Chatting about some new books I'm eager to read: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddxb...

New video chatting about the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist & predicting a winner with Bob: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-j...

New video chatting about RTE's 10 best Irish books of 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkgk...

New video discussing the 2025 Goldsmiths Prize shortlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1I8...

Chatting about the changing seasons and stepping out of the flow of time with Solvej Balle's "On the Calculation of Volume": www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkQd...

Reacting to the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature announcement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBTS... #NobelPrize

5 Classic Books TBR Before the End of 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4OY...

A casual chat about everything I've read in the past couple of months: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ji2...

New video discussing the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxrt...

New video chatting about some recently published books: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE51...

This is a public service announcement for anyone reading the newly released The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai by listening to the audio book or reading it on kindle. Here are the family trees to help you to recall who is who in this wonderful epic.

Whew! I've now finished reading all 13 novels on the @thebookerprizes.com longlist - just in time for next week's shortlist announcement. Here I discuss my rankings and shortlist wish list: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ax...

It's been interesting following how readers have such different reactions to Claire Adam's "Love Forms" - here's my thoughts on this Booker longlisted novel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWW...

I had the pleasure of interviewing Maria Reva about her innovative and moving Booker-longlisted novel Endling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_D0...

It was such a pleasure to interview Benjamin Wood about his Booker-nominated new novel "Seascraper": www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7TI...

Imagine a president who is eager to discuss books! New video looking through Obama's 2025 Summer reading list: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtKw...

Vuong's emotional and bitingly-satirical new novel made me recall the years I spent working in fast food: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKIi...

Chatting about Irene Solà's new novel while in Cadaqués: www.youtube.com/watch?v=puFJ...

Join me on a fun day out in London attending the Orwell Prizes ceremony and checking out the shortlist for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Shortlist at Waterstones Piccadilly! New Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeJ1...

New video chatting with Joyce Carol Oates about her epic recently published novel Fox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQTv...

When there's a heat wave stay inside and read books! 🥵📚 New video discussing a stack I'm planning on reading this Summer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsWe...

Anna and I are back discussing the 6 novels shortlisted for the 2025 #WomensPrize for Fiction and which book we think will win on June 12! Grab a hot drink and join us for a long fun bookish chat: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUEY...

Eric Karl Anderson @lonesomereader.bsky.social posted a lovely vlog of the Booker ceremony where I make an appearance. I've never talked to him in person before, so this was a nice moment! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuLC...

Edmund White 1940-2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCZz...

New video discussing re-reading The Great Gatsby for the first time since I was a teenager: www.youtube.com/watch?v=88wV...

New video discussing David Szalay's recent novel and the crisis of modern masculinity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2K...

I just finished reading the final book from the #DublinLitAward 2025 shortlist and "The Adversary" by Michael Crummey is such a gripping historical novel: youtube.com/watch?v=yLVV... I'm so glad I've found this new-to-me author through the prize!

It was great fun reading The Time Machine for the first time - especially since I've loved the Rod Taylor film version for so long: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bq1...

I felt quite conflicted about this short novel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVqf...

New video reacting to the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction announcement and discussing the shortlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8E6...

New video chatting about everything I read in April: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5TG...

We love this review from @lonesomereader.bsky.social for @torreypeters.bsky.social's new collection #StagDance 🦌🎀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Tn...

It was a pleasure listening to Donatella Di Pietrantonio discuss her excellent new novel "The Brittle Age" last night - especially how even though she's an award winning author she continues her dental practice and likens editing a manuscript to extracting a tooth! 😂

New video discussing everything I read in March: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSUV... Lots of book prize reading! 📚

Here are the 6 books shortlisted for the 2025 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction! Watch me discuss these titles as well as what I've read from the longlist so far: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTEY...

Join me in opening up some wonderful surprise packages containing books: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyFo...

New video discussing the 16 books which have been long listed for the 2025 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BXR...

Isn't it strange how melancholic fiction can be oddly consoling? Here are some recent favourites: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYPg...

Every New Year I enjoy setting myself a challenge to read or reread some classics. Here are my picks for 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkAH...

New video discussing my 10 favourite reads of 2024: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKQE...

New video discussing some of the award winning books from 2024, including 26 different prizes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7LC...

Every year there are some new books which go under the radar and here I talk about 5 from 2024 I'd love to see more people reading: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYkU...

Making Winter reading plans ❄️ 📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9KD...

My bathbomb decides my next read! 🤪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf8N...

New video discussing what I read in November (these plus Anita Brookner's Hotel du Lac): www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U9a...

New video chatting about some of my favourite Christmas books and stories plus a couple new festive reads I'm looking forward to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xlT... 📚🎄

Join me for a lovely stroll through London and browse around the fantastic @thebookerprizes.bsky.social library at @waterstones.bsky.social Piccadilly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFm3...

Reading Hollinghurst's new novel "Our Evenings" was such a pleasurable and poignant experience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8uo...

New video discussing the 100 must read books of 2024 (according to Time): www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbuY...

Is #FridayReads still a thing? Anyway, I'm reading this at the moment and it's excellent. Very atmospheric and multiple levels of tension.