Reading Recommended on Local Seahaven Radio

We’re recommending books on the airwaves, thanks to the staff at Seahaven Radio. Clive Mellor, the station’s drive-time presenter, kindly invites us on the air for a five-minute Thursday afternoon chat about books.

We’ve discussed a mix of recent arrivals, favourite reading, and prize contenders. Below, you’ll find a list of our subjects, with links when appropriate.

9 June

Bloomsbury 35 ($14.99)

Barbara Pym reissued - various titles (each £8.99)

Sally Rooney - Beautiful World, Where are You (£8.99)

Joanna Quinn - The Whalebone Theatre (£14.99)

Derek Jarman - various titles (each £9.99, variously)

Dominc Bradbury - Dungeness - Coastal Architecture (£25)

The Butterfly Brothers - Wild Your Garden (£14.99)

Anna Locke - The Forager’s Garden (£9.95)

Kate Collyns - Philosophy for Gardeners (£14)

2 June

Helena Attlee - Lev's Violin (£10.99)

GW Shaw - Dead Rich (£16.99)

Fiona Longmuir - Looking for Emily (£7.99)

Margaret Drabble - A Summer Bird-Cage and The Millstone (£9.99 each)

Meg Rosoff - Friends Like These (£12.99)

Michael Morpurgo - There Once is a Queen (£12.99)

Clare Dales - Ponds Pools & Lidos (£16.99)

Hilary French - Ballroom - A People’s History of Dancing (£18)

19 May

Emma Smith event: https://www.muchadobooks.com/eventsandhappenings

South Downs Summer Music International Festival programme announced - https://www.southdownssummermusic.co.uk/

Books:

Alex Dahl - Cabin Fever (£8.99)

Miranda Cowley Heller - The Paper Palace (£8.99)

Nicola Upson - Dear Little Corpses (£14.99)

Ella Risbridger - The Year of Miracles - Recipes bout love + grief + growing things (£22)

Francis Spalding - English Art Between Two World Wars (£35)

Anthony Meredith - Malcolm Arnold The Inside Story (£19.99)

12 May

Feminist Fortnight - 14 May to 28 May: https://feministbookfortnight.wordpress.com/

Event with author Bonnie Garmus (Lessons in Chemistry) - https://www.muchadobooks.com/eventsandhappenings/bonnie-garmus-speaking-live

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: https://imaginationlibrary.com/uk/

Alan Bennett - House Arrest (Hb £6.99)

Alan Bennett - The Uncommon Reader (Pb - £7.99)

Mick Herron - Bad Actors (Hb - £18.99)

Natalie Jenner - Bloomsbury Girls (Hb - £16.99)

5 May

Analog Sea Review (HB - £16)

Alexander McCall Smith - The Captain’s Cabin (supporting the charity Jamie’s Farm; HB, £9.99)

Emily St John Mandel - Sea of Tranquility (HB, £14.99)

Joanna Cannon - A Tidy Ending (HB, £16.99 - on special at Much Ado for £13.50)

Fiona Davison - The Hidden Horticulturists (Pb, £10.99)

Sam Corfield - Sow Grow Gather (Pb, £16)

Marian Boswall, Sustainable Garden (Hb, £18)

Vanessa Berridge, Borde Hill Garden (Hb, £40)

28 April

Esme Young – Behind the Seams (Hb - £18.99)

Malcolm Russell – Mudlark’d (Hb - £25)

Anne de Courcy – Five Love Affairs and a Friendship (Hb - £22)

Katherine Rundell – Super-Infinite (Hb - £16.99)

Emma Smith – Portable Magic (Hb - £20)

Jessica Anya Blau – Mary Jane (Pb - £9.99)

James Runcie – The Great Passion (Hb - £16.99)

Plus a discussion of the Womens Prize for Fiction shortlist - click here for details

21 April

Oliver Burkeman - Four Thousand Weeks - Time Management for Mortals (Pb - £8.99)

Neil Oliver - The Story of the World in 100 Moments (Hb - £25)

James Hollands - Brothers in Arms (Hb - £25)

Lousie Kennedy - Trespasses (Hb - 14.99)

Plus a discussion of The Big Jubilee Read (click here for information) and the new range of Quick Reads (click here).