The wall of yellow roses has bloomed in my garden so I'm using them as a nice backdrop to talk about my experience of reading Lily King's "Heart the Lover": www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVNV...

New video chatting about "A Guardian and a Thief", longlisted for the #WomensPrize for Fiction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVAK... @womensprize.bsky.social

New video discussing the Dublin Literary Award and the 2026 shortlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbcu... @dublinlitaward.bsky.social #DLA26

I really enjoyed "Taiwan Travelogue" from @andotherstories.bsky.social for its gentle nature and intelligent examination of colonialism, translation and the culture of food! It made me so hungry! More of my thoughts here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsoD...

New video chatting about the shortlist for the 2026 Climate Fiction Prize which includes a recent favourite novel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR8O...

New video chatting about the longlist for the 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tmv...

Chatting about "Gloria Don't Speak" by Lucy Apps and being a quiet person: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOkT...

The 2026 International Booker Prize longlist has been announced! Here I discuss this group of books and each title: www.youtube.com/watch?v=942Z...

I had a great chat with George Saunders about his new novel Vigil: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xyu...

Here are the 16 books on the 2026 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction longlist! What have you read from the list? What do you want to read? A new video is up where I discuss this year's prize and each of these titles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CDY...

5 big books I'm planning to read in 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RmW...

Sad to hear about the passing of great Latvian author Nora Ikstena who I once interviewed in London. 🇱🇻 Her excellent novel "Soviet Milk" made such a big impact upon me! Here I discuss the book while making my family's Latvian bacon & onion roll recipe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRxb...

Here are 12 classic books I'm looking forward to reading in 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UMx...

Here are my favourite books that I read in 2025! Watch me discuss why these titles are so impactful and memorable: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxo-...

New video discussing the shortlists for the 2025 Nero Book Awards: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwtA...

New video looking through the ultimate best books of 2025 list: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pIr...

Chatting about 8 books from 2025 that deserve more attention: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQtj...

The NY Times just posted their '10 best books of 2025' and I'm here to discuss it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzW...

I had the extraordinary privilege of speaking with Mircea Cărtărescu about his book Blinding which has just been published in the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6m8... We even filmed a little extra segment in the Penguin Classics library where he discussed some of his favourite books!

New video discussing Sarah Hall's extremely creative, thoughtful and unique recent novel "Helm": www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqdE...

Such a fun evening celebrating literature at the The Booker Prize ceremony! Vlog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ05...

New video on my end of the year reading plans: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl6f...

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...