WELCOME TO THE FIRST IN MY SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BLOODY SCOTLAND DEBUT PRIZE SHORTLIST!

You can find out more about the Prize here: Shortlist revealed for the 2025 Debut Prize - Bloody Scotland

The Bookshops David recommends are:

1. Portobello Books - Books
2. Golden Hare Books - Golden Hare Books
3. The Edinburgh Bookshop - The Edinburgh Bookshop

The book David recommends is The Seventh Floor by David McCloskey.

You can read more on David's website here: DavidGoodman.net

You can find out more about Gethan Dick here: https://www.gethanandmyles.blogspot.com

The bookshop Gethan recommended is here: https://www.grandelibrairie.com

My Guest this week is Will Fraser. You can find out more about him here: Fugue State Films

The two book/films that Will recommended are:

1. Jack's return home/Get Carter

2. Dead Calm

Will's independent bookshop recommendation is Gloucester Road Books https://gloucesterroadbooks.com/

My guest this week is Lacy Fewer!

Her independent bookshop recommendation was Hodges Figgis in Dublin - Ireland's oldest bookshopHer book recommendations were:

1. Resilience - Jessie Close

2. Foster- Clare Keegan

This is probably my favourite episode of all time!

My guest this week is Simon Tolkien. You can find out more about him here: Simon Tolkien

My guest this week is Sarah Landenwich. You can find more about her here: Sarah Landenwich
Playlist for The Fire Concerto - Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto is the first track

Best Independent Bookshop - Carmichael's Bookstore

Recommended Read - Possession by A.S. Byatt: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41219.Possession

My guest this week is Flavia Brunetti. You can find out more about her work here: Flavi In Rome

The Independent Bookshops we talk about are:

1. Otherwise Bookshop in Rome Otherwise | Bookshop in Rome

2. Paperback Exchange in Florence Paperback

You can pre-order Flavia's book here: THE WEB OF TIME

My guest this week is Jane Corry. You can find out more about her work here: Jane Corry

The Independent Bookshop we talk about is Winstone Books: Winstone Books

You can pre-order Jane's book here: The Stranger in Room Six a book by Jane Corry.