Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

Mar 05 2025 262 ep. 29 mins 1.5k
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Simon Mayo and Matt Williams invite the world's finest authors in for a chat.

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Scott Turow Q&A

Mar 05 2025 17 mins  
Simon and Matt ask lawyer turned bestselling author, Scott Turow, questions about his processes and favourite authors. As well as learning about how he writes - and where - we also find out who he would invite to his fantasy dinner party. There's also a surprise question from a global superstar author! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Turow

Feb 26 2025 39 mins  
Lawyer turned bestselling author, Scott Turow, joins Simon and Matt for a chat about his new novel, 'Presumed Guilty' (the sequel to his 1987 masterpiece, 'Presumed Innocent') Scott joins us down the line from Florida and discusses writing an 'older' protagonist, the soothing components of jazz music, Keith Jarrett and how much legalise is too much legalise. This episode comes

Jojo Moyes Q&A

Feb 18 2025 23 mins  
The international bestselling author Jojo Moyes joins Simon and Matt for a Q&A. She gives us some great book recommendations, tells us a little about her reading and writing habits - and we find out who she'd invite to her fantasy dinner party. Lisa Jewell also makes a surprise appearance - to ask Jojo a question about being more sinister! You can hear more from Jojo on our p

Jojo Moyes

Feb 12 2025 37 mins  
International bestselling sensation, Jojo Moyes, returns to the podcast to tell us about her new novel. Simon and Matt talk to her about writing nasty characters, whether it's harder to come up with plots seventeen books in, and how she may have accidentally based a character on David Soul, who she met 30 odd years ago! More on the book: Lila Kennedy has a lot on her plate. A

Simon Mayo Q&A

Feb 05 2025 31 mins  
This week, we put broadcasting legend and bestselling author Simon Mayo under the Q&A spotlight. Marianna Spring joins Matt Williams as our guest host, and asks about Simon's writing process, inspirations - and who he would invite to his fantasy dinner party. There's also a surprise question from fellow author and broadcaster, Tom Bradby! Learn more about your ad choices. Visi

Simon Mayo

Jan 29 2025 38 mins  
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 superstar co-host Marianna Spring to the studio, who steps into the Mayo shoes and, along with Matt, interviews Broadcaster and Author Simon Mayo about his new novel, 'Black Tag'. They talk about about his inspirations for the book, why he has brought

Miguel Delaney Q&A

Jan 21 2025 18 mins  
Simon and Matt put a range of questions to our special guest, the author and sports journalist Miguel Delaney. They ask about his favourite authors, which books he's jealous of and wished he'd written, his writing processes - especially when touring so much - and who he'd invite to his fantasy dinner party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Miguel Delaney

Jan 15 2025 45 mins  
Miguel Delaney is no stranger to writing about sport, or indeed football, as he is the Chief Football Writer for The Independent. In his new book, States Of Play, he looks at the incredibly interesting (and controversial) topic of Sportswashing. Simon and Matt find out more what this means, how it is affecting sport (especially football) and what Miguel has found out from his m

Michael Connelly Q&A

Dec 17 2024 19 mins  
Michael Connelly joins Simon and Matt for a bonus Q&A episode. He talks about his writing processes, inspirations, favourite authors -and who he would invite to his fantasy dinner party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Connelly

Dec 11 2024 41 mins  
Simon and Matt welcome international bestselling author Michael Connelly to Books Of The Year. They discuss his new book The Waiting, as well as his inspirations, Los Angeles basements, the constant nagging of an author's head and how he feels about Bosch getting older. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices