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Bestsellers

Phil Williams and Natalie Jamieson

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Frequency: 1 episode/18d. Total Eps: 108

Phil Williams and Natalie Jamieson interview the world's biggest selling writers of fiction, non-fiction, sport, cookery, children's and biography books. These are big selling, easy to read books you'll love. Featuring writers who've sold millions and uncovering gems from new talent.

Each episode will feature a writer who'll read an extract of their book to you, discuss it with Phil & Natalie and also give their recommendations for other books to read.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - Books
30/09/2025
#91
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Books
29/08/2025
#79
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Books
21/08/2025
#87
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Books
20/08/2025
#95
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Books
25/07/2025
#79
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Books
23/06/2025
#59
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Books
15/06/2025
#90
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Books
11/03/2025
#100
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Books
03/01/2025
#87
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Books
04/12/2024
#97

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https://ko-fi.com/bestsellerspodcast
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Hetty Lui McKinnon

Season 7 · Episode 9

Thursday, December 5, 2024 • Duration 01:16:02

Our final episode of Season 7 is a cookbook special. But TENDERHEART is so much more than just a cook book. It's Hetty Lui McKinnon's way of processing the loss of her father aged just 15. He was the fruit n veg man, the father who left crates of exciting fresh produce in the hallway for his children to investigate. And now a parent herself to teenage boys, Hetty uses her brand new vegetarian and vegan recipes combined with an autobiographical narrative, to share her love of vegetables with us alongside the legacy of family dishes cooked at home.

This is a labour of love and for once Phil agrees with Natalie: This is a cookbook you can also read as a book!

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John Boyne

Season 7 · Episode 8

Thursday, November 28, 2024 • Duration 58:19

This week's episode is the multi best selling Irish writer, John Boyne. You will almost certainly have read The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas or The Heart's Invisible Furies and the latest venture for John is a quarter of books which he's been releasing every six months. Next year, he'll release them in one compendium called The Elements. But hot on the heels of Water and Earth, comes Fire: a disturbing novella which looks at child sexual exploitation from the point of view of a female abuser of young boys.

During our conversation, John explains that the idea for this quarter of books came after he himself was inspired to report his own abuse at the hands of one of his teachers to Police, following a high profile trial of a different abuser in Ireland.

He hopes this book - whilst a work of fiction - might help others to come forward and report their abuse.

Trigger Warning: Whilst this episode does not talk in detail about sexual abuse, there is conversation about John's first hand experience of abuse and the reporting process he went through. But there's no description of the abuse that took place and neither is there any description of the abuse depicted in the novel.

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Books of the Year 2024

Season 7 · Episode 7

Thursday, November 21, 2024 • Duration 36:43

Here are Phil and Natalie's Books of the Year for 2024.

Five picks each. You'll find all of them with links to buy each book on our website

Thanks so much for listening. Please remember to rate, review and subscribe to our podcast and don't forget to subscribe to our mailing list on our website, to hear about Season 8 exclusively...!

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Nikki May

Season 7 · Episode 6

Thursday, November 14, 2024 • Duration 01:04:51

This episode has it all - writing yourself into fiction, being inspired by classic literature, the joy and benefits of being a bit spiky, oh, and there is a fair amount of swearing in this. As an added bonus - depending on your point of view - Nat and Phil also divulge their favourite swear words at the end of the ep... This Motherless Land is Nikki May's story inspired by Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, but takes it to a totally different place and time and feeling. It's a joy to read and Nikki is a joy to spend time with!

Find out more about this season and Nikki's recommendations at www.bestsellerspodcast.co

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Winter Reads 2024!

Season 7 · Episode 5

Thursday, November 7, 2024 • Duration 44:39

This episode is devoted to Nat and Phil's recommendations of additional books they've been loving, or that are at the top of their to-be-read pile! Choices include a love story, a thriller or two, a decent pick of celebrity memoirs (with valid reasons given!), a cookbook with soul, and a book for adults that happens to be written as if it's a kids picture book. Hope you find something in here to tickle your reading fancy... and if you enjoy this episode please rate, review and subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help other listeners discover their next favourite author too!

*spoiler here's the list*

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino

My Name is Barbra - the audiobook - read by Barbra Streisand

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

From Here to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti (a double recommendation from Jason Rekulak as well!)

