3 JUL 2022 · 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

29 MAY 2022 · 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

15 MAY 2022 · 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

6 MAY 2022 · 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

17 APR 2022 · 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

10 APR 2022 · 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

27 MAR 2022 · 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

20 FEB 2022 · 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

13 FEB 2022 · Hannah joins Antonia to talk about The Codes of Love and its genesis as a short story, unlikeable characters, the importance of music, why we write (and why we don’t) and how we might just persuade ourselves to keep going. Tall Heights - Horse to Water Angel Olsen - Windows Ane Brun - Halo Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me Laura Marling - Ghosts First Aid Kit - Emmylou Daughter - Candles Emily King - Georgia Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better Phoebe Ryan - A Thousand Ways Alela Diane - Emigré Lord Huron - The Night We Met

6 FEB 2022 · Laura Pearson, novelist and founder of The Motherload Book Club, brings a list of her favourite books to Book Club. We talk about titles, whether there’s a right time to write about disasters, the importance of small presses… We also talk about Laura’s own writing and her novels, Missing Pieces and Nobody’s Wife, and the life-changing turn of events in Laura’s own life that led to her third novel, I Wanted You To Know. Paperback Writer, The Beatles Go Your Own Way, Fleetwood Mac Watermelon Sugar, Harry Styles Trash, Suede Wake Up Boo, The Boo Radleys We Didn’t Start the Fire, Billy Joel Always Remember Us This Way, Lady Gaga Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen Famous Blue Raincoat, Leonard Cohen Frank Mills, The Lemonheads No Body No Crime, Taylor Swift Fast Car, Tracy Chapman