Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

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Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

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Simon Mayo and Matt Williams invite the world's finest authors in for a chat.

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Jonathan Freedland Q&A

Jonathan Freedland Q&A

Bestselling author and journalist, Jonathan Freedland, discusses some of his favourite authors, The Beatles, his writing process - and - gives us some...

2025-12-10 03:05:00 00:16:49
Jonathan Freedland

Jonathan Freedland

Journalist and bestselling author, Jonathan Freedland, joins Simon and Matt for a natter about his latest book - 'The Traitor's Circle'
They ch...

2025-12-03 18:05:00 00:39:12
Ken Follett Q&A

Ken Follett Q&A

International bestselling author, Ken Follett, joins Simon and Matt for a bit of a Q&A.

He talks about his writing process, books he has...

2025-11-19 02:00:00 00:23:10
Ken Follett

Ken Follett

Multi-million bestselling author, Ken Follett, joins Simon and Matt for a natter about his latest novel 'Circle Of Days'.

They discuss s...

2025-11-12 10:06:00 00:39:22
Callie Hart Q&A

Callie Hart Q&A

Simon and Matt learn more about the fantasy and romantasy genres, from bestselling author Callie Hart.

She also shares some of her favou...

2025-11-05 09:46:00 00:15:02
Callie Hart

Callie Hart

Simon and Matt welcome international bestselling author Callie Hart to the pod, to learn more about the genre of Romantasy.

Never ones t...

2025-10-30 00:29:00 00:41:34
William Boyd Q&A

William Boyd Q&A

International bestselling author and screenwriter, William Boyd, joins Simon and Matt for a bit of Q&A.

He talks about his favourite au...

2025-10-22 00:49:00 00:18:42
William Boyd

William Boyd

Sunday Times bestseller, William Boyd, joins Simon and Matt for a natter about his latest novel - 'The Predicament'.

This is the second...

2025-10-15 02:00:00 00:36:29
Ian McEwan Q&A

Ian McEwan Q&A

International bestselling author, Ian McEwan, joins Simon and Matt for a little bit of Q&A.

He talks about his favorite places to write,...

2025-10-10 14:16:00 00:17:48
Ian McEwan

Ian McEwan

International bestselling author, Ian McEwan, joins Simon and Matt for a chat about his new novel 'What We Can Know'.

Optimistic manifest...

2025-09-24 09:51:00 00:46:24
Laura Shepherd-Robinson Q&A

Laura Shepherd-Robinson Q&A

Crime author, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, joins Simon and Matt for a natter about the authors and books she loves - and her writing process.

2025-09-17 18:22:00 00:16:05
Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Laura Shepherd-Robinson

Author Laura Shepherd-Robinson joins Simon and Matt for a natter about her latest historical crime novel - 'The Art Of A Lie'

They discu...

2025-09-03 02:00:00 00:36:19
Lucy Foley

Lucy Foley

Bestselling author Lucy Foley joins Simon and Matt for a chat about her latest novel, 'The Midnight Feast' (which has just come out in paperback)

2025-07-02 09:42:00 00:37:44
Nick Harkaway Q&A

Nick Harkaway Q&A

Bestselling author Nick Harkaway joins Simon and Matt for our Q&A episode.

He talks about books and authors he loves, his writing proces...

2025-06-25 17:10:00 00:17:22
Nick Harkaway Q&A

Nick Harkaway Q&A

Author Nick Harkaway answers our Q&A questions!

He talks to Simon and Matt about his reading habits, authors he loves, whether he always...

2025-06-25 02:01:00 00:17:22
Nick Harkaway

Nick Harkaway

John Le Carre's son, Nick Harkaway, joins Simon and Matt for a chat about his new Circus novel.

They discuss the challenges (and joys) o...

2025-06-18 13:23:00 00:35:07
Andrew Hunter Murray Q&A

Andrew Hunter Murray Q&A

Andrew Hunter Murray joins Simon Mayo and Matt Williams for our Q&A episode.

They chat about some of his favourite authors, his love of...

2025-06-11 02:00:00 00:23:58
Andrew Hunter Murray

Andrew Hunter Murray

Author, podcaster and QI legend - Andy Hunter Murray - joins Simon and Matt for a natter about his latest novel, 'A Beginner's Guide To Breaking And E...

2025-06-04 02:01:00 00:34:03
Abigail Dean Q&A

Abigail Dean Q&A

Bestselling author Abigail Dean joins Simon and Matt for a Q&A.

She talks about some of her favourite authors, gives us some book recomm...

2025-04-23 11:23:00 00:17:01
Abigail Dean

Abigail Dean

Bestselling thriller writer, Abigail Dean, joins Simon and Matt to discuss her latest novel, 'The Death Of Us'

This has been an idea she...

