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The Brighton Book Club

The Brighton Book Club

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 A podcast dedicated to all things literary and bookish in Brighton & beyond. Anna interviews authors, publishers, people working in literature programmes, gets recommendations from booksellers and bloggers, and shares the best upcoming events.

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Episodes
  • 79: Hattie Williams, Katherine Bradley and Kate Beales

    79: Hattie Williams, Katherine Bradley and Kate Beales
    Dec 27 2025
    In this episode, we're joined by former Brighton resident Hattie Williams, author of BITTER SWEET, to Brighton-based Katherine Bradley about her new book THE INSTITUTE, and Kate Beales joins us to talk about a writing retreat she's co-hosting with Anna in March and reads from her debut novel BROKEN HORSES.
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    1 hr
  • 78: Christmas Gift Guide with Elizabeth Perry and Gabrielle Griffiths

    78: Christmas Gift Guide with Elizabeth Perry and Gabrielle Griffiths
    Nov 22 2025
    Our bumper Christmas Recommendation episode is here! Whether you're looking for inspiration for gifts to buy loved ones, or to put on your own wish-lists, Elizabeth Perry and I have got you covered! We also speak to Brighton-based writer Gabrielle Griffiths about her debut novel GREATER SINS.

    Books we discussed on the show:

    Fiction
    The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
    The Lilac People by Milo Todd

    All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
    Heartwood by Amity Gaige

    The Artist by Lucy Steeds
    The Two Roberts by Damian Barr

    Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor.
    Moderation by Elaine Castillo

    A Family Matter by Claire Lynch
    The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

    Non-fiction
    Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouth
    Deep House by Jeremy Atherton Lin

    Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen
    Bunker by Bradley Garrett / In Love with Love by Ella Risbridger

    Challenger by Adam Higginbotham
    Paradise by Lizzie Johnson

    Supremacy by Parmy Olson
    If Then by Jill Lepore

    Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
    That Dark Spring by Susannah Stapleton
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    1 hr
  • 77: Chris Bridges, Hayley Dunlop, Social Sauna Book Club, Demystifying Publishing and more!

    77: Chris Bridges, Hayley Dunlop, Social Sauna Book Club, Demystifying Publishing and more!
    Oct 25 2025
    On this month's show we talk to Chris Bridges about his new book SICK TO DEATH; to Hayley Dunlop about her Christmas novel IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS, to Anna Jefferson about New Writing South's DEMYSTIFYING PUBLISHING DAY and to Kelly from SOCIAL SAUNA BOOK CLUB.

    Events we mention at the end of the show:
    • Queer Gothic: Chloe Michelle Howarth & Leon Craig
    • How to Build a Writing Career with Real Writers Circle and Amanda Prowse
    • Interactive Murder Mystery Evening at Waterstones
    • Online Writing Retreat with Writers HQ
    • JOURNALISM BASICS: What is journalistic writing?
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    1 hr
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