The National Writers’ Conference (formerly The Writers’ Toolkit) is Writing West Midlands’ flagship writer development conference, run annually, and which brings together over 150 writers, editors, producers, commissioning editors and industry

Word Play - A collection of new writing

Apr 21st, 2018 42m 12s

Brum Radio are very proud to announce Word Play, our collaboration with local writers to celebrate the creative power of the West Midlands.With poetry, short fiction, memoir and mixtures of them all, Word Play features seven exceptional writer

The Brum Radio bookshow - Featuring Ruth Hogan and Alison Jean Lester

Apr 18th, 2018 1h 5m

We have a fabulous show for you this month – an interview with Ruth Hogan, author of our book of the month, The Keeper of Lost Things. Ruth talks about the process of writing the book, her love of found items and what is next for her.We al

Brum Radio bookshow - featuring John Ironmonger interview and The Post Apocalyptic Book Club

Mar 28th, 2018 1h

The Brum Radio Book Show looks forward with optimism - we review our book of the month, Not Forgetting the Whale by John Ironmonger, and our debut of the month, Kismet by Luke Tredget.Our blogspot this month is from Leila of the Post Apocalypti

The Brum Radio bookshow - featuring Joe Dunthorne and Matt Killeen interviews

Feb 28th, 2018 1h 2m

Our book of the month for Feb is The Adulterants by Joe Dunthorne, a riotous look at millennial angst in time of social upheaval. We chat about the book, and have an interview with the author.Novelists Catherine O'Flynn and Mike Gayle talk abou

Brum Radio bookshow - featuring Andrew Michael Hurley and Holly Seddon interviews

Jan 18th, 2018 43m 40s

The Brum Radio Book Show welcomes in the new year with a look back at some of our favourites from 2017, and what we are looking forward to in 2018.With novelists Mike Gayle and Catherine O'Flynn in the studio, and an interview with Andrew Micha

The Brum Radio bookshow - featuring Liam Brown interview

Nov 8th, 2017 1h 5m

The Brum Radio BookShow is back, and explores the fascinating and terrifying world of social media with a review of Liam Brown's novel BROADCAST, a dark satire on the age of the vlogger.We also review Conversations with Friends, by Sally Rooney

The Brum Radio bookshow - featuring Matt Haig interview

Sep 13th, 2017 1h 3m

The Brum Radio Book Show celebrates the release of Matt Haig's novel "How to Stop Time" by making it our book of the month, featuring an interview with the author himself.We also review "Flesh and Bone and Water" by Luiza Sauma, and have Sci Fi

The Brum Radio bookshow - featuring Laura Barnett and Catherine O'Flynn interview

Jul 13th, 2017 1h

On this month's show we welcome Laura Barnett and Kathryn Williams, talking about their remarkable collaboration on a world first - a novel with a specially-composed accompanying soundtrack.The book and album are called "Greatest Hits" and tell

The Brum Radio bookshow - featuring Paul Beatty Interview

Jun 14th, 2017 1h 3m

We welcome a very special guest in the shape of Paul Beatty, who talks to us about his Booker Prize-winning novel "The Sellout" in a fascinating interview.We also review Yaa Gyasi's "The Homegoing" in our debut novel feature.This month's blogsp

The Brum Radio bookshow - featuring Stephanie Garber interview

May 10th, 2017 1h 7m

In May's show we welcome Stephanie Garber to talk about her novel Caraval, our book of the month. With Mike Gayle and Catherine O'Flynn in the studio we talk about YA fiction, and get an overview from blogger Chelley Toy.We also have our regul

Book Club 08/03/2017

Mar 17th, 2017 1h 1m

For our March show we talk about The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet , and talk to the author, Becky Chambers. Our debut of the month is the wonderful The Transition by Luke Kennard.

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