2025-04-17 19:57:00 00:38:34
Robert Crais Q&A

Robert Crais Q&A

Screenwriter and novelist, Robert Crais, joins Simon and Matt for a chat about his processes, favourite authors, screen adaptations - and who he'd inv...

2025-04-10 15:39:00 00:17:19
Robert Crais

Robert Crais

International bestselling author and screenwriter, Robert Crais, joins Simon and Matt for a chat about his new novel 'The Big Empty'.

Th...

2025-04-03 10:23:00 00:41:31
Elif Shafak Q&A

Elif Shafak Q&A

Bestselling author and essayist, Elif Shafak, answers questions about her writing process, inspirations and favourite authors.

She also...

2025-03-26 02:00:00 00:16:30
Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak

International bestselling author, essayist and activist - Elif Shafak - joins Simon and Matt for a chat about her novel, 'There Are Rivers In The Sky'...

2025-03-19 10:02:00 00:38:09
Scott Turow Q&A

Scott Turow Q&A

Simon and Matt ask lawyer turned bestselling author, Scott Turow, questions about his processes and favourite authors.

As well as learni...

2025-03-05 23:44:00 00:15:46
Scott Turow

Scott Turow

Lawyer turned bestselling author, Scott Turow, joins Simon and Matt for a chat about his new novel, 'Presumed Guilty' (the sequel to his 1987 masterpi...

2025-02-26 10:44:00 00:37:00
Jojo Moyes Q&A

Jojo Moyes Q&A

The international bestselling author Jojo Moyes joins Simon and Matt for a Q&A.

She gives us some great book recommendations, tells us a...

2025-02-19 02:00:00 00:21:48
Jojo Moyes

Jojo Moyes

International bestselling sensation, Jojo Moyes, returns to the podcast to tell us about her new novel.

Simon and Matt talk to her about...

2025-02-12 15:59:00 00:34:31
Simon Mayo Q&A

Simon Mayo Q&A

This week, we put broadcasting legend and bestselling author Simon Mayo under the Q&A spotlight.

Marianna Spring joins Matt Williams as...

2025-02-05 18:31:00 00:28:47
Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo

Yes, it's that time again, where the the tables turn and the Host becomes the Guest on Books Of The Year.

This week we welcome a superst...

2025-01-29 10:24:00 00:36:04
Miguel Delaney Q&A

Miguel Delaney Q&A

Simon and Matt put a range of questions to our special guest, the author and sports journalist Miguel Delaney.

They ask about his favour...

2025-01-22 02:00:00 00:16:57
Miguel Delaney

Miguel Delaney

Miguel Delaney is no stranger to writing about sport, or indeed football, as he is the Chief Football Writer for The Independent.

In his...

2025-01-15 13:49:00 00:43:11
Michael Connelly Q&A

Michael Connelly Q&A

Michael Connelly joins Simon and Matt for a bonus Q&A episode.
He talks about his writing processes, inspirations, favourite authors -and who h...

2024-12-18 02:00:00 00:16:31
Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

Simon and Matt welcome international bestselling author Michael Connelly to Books Of The Year.
They discuss his new book The Waiting, as well as...

2024-12-11 13:26:00 00:39:30
Matt Haig Q&A

Matt Haig Q&A

Matt Haig joins Simon and Matt for a little does of Q&A.
He gives us some great book recommendations, talks about his writing process, the power...

2024-12-04 02:01:00 00:21:57
Matt Haig

Matt Haig

International bestselling author Matt Haig drops by the studio for a chat with Simon and Matt.
His new novel, The Life Impossible, is - in his w...

2024-11-27 11:55:00 00:37:45
Jodi Picoult Q&A

Jodi Picoult Q&A

Simon and Matt welcome international bestselling author, Jodi Picoult, back to the studio for a slice of Q&A.
She talks about some of her favour...

2024-11-20 02:01:00 00:15:38
Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult is baaaack! And she joins Simon and Matt in the studio to discuss her new novel.
They chat about the myths surrounding Shakespeare...

2024-11-13 11:06:00 00:38:40
Ian Rankin Q&A

Ian Rankin Q&A

Simon and Matt welcome Ian Rankin to the studio for a special Q&A episode.
They discuss his love of music, his writing processes, Swedish Death...

2024-11-06 12:13:00 00:18:47
Ian Rankin

Ian Rankin

Sir Ian Rankin joins Simon and Matt for a natter about his new book, Midnight And Blue.
They discuss the challenges of writing a book from a wor...

2024-11-06 11:30:00 00:35:28
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