My Favorite Bit

Lynn is joining us today to talk about her novel, Haroun and the Study of Mischief. Here’s the publisher’s description: Venerable Haroun, the blind saluqi priest of the dog-headed god Yepuet, has come to the wild and collarless Tel-Bastet, the City of Cats, for an education in mischief. And Haroun has never met a crime of fashion […]

Peter Darbyshire is joining us today to talk about his novel, The Wonder Lands War. Here’s the publisher’s description: The eagerly awaited fourth book in the Cross series of supernatural thrillers. The immortal Cross is back in a wild new adventure – a desperate hunt to find the enigmatic Alice from the Wonderland tales. Alice

Christa Carmen is joining us today to talk about her novel, How to Fake a Haunting. Here’s the publisher’s description: A desperate woman’s plot to frighten her husband out of her life takes a nightmarish turn in a chilling novel of modern horror by a Bram Stoker Award-winning author. Lainey Taylor is being pushed to

Brad Smith is joining us today to talk about his novel, Billy Crawford’s Double Play. Here’s the publisher’s description: Everything is legal – if you can get away with it. Billy Crawford is a hero. The star of the Rose City Rounders, the baseball player has been thrilling fans of the city for years. But

Katie Welch is joining us today to talk about her novel, Ladder to Heaven. Here’s the publisher’s description: In 2045 an earthquake ravages the Pacific Coast of North America and the world shifts. Suddenly people and animals can understand each other, while the chaos of climate change combines with the destruction of the earthquake in

Jennifer is joining us today to talk about her novel, Our Gifted Hearts. Here’s the publisher’s description: When she’s accused of witchcraft, Fortune must flee her village to spare her neck, marrying a man she barely knows. But is the man who promises to be her saviour all he seems?Fortune Blyth suffered the loss of

Cécile Cristofari is joining us today to talk about her novella, Cities are Forests Waiting to Happen. Here’s the publisher’s description: Decades after a catastrophic collapse caused by climate disasters and pandemics, Rossana, a professional urban explorer, discovers that a rogue artificial intelligence is threatening the communication system her world now depends on. Along with

Syr Hayati Beker is joining us today to talk about their novella, What a Fish Looks Like. Here’s the publisher’s description: What are the stories we need to survive? In ten days, the last spaceship is leaving for a new planet. Some of us will stay on Earth. How do we decide? #TeamEarth. Once upon a

Cadwell Turnbull is joining us today to talk about his novel, A Ruin, Great and Free. Here’s the publisher’s description: From bestselling and award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull comes A Ruin, Great and Free, the stunning conclusion to the popular Convergence Saga. It has been nearly two years since the anti-monster riots. The inhabitants of Moon

L.D. Colter is joining us today to talk about her novel, While the Gods Sleep. Here’s the publisher’s description: The first time Ty died he was five, the second time he was seven. He’s always believed his third death will be the final one, and now he may find out. More than twenty years after

Aamir Hussain is joining us today to talk about his novel, Under the Full and Crescent Moon. Here’s the publisher’s description: In a battle of words and beliefs, a young woman must defend her city against zealotry during the Islamic Golden Age. After his long-time scribe retires, Khadija’s father, the city’s leading jurist, offers his

Lucy Black is joining us today to talk about her novel, A Quilting of Stars. Here’s the publisher’s description: Filled with the pleasure of recognizable yet distinctively original characters and a deftly drawn sense of time and place, A Quilting of Scars brings to life a story of forbidden love, abuse and murder. Pulsing with repressed sexuality

Shona Kinsella is joining us today to talk about her novel, Daughters of Nicnevin. Here’s the publisher’s description: Mairead and Constance, two powerful witches, meet in the early days of the 1745 Jacobite uprising. While the men of the village are away fighting, the villagers face threats from both the Black Watch and raiders, and