The TRE Bookshow. TRE’s Hannah Murray catches up top authors, to discuss their latest releases 13/02/2026

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. 

Rebecca Anderson's writing explores sex, relationships, friendships and mental health, which she tackles with honesty and humour. Her latest novel 'Galentine's Day' is about three friends who get together for a sleep over every year on Galentine's Day (13th February) until, after thirteen years, only two of them turn up...

Matt Baker is a television screenwriter best-known for creating ITV series Hotel Portafino. His debut novel 'A Taste for Murder' is about widowed DCI Joe Mottram, who spend a summer on Capri to reconnect with his teenage daughter, until a body of a British tourist is found. Matt is currently writing the accompanying TV series featuring stars from Downton Abbey and The Crown. 

June O'Sullivan is an Irish author originally from Limerick. She now lives on an island off County Kerry. 'The Sky is Not Enough' is about an Irish woman who was more famous that Amelia Earhart, yet today, few know her name. Lady Mary Heath was a global icon in the 1920s as Britain's first commercial pilot and the first woman to parachute from a plane. 

...

Guy Lloyd is the International Sales manager for Penguin Random House. He joins us once a month to talk all things books. This month he does a review of book sales in 2025, looks ahead at 2026 as the national Year of Reading, and pays tribute to the late Sophie Kinsella and Joanna Trollope 

Bianca Gillam is a London-based author and armchair expert on 80s and 90s Rom Coms. She formerly worked in publishing, and was inspired by the books she published to write her own. 'Off Script' is an unputdownable forced proximity, second chance romance

Fiona McCann was born in Cork, with summers spent on Sherkin Island, West Cork, where the quiet beauty of the place made a lasting impression. She met her husband when she was ten - he lived around the corner - and they began dating at 18. Her latest novel 'Love & Other Liabilities' was inspired by her childhood holidays and is a heartwarming tale about finding joy where you least expect it