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Kristina Thornton

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Louisa Reid

If My Words Had Wings

Rebecca, Rachel and Emma catch up with <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Danielle-Jawando/147389230" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Danielle Jawando </a>this month to talk about about books, writing and her latest novel, If My Words Had Wings.

Danielle Jawando 

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Karen Powell

Dead Happy

Emma, Jules, Rachel and Rebecca are re-joined by Josh Silver to talk about his latest novel, Dead Happy (the sequel to Happy Head)

Josh Silver

Frank and Red

Jules, Rachel and Emma are joined by writer Matt Coyne to talk all things writing. As well as chatting about Frank &amp; Red, Matt talks to us about his unconventional route to becoming a writer, and how he moved from writing non-fiction to fiction. A wonderfully warm and heart-warming listen.

Matt Coyne 

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Christ on a Bike by Orla Owen

Out of Human Sight

A graduate of the University of Manchester and the Manchester Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University, Sophie Parkes is currently studying for a PhD in creative writing and folklore at Sheffield Hallam University, for which she won a Vice Chancellor's Scholarship. You can read more about her research&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sophieparkes.co.uk/research" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.​Her historical novel,&nbsp;Out of Human Sight, was shortlisted for the NorthBound Book Award at the 2021 Northern Writers' Awards and was published by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.northodox.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Northodox Press</a>&nbsp;in 2023.&nbsp;&nbsp;In 2017, Sophie won the Arvon Award at the Northern Writers’ Awards for her collection of short stories influenced by English folk song. You can read some of her published short stories at the bottom of this page.​Sophie's interest in specialist music, particularly folk music, has seen her publish the official biography of one of her all-time musical heroes, Eliza Carthy.&nbsp;Wayward Daughter&nbsp;(Soundcheck Books) came out in 2012 and the title of the book was later used by Eliza to name both an album and her big band. Sophie continues to write about music and musicians for an array of titles, including&nbsp;<a href="https://www.songlines.co.uk/magazine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Songlines</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://rock-n-reel.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rock'n'Reel</a>.&nbsp;In 2016, Sophie worked with endurance athlete, Blind Dave Heeley, to get his incredible story down onto paper.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/light-dark-0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">From Light to Dark</a>&nbsp;is published by Pitch, with a portion of the story influencing short film,&nbsp;Seven Days, made by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pixelrevolutionfilms.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pixel Revolution Films</a>. It is also available as an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Light-Dark-Story-Blind-Heeley/product-reviews/B07FPX122D/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_btm?ie=UTF8&amp;reviewerType=all_reviews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">audio book</a>, courtesy of narrator, Adrian Chiles.​

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