: "Who turned Twitter evil?"

Jan 9th, 2017 37m 8s

Welcome back to BookD in 2017 - first up we have the fabulous Angela Clarke who just so happens to be the Amazon Rising Star of 2016 and author of the Hashtag Murder series. On today's episode, Angela talks to her Editor Phoebe Morgan about the

In the name of research: Paul Finch and Ash Cameron discuss policewomen as undercover prostitutes

Sep 21st, 2016 20m 8s

Welcome to BookD - on today's episode, best selling crime author Paul Finch’s talks about the research aspect of his new book Strangers with ex under cover cop Ash Cameron.Strangers is a gloriously gripping read – a crime novel which will hav

Hugh Bonneville: "I grew up reading Paddington Bear"

Aug 4th, 2016 34m 59s

Welcome back to BookD! We've been away for a while but we're back with the hottest interviews, book news and views from your favourite authors, actors and creatives!Brought to you by HarperCollins Publishers.

Rob Ewing: "The most interesting stories are told by the little people"

Apr 29th, 2016 28m 24s

Let us take you to a remote island. That's where Rob Ewing wants us to go with The Last of Us.Borough assistant editor Charlotte Cray sat down with the debut author to discuss why living as a GP on the remote Scottish island of Barra with his

Alison Case: “Feminism doesn’t just mean looking at the subjectivity of privileged women”

Apr 8th, 2016 24m 57s

Young Nelly Dean has been Hindley’s closest companion for as long as she can remember, living freely at the great house, Wuthering Heights. But when the benevolence of the master brings a wild child into the house, Nelly must follow in her moth

Kat Diamond: "I didn't want my victims to be women or children"

Mar 10th, 2016 19m 37s

A LESSON YOU WILL NEVER FORGETThe body of the head teacher of an exclusive Devon school is found hanging from the rafters in the assembly hall.Hours earlier he’d received a package, and only he could understand the silent message it conveye

Ben Fogle: "When I lost Inca, I had to cancel work"

Mar 4th, 2016 29m 7s

We welcome Ben Fogle to the BookD studio to talk about his love for the Labrador.Labradors are the most popular breed of dog in the world. Not only a great family companion, they also excel at hunting, tracking, retrieving, guiding and rescuin

Exclusive interview with David Baddiel for World Book Day 2016

Feb 26th, 2016 20m 3s

An interview with David Baddiel minutes after he finished recording of 'The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked' audiobook for World Book Day on March 3rd 2016.Alfie has a routine. To be honest, he has a lot of routines. There’s the waking-up rout

Susie Steiner: "There's a raised bar now. Readers expect unputdownable stuff"

Feb 24th, 2016 30m 56s

Today on BookD Borough assistant editor Charlotte Cray sits down with an author who is having her way with the crime genre and making it all her own. From literary stock, journalist Susie Steiner is all about debunking the slick solvers that ou

Amazing new book 'Stressed Unstressed' - "Beta Blockers for the soul..."

Jan 29th, 2016 26m 48s

Mindfulness, Mediation and Poetry. This perfectly encapsulates what Stressed, Unstressed is all about. This week BookD had the wonderful opportunity to welcome Jonathan Bate and Paula Byrne, the husband and wife team who put together this inspi

Joanna Cannon "Everything in life needs a really good coat of looking at"

Jan 28th, 2016 36m 12s

Today on BookD we talk to the author whose debut novel was talked about with such fervour and excitement months before it was even published. Finally today is the day where we celebrate Joanna Cannon’s publication day of The Trouble with Goat

Claudia Carroll: "You'd think I made up the divorce hotel but they do exist!"

Jan 13th, 2016 27m 32s

In the first episode of 2016, Claudia Carroll comes on the show and asks why some men have no problem leading secret lives, opens up on the perils of online dating and whether the divorce hotel exists.Claudia has been writing for 14 years. Her

Nikki Gemmell in conversation at #BFILovefest

Nov 19th, 2015 22m 32s

Welcome to our #BFILovefest Q&A session where over the weekend you can listen to authors talk about the greatest love of their lives, favourite on screen couple, whether they believe in love at first sight and when they last kissed in the cinem

What's it like to be a girl and a woman today? Lena Dunham and Caitlin Moran discuss

Oct 20th, 2015 1h 32m

Welcome to BookD Live: where we record hosted events around London.On this episode listen to Lena Dunham and Caitlin Moran at the Southbank Centre. Why? when and where? will girls and women become equal was a question raised by artistic direc

Kate Gross: When the call comes you just say "Yes!"

Oct 16th, 2015 34m 38s

What are the things we live for? What matters most in life when your time is short? Listen to Kate Gross in conversation with friend Katy Brand discussing the book 'Late Fragments'.Ambitious and talented, Kate Gross worked at Number 10 Downing

Andrew Marr, The Author says "This is not a candy coloured subject! Most of us can draw"

Oct 2nd, 2015 15m 29s

Andrew Marr comes back on the show to talk about his second political fiction novel 'Children of the Master' - the story of the Labour Party having an unexpected win with a narrow majority in the 2018 general election. Andrew talks about the

Day 17 - '58 Authors' Charles Cumming celebrates the BBC Proms 2015

Jul 31st, 2015 58s

Welcome to 58 authors / 58 seconds. We ask authors to tell us their favourite piece of music which will be released daily during the BBC Proms season starting on the 17th July until 12th September.Each audio piece is 58 seconds to celebrate t

Day 16 - '58 Authors' Matthew Plampin celebrates the BBC Proms 2015

Jul 31st, 2015 58s

Day 15 - '58 Authors' Michael Morpurgo celebrates the BBC Proms 2015

Jul 31st, 2015 57s

Day 14 - '58 Authors' Louisa Young celebrates the BBC Proms 2015

Jul 29th, 2015 58s

Day 13 - '58 Authors' Bernard Cornwell celebrates the BBC Proms 2015

Jul 29th, 2015 58s

Kathleen Alcott: The Author say's "New Yorkers find privacy in strange places"

Jul 29th, 2015 28m 11s

"I spend all day in a room thinking about people that don't exist"Listen to our latest interview with author of 'Infinite Home' Kathleen Alcott talk about the beauty of New York, the idea of living alone, why technology and our age of 'connec