The TRE Bookshow. TRE’s Hannah Murray catches up with top authors, to discuss their latest releases 21/08/25
Aug 26, 12:37 PM
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Hannah Murray will start by looking at the bestseller lists on Amazon.co.uk and The Sunday Times, the oldest and most influential book sales chart in the UK, and seeing what new entries there are.
Guy Lloyd is the International Sales Manager at Penguin Random House, and joins us once a month to talk all things books. Among other things, this month he's talking about Penguin's 90th anniversary this year, Jane Austen's 250th anniversary celebrations, Saucy books in Notting Hill, only sell romance books, and Bradley Wiggins' autobiography
Caroline James is the celebrated author of later-life fiction, with her vibrant storytelling stemming from her colourful career. She used to own a lively pub, then a charming country house hotel. As a media agent, she worked closely with celebrity chefs, giving her an insider's perspective on the glitz, glamour, and grit of the culinary world. In her latest novel 'The Cruise Club' you can set sail on the Diamond Star for sunshine, romance, and just a little bit of mischief
Alice Fitzpatrick has contributed short stories to literary magazines and anthologies, and has recently retired from teaching in order to devote herself to writing full-time. Her summers spent with her Welsh family in Pembrokeshire inspired the creation of Meredith Island. The first book in the series is 'A Dark Death'
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Imogen Edwards-Jones is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, novelist and screenwriter. She wrote the hugely successful Babylon series, which has sold 1.5 million copies in the UK. She has teamed up with James Patterson, one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time, to write 'The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe', which tells the extraordinary story of her life, and the shocking circumstances of her death.
Menna van Praag was born in Cambridge and studied Modern History at Oxford University. She lives in Cambridge and sets her novels among the colleges, cafes and bookshops of the city. Her Magical Cambridge Collection, consisting of five novels, most recently 'The Patron Saint of Lost Souls' are love letters to the cobbled streets and quirky shops of Cambridge, an enchanting blend of everyday whimsy, the love stories of very human characters, and a joyful dash of magic.
Virginia Evans attended James Madison University for her Bachelor's in English Literature. After starting a family, she went back to school for her Master's of Philosophy in Creative Writing at Trinity College, Dublin. 'The Correspondent' is an emotional, uplifting story about great joys, small tragedies, and unexpected second chances. In her letters to family and friends we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp: stubborn, Cantankerous, opinionated, always steadfast in her belief in the power of the written word.
Guy Lloyd is the International Sales Manager at Penguin Random House, and joins us once a month to talk all things books. Among other things, this month he's talking about Penguin's 90th anniversary this year, Jane Austen's 250th anniversary celebrations, Saucy books in Notting Hill, only sell romance books, and Bradley Wiggins' autobiography
Caroline James is the celebrated author of later-life fiction, with her vibrant storytelling stemming from her colourful career. She used to own a lively pub, then a charming country house hotel. As a media agent, she worked closely with celebrity chefs, giving her an insider's perspective on the glitz, glamour, and grit of the culinary world. In her latest novel 'The Cruise Club' you can set sail on the Diamond Star for sunshine, romance, and just a little bit of mischief
Alice Fitzpatrick has contributed short stories to literary magazines and anthologies, and has recently retired from teaching in order to devote herself to writing full-time. Her summers spent with her Welsh family in Pembrokeshire inspired the creation of Meredith Island. The first book in the series is 'A Dark Death'
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Imogen Edwards-Jones is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, novelist and screenwriter. She wrote the hugely successful Babylon series, which has sold 1.5 million copies in the UK. She has teamed up with James Patterson, one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time, to write 'The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe', which tells the extraordinary story of her life, and the shocking circumstances of her death.
Menna van Praag was born in Cambridge and studied Modern History at Oxford University. She lives in Cambridge and sets her novels among the colleges, cafes and bookshops of the city. Her Magical Cambridge Collection, consisting of five novels, most recently 'The Patron Saint of Lost Souls' are love letters to the cobbled streets and quirky shops of Cambridge, an enchanting blend of everyday whimsy, the love stories of very human characters, and a joyful dash of magic.
Virginia Evans attended James Madison University for her Bachelor's in English Literature. After starting a family, she went back to school for her Master's of Philosophy in Creative Writing at Trinity College, Dublin. 'The Correspondent' is an emotional, uplifting story about great joys, small tragedies, and unexpected second chances. In her letters to family and friends we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp: stubborn, Cantankerous, opinionated, always steadfast in her belief in the power of the written word.