Meet the Author is your chance to hear from some of the biggest names in writing. Learn more about your favourite authors and sneak peeks at upcoming projects. Every week we feature a top author!
Bestselling nature writer Richard Mabey talks to us about his latest book 'The Accidental Garden' and what to expect at his upcoming appearance at Southwold Literary Festival where he'll be in conversation with Ian Collins.
Historical biographer Lucy Hughes-Hallett talks to us about her latest book 'The Scapegoat' about the brilliant but brief life of the Duke of Buckingham and offers a sneak peek at what she'll be talking about at the upcoming Southwold Literary Festival this November.
Palaeontologist and fungi researcher Richard Fortey talks to us about his latest book, 'Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind', and what to expect from his upcoming appearance at Southwold Literary Festival in November.
Author, producer and campaigner Mary Colwell talks to us about her publication 'Beak, Tooth and Claw', one of this year's chosen Wild Reads titles, and shares with us the first time she saw a Curlew which led to her founding the charity Curlew Action.
Veterinarian, barrister, expeditioner and nature author Charles Foster talks to us about his book 'Being a Beast', one of this year's chosen Wild Reads titles, and how he lived life as a badger for six weeks as part of his research.
Author and journalist Lucy Jones talks to us about her latest book 'Matrescence' and her award-winning book 'Losing Eden' which is one of our featured Wild Reads titles for this year's programme.
Historical fiction novelist Foluso Agbaje talks to us about her debut novel 'The Parlour Wife' set in 1940s colonial Lagos and the research she did on the impact World War II had on Nigerian people.
Fantasy writer C.M. Waggoner talks to us about her latest supernatural cosy crime novel 'The Village Library Demon Hunting Society' and tells us how she became (almost) fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Award-winning Irish author Donal Ryan talks to us about his latest book, 'Heart, Be at Peace', a companion novel to his debut 'The Spinning Heart', and how working as a university lecturer in creative writing has made a difference to his own writing style.
Sunday Times bestselling author and memoirist Cathy Rentzenbrink talks to us about her latest novel 'Ordinary Time' and how she finds the time to write novels, teach creative writing and organise literary events.
Award-winning fiction novelist and former editor Clare Chambers talks to us about her latest novel 'Shy Creatures' and what it was like working alongside Diana Athill at the publisher André Deutsch.
Historical fiction and short story author Katie Lumsden talks to us about her latest novel 'The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst' and how her love of 19th Century literature began.
Romance novelist Emily Houghton talks to us about her latest novel 'Take a Chance On Me' and reminisces about her annual summer holidays spent on the Suffolk coast as a child.
Award-winning crime author and playwright Trevor Wood talks to us about his latest thriller 'The Silent Killer' and the time Lee Child was a visiting writer during his Creative Writing MA.
Internationally bestselling thriller novelist Shari Lapena talks to us about her latest book 'What Have You Done?' and shares how her journey into writing thrillers began.
New York Times bestselling husband-and-wife writing duo Ellery Lloyd talk to us about their latest novel 'The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby' and the journey to finding a combined 'voice' for their pseudonym author.
