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Fantasy novelist Nicholas Eames visits the Audible Studios to discuss his debut novel, Kings of the Wyld: The Band. It follows a group of retired warriors who decide to get the band back together for one last mission.

Exclusive to Audible. Alex Marwood visits the Audible studios to talk about her novels: The Wicked Girls, The Killer Next Door and latest release The Darkest Secret.

Maajid Nawaz joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios for an exclusive interview. Maajid Nawaz is the author of Radical, an Amazon number one best-selling memoir which details his journey into and out of Islamic extremism. Maajid was imprisoned in Egypt for his involvement with the Islamist activist group Hizb ut-Tahrir; the four years he spent inside changed his views immeasurably.

Joining us at Audible Studios is Candice Carty-Williams, senior marketing executive at Vintage books and author of Queenie. Queenie is a relatable, darkly comic take on a Jamaican-British woman living in London trying to recover from a messy breakup, gain some attention among all the white middle class peers at her newspaper job and, most of all, fit into two different cultures. We spoke about her motivations for writing Queenie, her career, the lack of diversity in publishing and what she is planning on doing next.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to talk about her book The Tattooist of Auschwitz is Australian writer Heather Morris. Whilst working as a social work administrator, Heather Morris studied and wrote screenplays. After meeting an elderly man called Lale Sokolov, Heather used his story as inspiration for a screenplay, which has now been published as a novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Heather Morris talks to us about her book, the man who inspired it and what we can expect from her next.

Tom Conti joins us in the Audible Studios to discuss his role as Hercule Poirot in Audible's new audio drama of Murder on the Orient Express. Well known on stage and screen, Tom speaks to Robin about what makes Poirot such a captivating detective and how he put his own stamp on the character and tells us a bit about what it's like recording an audio drama.

Self-help expert Jamie Smart joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss the writing and narrating processes for his books.

Jill Mansell is the author of over 20 bestselling novels, including Falling for You, Kiss and Solo. She joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest novel, You, Me and Always, her writing career, and her unconventional use of the yellow pages.

Jackie Kabler is a much-loved television presenter and reporter, who has worked on GMTV, ITN News, BBC and now QVC. She has most recently turned her hand to writing crime novels, and the first two books in her Cora Baxter mystery series are available on Audible. She joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to tell us more.

Dreda Say Mitchell visits the Audible Studios; she is a novelist, broadcaster, journalist and champion of education for working class children. She talks about her upcoming crime series which follows one family over forty years on an East London estate - the first book in the series is called Blood Sister.

Rula Lenska, who is portraying Princess Dragomiroff in Audible's new audio drama of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss this adaptation. Rula tells Robin about the character of The Princess and why Murder on the Orient Express has such enduring appeal today. They also discuss Rula’s 40 year career as an actress, being a success on both stage and screen.

Internationally acclaimed violinist Min Kym visits the Audible Studios to tell Robin Morgan more about her new book, Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung. After being accepted at the Purcell School of Music at just seven years old, winning multiple honours and prizes and performing with the world's leading orchestras, Min Kym is certainly fulfilling her enormous potential. But it wasn't always that simple. Gone is the story of the intense bond an artist forms with their one "true" instrument....

Paul Cornell joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss his latest novel in the Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? series. Paul Cornell is best known for his work on the BBC television programme Doctor Who. A dedicated fan who worked his way up from fan fiction to eventually writing for the show itself, Cornell is also the creator of Bernice Summerfield, the companion to the 7th Doctor with a spinoff line of books and audio plays that go back 20 years.

The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss his memoir Cured: The Tale of Two Imaginary Boys.

Louis de Bernières, the author of the 1994 best seller Captain Corelli's Mandolin, joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to talk about his latest work, Blue Dog, which is available to download as an audiobook now from Audible. It's a young adult book with appeal for all ages.

Sabine Durrant, former assistant editor of The Guardian, former literary editor at The Sunday Times and author of the new thriller Lie With Me which has been described as ‘classy, clever and shocking’ joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to talk about her new book.

Audible's Robin Morgan talks to Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, about the audio version of his book The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking and the Future of the Global Economy.

In this exclusive interview, actor and producer Greg Wise and voice artist Rose Smith join us to discuss the release of Not That Kind of Love. A memoir coauthored by Clare and Greg Wise, it proves to be a surprisingly humorous and life-affirming book about life, death, love and cancer. We talk to Greg and Rose about the writing and recording process of the audiobook, their relationship with Clare, their favourite memories of her and the reasons why they choose to celebrate her life instead of mourn her passing.

Kaite Welsh is an Edinburgh-based journalist, author and critic who writes a regular column on LGBT issues for The Daily Telegraph as well as making multiple appearances on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. She has been referred to as the exciting new voice in historical crime, and she visits the Audible Studios to talk about her first book, The Wages of Sin, set in the dark belly of the Victorian era in 19th-century Edinburgh.

Author, actress, blogger and vlogger Giovanna Fletcher joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to discuss her first nonfiction book, Happy Mum, Happy Baby.