The Man of Her Dreams by Sarra Manning

If Nick Drake Came to My House - Mackenzie Crook

The Waiting by Michael Connelly

Tenderheart by Hetty Lui McKinnon

For more recommendations and book joy, head to www.bestsellerspodcast.com

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Kate Mosse

Season 7 · Episode 4

Thursday, October 31, 2024 • Duration 01:07:07

There's a lot of juiciness to this episode - from how books are marketed, to the amount of research needed for historical fiction, and letting creativity flow where it needs to, which might just lead an author to the stage, or the QE2... Kate Mosse has achieved so much already and we loved being steeped in the history of her Joubert family as their story concludes in The Map of Bones - but - as ever, it doesn't matter if you're new to her stories or a longtime fan, hopefully we've got you covered!

If you like our series, please do rate and review it on Apple Podcasts! And to check out past episodes and author's recommendations of further books to dive into, just go to www.bestsellerspodcast.com

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Bestsellers Live at Chiltern Kills

Season 7 · Episode 3

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 • Duration 46:45

Phil & Natalie were delighted to return to Chiltern Kills this year. The crime festival which raises funds for the homeless is in its second year, organised by writers Tony Kent and Paul Waters. Its a beautiful day out where crime fiction fans get to genuinely mingle with their print heroes.

Some things you need to know before listening:

*At the beginning every time we tried to introduce a guest, Tony Kent walked out onto stage, hence the laughter!

*Whilst we were doing our session, Jeffrey Archer was on the other stage, hence there's some references to him made by our author guests.

Our panel was just fabulous this year: Erin Kelly, Vaseem Khan, Tony Kent and C.L. Taylor (who you'll hear referred to as Callie in the chat)

Enjoy the live edition and we'll link to the authors' recommendations on our website bestsellerspodcast.com

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Sir Ian Rankin

Season 7 · Episode 2

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 • Duration 01:08:26

Phil and Natalie are delighted to welcome Sir Ian Rankin to BestSellers in the week where his new Rebus - the 25th Rebus thriller - goes straight in at No.1 in the Sunday Times Top Ten Hardback Fiction chart. In this ep, Ian talks about how hard this book was to write; why he's a frustrated Rock Star and why he's attracted to the darker side of the human condition.

You'll also find the books he recommends from other writers at our website: bestsellerspodcast.com

Enjoy!

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Jason Rekulak's Back!

Season 7 · Episode 1

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 • Duration 01:14:02

Can you believe it...? Not only are Phil and Natalie back for season SEVEN (cue Len Goodman impressions) but we have also been double nominated at this year's Independent Podcast Awards in Best Books and Best Arts & Crafts Categories.

Thank You for all of your support, virtual coffees on Ko-Fi and subscribing and downloading our podcast. It means a lot.

Enough Gushing! We're Back with a returning writer. A man whom we both love very much. It's the wonderfully modest Jason Rekulak. His new thriller sees a father receive a phone call from a daughter he hasn't spoken to for a few years, to say she's getting married. What he doesn't realise is that she's marrying the son of a billionaire and this wedding is dripping in wealth and weirdness in equal amounts...! It's such fun, will keep you guessing and you can hear Jason describe how he spent ages writing and re-writing the beginning of this novel so that he got it right; why film and tv rights can be such a laborious process and why he's doing it for the Dads...!

Enjoy. And can you help us by rating us, reviewing us and subscribing if you haven't already please. Thank you SO much.

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Tim Booth

Season 6 · Episode 7

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 • Duration 01:22:35

Tim Booth, yes that Tim Booth, singer with the band James, has a lot to say about writing his first fiction novel. He's well aware of the clichés about rock star books and is here to address them all. Nothing was off limits, so there's talk of sex and drugs and rock'n'roll, but also vulnerability and confidence and truth'n'lies. The genesis for the story came 28 years ago, but the catalyst was an LA writing group that frankly could make up the subject of an entirely different book! It's a thoughtful discussion but does get a bit sweary - goes with the rock band territory - just in case you've got young kids listening nearby.

Find Tim's reading recommendations and all past episodes of Bestsellers at www.bestsellerspodcast.com

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