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  • Robin Morgan-Bentley (26th of June 2022)

    Robin Morgan-Bentley (26th of June 2022)
    2022/07/03
    Robin joins Antonia to talk about his dark, compelling second novel The Guest House, written in lockdown with a new baby. Along the way we talk representation, diversity, becoming the person you want to be and being the person you wish your child-self had been able to see - and musical theatre. Of course.

    I Wanna Dance with Somebody - Whitney Houston
    Gimme Gimme Gimme - ABBA
    Bills Bills Bills - Destiny's Child
    Hold On - Adele
    So Sorry - Lola Young
    We Don't Talk about Bruno from Encanto
    Ex Wives - from Six the Musical
    Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls
    I Try - Macy Gray
    I will Follow Him - from the Sister Act soundtrack
    I'm Here - Cynthia Erivo, from The Color Purple soundtrack
    Good as Hell - Lizzo
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    58 分
  • Sarra Manning (29th May 2022

    Sarra Manning (29th May 2022
    2022/05/29
    Sarra joins Antonia to celebrate her latest novel, the warm, immersive and wonderful London, With Love. The Sarra Manning line takes us on a trip through Sarra’s prolific and enduring writing career, with stops at Just Seventeen, London before Crossrail, Noel Streatfeild, music, dogs, selecting great reads for Red Magazine and so many more. A joy.

    Jennifer She Said - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
    Girl VII - St Etienne
    West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
    Wrapped Up In Books - Belle and Sebastian
    Moving On Up - Primal Scream
    Liza Minelli - Losing My Mind
    Bar Italia - Pulp
    Perfect Day - Lou Reed
    Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale
    Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
    Lloyd, I’m Ready to be Heartbroken
    Tonight the Streets are Ours - Richard Hawley
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    1 時間 1 分
  • Julie Owen Moylan (15th May 2022)

    Julie Owen Moylan (15th May 2022)
    2022/05/15
    Julie joins Antonia to talk about her beautiful debut novel, That Green Eyed Girl, about New York in the 1950s, about writing dreams and process and heartbreak - and answers openly and honestly the perennial question, What took you so long? A must-listen.

    I’m Coming Home - Tom Jones
    Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones
    Young Americans - David Bowie
    Streets of Fire - Bruce Springsteen
    Trouble in Mind - Marianne Faithfull
    What Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy Ruffin
    Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
    My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker
    Seventeen - Janis Ian
    23rd Street Lullaby - Patti Scialfa
    Four Tops - Reach Out
    Burce Springsteen - Stolen Car
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    59 分
  • Fiona Cummins (1rst May 2022)

    Fiona Cummins (1rst May 2022)
    2022/05/06
    Fiona ’s writing career, from journalism (Fiona was the last journalist in the UK to interview Michael Jackson before he died), to Faber Academy, to her fifth novel, Into The Dark, provides the framework for a far-reaching and wide-ranging conversation encompassing love, loss, fear, survival and joy. Join us x

    Always Something There to Remind Me - Sandie Shaw
    I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
    Like a Prayer - Madonna
    Carey - Joni Mitchell
    Atomic - Blondie
    Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
    Shine -Take That
    Shallow - Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga
    Titanium - David Guetta fest. Sia
    The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
    See you Again - Wiz Khalifa/Charlie Puth
    Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
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    1 時間 4 分
  • Maggie Gee (17th April 2022)

    Maggie Gee (17th April 2022)
    2022/04/17
    Prolific novelist, OBE, the first female chair of the Royal Society of Literature, Professor of Creative Writing and champion of new writers Maggie Gee joins Antonia to talk about her fourteenth novel, The Red Children. This is a conversation about writing, longevity, disappointment, love, war and hope - but above all, it’s a chance to enjoy the company of a writing icon and beautiful human being. Join us x

    Mack the Knife - Lottie Lenta Kurt Weill, sung by Lotte Lenta

    Sheep may safely graze - Bach, played by Leon Fleisher

    What a fool believes - Aretha Franklin

    Jazzman by Carole King, Tapestry

    Until You Come back to me - Aretha Franklin

    Bess, you is my woman now - Miles Davis

    Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, instrumental - Sakimoto

    Be thankful for what you’ve got - William Devaughn

    Summertime by Rebecca Ferguson.

    Do you want to dance? - Bette Midler

    Benny and the Jets - Elton John

    Saturday in the Park - Chicago

    These Foolish Things - Thelonius Monk solo piano

    Oh Happy Day: Aretha Franklin, Live at New Bethel
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    55 分
  • Joanna Cannon (10th April 2022)

    Joanna Cannon (10th April 2022)
    2022/04/10
    Lewis’ human and superstar novelist Joanna Cannon joins Antonia to talk about her new novel, A Tidy Ending, about the beginning of her writing career, the joys and perils of early success, about resilience and perseverance and moving from writing as joy to writing as career. And, of course, the music. Please join us!

    These Boots - Nancy Sinatra
    To Sir With Love - Lulu
    Space Oddity - David Bowie
    Welome Home - Peters, Lee
    Don’t Think Twice - Bob Dylan
    Tie A Yellow Ribbon - Dawn
    Bird on the Wire - Leonard Cohen
    I do, I do, I do, I do, I do - ABBA
    All Over The World - Françoise Hardy
    Tennessee Waltz - Eva Cassidy
    Ain’t That A Kick In The Head - Dean Martin
    I’m On My Way - The Proclaimers
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    1 時間 12 分
  • Stephen May (27th of March 2022)

    Stephen May (27th of March 2022)
    2022/03/27
    Stephen joins Antonia to talk about his novel Sell Us The Rope, the novel Hilary Mantel wishes she had written. It’s 1907 and Stalin is in London for the 5th Congress of the Russian Communist Party… Sell Us The Rope is Stephen’s sixth novel - he’s been shortlisted for the Costa Novel Prize with Life! Death! Prizes! the title of which sums up this Book Club chat - except for the death bit, which we took out to make way for the punk rock and iconoclasm. Bring on the Booker.

    Dancing Queen- Abba
    Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
    Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
    Always on my Mind - Elvis Presley
    Help - The Beatles
    Do Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie and the Hod Rods
    Burn the Heather - The Lounge Society
    Lost Weekend - Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
    Sigh o’ the Times - Prince
    Sale of the Century - Sleeper
    I feel love - Donna Summer
    Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan
    The Emperor’s New Clothes - Sinéad O'Connor
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    59 分
  • Janice Hallett (20th February 2021)

    Janice Hallett (20th February 2021)
    2022/02/20
    Bestselling novelist Janice Hallett joins Antonia to talk about her phenomenally successful debut novel The Appeal, about how her life as a journalist and a screenwriter has fed into her work as a novelist, about how she uses music to trick herself into getting the writing done and about What Happens Now (including adapting her own work for the screen).


    Brand New Key - Melanie Safe
    Tainted Love - Soft Cell
    Save a Prayer - Duran Duran
    I Can’t Go For That - Hall and Oates
    Baby Driver - Simon and Garfunkel
    Rather Be - Clean Bandit
    Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies
    That’s Entertainment - The Jam
    Do It Again - Steely Dan
    Hotel California - The Eagles
    Angie Baby - Helen Reddy
    West End Girls - The Pet Shop Boys
    The Logical Song - Supertramps
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    1 時間