Epsiode 21 - Series 4
This week, join Mariella as she talks fiction with Alastair Campbell; comedy-romance with David Nicholls and crime with Simon Kernick...
This episode of The Book Show features Mariella talking with Alastair Campbell about his knack for fiction; David Nicholls discusses his new romantic comedy, and Simon Kernick reveals his penchant for killing off his characters...
Watch Alastair Campbell on The Book Show:
Tune in to The Book Show at 7pm every Thursday on Sky Arts 1 / HD
To find out more about the books featured in the show, and to read first chapters of hundreds of them for free, visit LoveReading.co.uk for an extensive sample of what’s on offer...
Mariella’s Recommended Reads
If you’ve read one of the featured books from one of Mariella’s guests and want to explore more books along similar lines, take a look at our If You Liked That, You’ll Like This pages for more ideas and inspiration...
Bedside Table
Deborah Moggach, the acclaimed author of Tulip Fever and In the Dark reveals the three books currently piled up on her bedside table...when she can find the time to read them, that is...
Fine Line
Once in a Lifetime author Cathy Kelly reveals her top literary line of all time...we’ll give you (not much of) a clue: it’s by Seamus Heaney...
Book Club
Award-winning actor Simon Russell Beale explores just what keeps customers coming back to the magical John Sandoe’s bookshop in Chelsea, and gives us his learned recommendation for your next book club read.
The Write Place
Ever-popular historical novelist Philippa Gregory on how the location of her idyllic house on the Yorkshire moors is both an inspiration for – and a distraction form – her writing. Well, that and the ducklings, of course...
Book of the Decade
Alastair Campbell, David Nicholls and Simon Kernick each reveal their very favourite book of the last ten years.
Tune in at 7pm on Thursdays on Sky Arts 1 / HD for the full story
