Michelle Ford Interviews

Hello and welcome to a brand-new season - and you’ll notice a bit of a change around here!There’s new artwork, a new name and a fresh new vision as Two Women Chatting becomes Michelle Ford Interviews.After ten wonderful seasons, it felt like the right time for the podcast to evolve. The conversations have grown beyond where we began, and the new name reflects exactly what you’ll hear: warm, honest and entertaining interviews with fascinating people who have brilliant stories to share.And Season 11 has plenty in store.I’ll be joined by a well-known Faithful with a few tales to tell; a celebrity hairdresser using his own painful experiences to lead an inspiring anti-bullying campaign; and a much-loved mum who found romance with a fellow parent on My Mum, Your Dad - and whose television love story is now heading towards a real-life wedding.We’ll also be going back to the 'lab' for a very special new lesson, as the author behind a global publishing phenomenon returns with her eagerly awaited new book.Plus, expect bestselling authors, trusted experts, familiar faces and fearless adventurers - sharing the experiences that shaped them, the unexpected moments that changed everything and plenty of laughter along the way.Season 11 of Michelle Ford Interviews begins on 6 October.Make sure you’re following the podcast on any platform so you don’t miss an episode, subscribe to my YouTube channel at @michellefordinterviews, and come and say hello on Instagram at @michellefordofficial and @michellefordinterviewspodI’m Michelle Ford - and I can’t wait to share this new chapter with you.🎙️ Book Club | Michelle Ford Interviews brings you conversations with bestselling authors about their books, the stories behind them and the ideas that make us want to keep turning the pages.If you enjoy psychological thrillers, crime fiction, book recommendations and author interviews, make sure you subscribe to Michelle Ford Interviews on your favourite podcast platform and on YouTube - always free.📚 Connect with MichelleFollow Michelle Ford for more author interviews, book recommendations, radio and podcast content, and conversations about books, life, confidence and everything in between.Instagram: @michellefordofficial @michellefordinterviewspodPodcast: Michelle Ford InterviewsYouTube: @michellefordinterviewsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@michellefordofficialEmail: twowomenchatting@gmail.comWebsite: michellefordinterviews.comMedia/brand enquiries: @kindlingtalent

International bestselling thriller writer Ruth Ware joins Michelle Ford to discuss The Woman in Suite 11 - the gripping sequel to her breakout bestseller, The Woman in Cabin 10.Almost a decade after readers first met travel journalist Lo Blacklock aboard the ill-fated Aurora Borealis, Ruth returns to the character for another luxurious but deadly adventure.This time, Lo’s all-expenses-paid trip to a spectacular Swiss hotel on the shores of Lake Geneva should mark the perfect return to work. Instead, she encounters a terrified woman being held in the millionaire owner’s suite, an urgent plea for help and a body in the room next door. As Lo’s past catches up with her, she must decide how far she is prepared to go for someone she isn’t certain she can trust.Michelle and Ruth talk about revisiting Lo after the phenomenal success of The Woman in Cabin 10, the challenges of writing a sequel to a novel originally conceived as a standalone thriller and the ingredients that make a truly compulsive locked-room mystery.They also discuss the screen adaptation of The Woman in Cabin 10, now streaming on Netflix and starring Keira Knightley as Lo, alongside Guy Pearce, Hannah Waddingham and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.If you enjoy psychological thrillers, twisting mysteries, glamorous settings and heroines who refuse to stop asking questions, this Book Club conversation is for you.Subscribe to Michelle Ford Interviews for more candid conversations with internationally bestselling authors, celebrities, experts and fascinating people — including regular Book Club episodes exploring the stories behind the stories.🎙️ About Book Club | Michelle Ford InterviewsBook Club | Michelle Ford Interviews brings you conversations with bestselling authors about their books, the stories behind them and the ideas that make us want to keep turning the pages.This interview was first broadcast on Brooklands Radio.If you enjoy psychological thrillers, crime fiction, book recommendations and author interviews, make sure you subscribe to Michelle Ford Interviews on your favourite podcast platform and on YouTube - always free.📚 Connect with MichelleFollow Michelle Ford for more author interviews, book recommendations, radio and podcast content, and conversations about books, life, confidence and everything in between.Instagram: @michellefordofficial @michellefordinterviewspodPodcast: Michelle Ford InterviewsYouTube: @michellefordinterviewsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@michellefordofficialEmail: twowomenchatting@gmail.comWebsite: michellefordinterviews.comMedia/brand enquiries: @kindlingtalent#RuthWare #TheWomanInSuite11 #TheWomanInCabin10 #KeiraKnightley #NetflixThriller #PsychologicalThriller #CrimeFiction #BookPodcast #AuthorInterview #MichelleFordInterviews

