The latest edition of The Thursday Book Club was broadcast on 16th January 2025 at 2pm on Phonic FM. Joining host Jonathan Posner was Jason Mann. Click the names to find out more about them, and use the audio bar below to listen to the full show.
We reviewed Dead in Devon by Stephanie Austin.
We had an interview with Orlando Murrin, author of Knife Skills for Beginners, and the upcoming Murder Below Deck.
The interview was also videoed, so you can watch it by clicking on the thumbnail below.
Our discussion was on: Plotters v Pantsers.
Who favours plotting? Who favours Pantsing?
What does it even mean??
Listen to the show in full here:
The next show is at 2pm on the 20th February 2025.
NEWS
The Passenger Manifest by Rebecca Southgate Williams came out on 10 December 2024. Here’s the blurb: Glimpses into other people’s lives are rarely what they seem – but offered the chance to journey awhile with someone, is it ever possible to figure out who they really are? Step aboard and accompany an array of characters over the course of a year as they travel by train through changing landscapes and seasons, each carrying their own dreams, desires and secrets. Whether travelling to reunions or conferences, visiting family or friends, or even manufacturing their own dangerous liaisons, each has something to hide, and something to prove. Hurtling on to their final destinations, their paths twist and collide, shattering carefully constructed facades to reveal their inner lives and intricate lies. When catastrophe strikes, will anyone emerge unscathed?
If you loved ‘Girl on a Train’ or ‘Sorrow and Bliss’, this could be one for you!
Available on Amazon.
The audiobook of Lizzie Fry’s novel Little Boy Missing launches today (January 16th). It’s a gripping psychological thriller about a little boy who goes missing, and the mum is the main suspect – but she didn’t do it.
Available on Amazon.
The Teignmouth and Dawlish Area Literary and Cultural Society published Write Way Up on the 29th December last year. It’s an anthology of 24 fictional and non-fiction ‘shorts’ penned by members of the writers’ group. They meet monthly to share their writing efforts, prompted by a pre-agreed theme. More information about them can be found on the newly launched TADALACS website tadalacs.co.uk.
Available on Amazon.
Author J T Scott has a new story in her Bumper the Bumblebee and Friends series. It’s called Bessie the Badger and Friends and follows the woodland creatures on an egg hunt with a positive message for children that good things can come even when it all seems broken and bad.
It’s available on Amazon, as both a standard paperback and a colouring activity book.
Kathryn Haydon is giving us advanced warning of a new novel due out in the spring. It’s called Call of the Sandpiper and is a romance set against the glorious backdrop of Woolacombe, North Devon. I’m sure Kathryn will give us more info on this book nearer the launch.
For the writers among you, the next FREE Writing at the Edge webinar is on February 6th. Titled The Art of Dialogue it will cover crafting natural and engaging dialogue that drives the story forward and develops characters.