Michelle Ford is joined by internationally bestselling thriller writer Linwood Barclay to discuss his gripping new novel, Not a Word.When Reece visits his parents’ home, he makes a horrifying discovery: his father is dead and the woman beside him is not his mother. What initially appears to be a murder-suicide soon raises troubling questions and Reece is drawn into a dangerous web of family secrets connected to his father’s former employer.Linwood talks about creating the twists, tension and ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances that have become hallmarks of his writing. He also reveals how growing up watching television in the 1970s helped shape his instinct for storytelling and how his years working as a journalist taught him to edit tightly, tell the story and keep readers hooked.The conversation also turns to Stephen King: from receiving every thriller writer’s dream endorsement to the genuine friendship that has developed between the two bestselling authors.Hear new author interviews every Thursday afternoon on Brooklands Radio. Listen on DAB across Surrey and West London, through the Brooklands Radio app, on your smart speaker or online.🎙️ About Book Club | Michelle Ford InterviewsBook Club | Michelle Ford Interviews brings you conversations with bestselling authors about their books, the stories behind them and the ideas that make us want to keep turning the pages.This interview was first broadcast on Brooklands Radio.If you enjoy psychological thrillers, crime fiction, book recommendations and author interviews, make sure you subscribe to Michelle Ford Interviews on your favourite podcast platform and on YouTube - always free.📚 Connect with MichelleFollow Michelle Ford for more author interviews, book recommendations, radio and podcast content, and conversations about books, life, confidence and everything in between.Instagram: @michellefordofficial @michellefordinterviewspodPodcast: Michelle Ford InterviewsYouTube: @michellefordinterviewsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@michellefordofficialEmail: twowomenchatting@gmail.comWebsite: michellefordinterviews.comMedia/brand enquiries: @kindlingtalent

Pop star Kavana - Anthony Kavanagh - joins Michelle Ford for a candid, funny and deeply moving conversation about his memoir, Pop Scars, now available in paperback.From growing up in a working-class Manchester family to appearing on the cover of Smash Hits, performing on Top of the Pops and achieving extraordinary fame across Asia, Anthony recalls the dizzying highs of becoming a pop star while still in his teens - and the painful reality of feeling like a failure by just 21.Anthony talks openly about hiding his sexuality while being adored by thousands of girls, living with ADHD, chasing dopamine and the spiral into alcohol and drug addiction that followed his move to Los Angeles. He shares some of his darkest moments, including taking drugs in a dumpster and searching bathroom cabinets for anything containing alcohol, as well as the realities of recovery, relapse and learning to live with sobriety.Yet Pop Scars is far from a relentlessly bleak memoir. Anthony’s remarkable eye for detail and wicked sense of humour bring every scene vividly to life: eating Pot Noodles on the sofa in Manchester; learning that his single had reached number eight while his mum passed him the phone searching for her teeth; and Victoria Beckham spilling Pimm’s down his white Kappa tracksuit] - before making amends with an unexpected first-class upgrade 20 years later.He also shares memories of the Spice Girls before global fame, his friendship with Amy Winehouse - whom he first met making meatballs in her Camden flat - and the affectionate nickname she gave him.At the heart of the conversation is Anthony’s love for his mother, Rita: a Manchester fortune teller who helped keep him grounded and who is now living with Alzheimer’s disease.Honest, compassionate and frequently hilarious, this is a conversation about fame, identity, addiction, recovery and survival - and the truth behind Anthony’s powerful observation: “Everybody has a rock bottom, and sometimes rock bottom has a basement.”This Book Club bonus episode of Michelle Ford Interviews was recorded live at the Brooklands Radio studios and first broadcast in November 2025.Please note: this episode contains frank discussion of alcohol and drug addiction, relapse and recovery.🎙️ About Book Club | Michelle Ford InterviewsBook Club | Michelle Ford Interviews brings you conversations with bestselling authors about their books, the stories behind them and the ideas that make us want to keep turning the pages.This interview was first broadcast on Brooklands Radio.If you enjoy psychological thrillers, crime fiction, book recommendations and author interviews, make sure you subscribe to Michelle Ford Interviews on your favourite podcast platform and on YouTube - always free.📚 Connect with MichelleFollow Michelle Ford for more author interviews, book recommendations, radio and podcast content, and conversations about books, life, confidence and everything in between.Instagram: @michellefordofficial @michellefordinterviewspodPodcast: Michelle Ford InterviewsYouTube: @michellefordinterviewsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@michellefordofficialEmail: twowomenchatting@gmail.comWebsite: michellefordinterviews.comMedia/brand enquiries: @kindlingtalent

What if reaching breaking point isn’t a crisis - but a calling to change?In this episode recorded live in the Brooklands Radio studio, Michelle is joined by author, coach and former HELLO! magazine Editor-in-Chief Rosie Nixon to discuss her powerful new book, The PRO Method: Three Simple Steps to Reinvent Your Life.After years at the helm of one of Britain’s best-known magazines, Rosie was diagnosed with psychological exhaustion. Taking time away from a demanding career allowed her to reconsider how she was living and working - and ultimately inspired a major personal and professional reinvention.Drawing on that experience, her training as a life coach and the science behind navigating change, Rosie created the PRO Method:Pause – calm the nervous system and create space to resetReflect – identify what matters and what may need to changeOrganise – turn those discoveries into realistic, achievable plansRosie and Michelle talk candidly about burnout, overwhelm and the pressure to keep going - even when our minds and bodies are telling us to stop. They explore why pausing can feel so uncomfortable, how midlife can become an opportunity for reinvention and why meaningful change doesn’t have to mean blowing up your entire life.Warm, honest and filled with practical advice, this conversation is for anyone who feels exhausted, stuck at a crossroads or ready to find a different way forward.The PRO Method by Rosie Nixon is out now, published by HarperCollins.🎙️ About Book Club | Michelle Ford InterviewsBook Club | Michelle Ford Interviews brings you conversations with bestselling authors about their books, the stories behind them and the ideas that make us want to keep turning the pages.This interview was first broadcast on Brooklands Radio.If you enjoy psychological thrillers, crime fiction, book recommendations and author interviews, make sure you subscribe to Michelle Ford Interviews on your favourite podcast platform and on YouTube - always free.📚 Connect with MichelleFollow Michelle Ford for more author interviews, book recommendations, radio and podcast content, and conversations about books, life, confidence and everything in between.Instagram: @michellefordofficial @michellefordinterviewspodPodcast: Michelle Ford InterviewsYouTube: @michellefordinterviewsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@michellefordofficialEmail: twowomenchatting@gmail.comWebsite: michellefordinterviews.comMedia/brand enquiries: @kindlingtalent

Adele Parks on Eyes on You, the Power of Words and Her 26th NovelMichelle welcomes bestselling author Adele Parks MBE back to Book Club to talk about Eyes on You, her gripping 26th novel.Having interviewed Adele several times over the years, there’s an easy familiarity to this conversation as they discuss her remarkable writing career, her enduring love of words and how she continues to find fresh ideas and themes after more than two decades as a published author.Eyes on You is a compelling psychological thriller exploring grief, obsession, isolation, revenge and the secrets that shape our lives. At 15, Amy witnessed her father murder his secret lover. Years later, when Oliver Harrington walks into the restaurant where she works, their shared understanding of troubled pasts creates an immediate connection - but is it love, or something altogether more dangerous?Adele also talks passionately about her work supporting literacy and why helping people discover the joy and power of reading remains so important to her.And, of course, Adele shares the book she thinks everyone should read - but what will her recommendation be?This interview originally aired on Michelle’s Book Club on Brooklands Radio.Hear new author interviews every Thursday afternoon on Brooklands Radio. Listen on DAB across Surrey and West London, through the Brooklands Radio app, on your smart speaker or online.Catch up with more interviews on the Michelle Ford Interviews podcast and watch on YouTube at @michellefordinterviews.Follow on instagram Michelle's instagram @michellefordofficial and the podcast @michellefordinterviewspodcast