SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jenni Fagan reads from ‘Hex’
An ambitious and powerfully poignant tale of one of the most turbulent moments in Scotland’s history, the north Berwick witch trials.
Read MorePodcast: Damian Barr's Literary Salon
Damian Barr’s Literary Salon tempts the world’s best writers to read exclusively from their latest greatest works and share their own personal stories. Star guests include: Jojo Moyes, John Waters, Yaa Gyasi, Mary Beard, Diana Athill and Louis de Bernières – all in front of a live audience at leading glamorous locations world-wide. Our London home is the Savoy. Suave Salonnière Damian Barr is your host.
Produced by Megan Bay Dorman and Russell Finch.
Abi Morgan WORLD PREMIERE, at the Literary Salon May 2022
Listen to a world premiere from the BAFTA and Emmy-winning writer of The Split, Suffragette and more
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Julie Owen Moylan reads from That Green Eyed Girl
Prepare for some sparkling literature that you need to read this summer. That Green Eyed Girl by Julie Owen Moylan has everything we love in a book: a character-driven plot, a dual timeline, and a mystery that gradually unfolds making for a page-turning novel. Ava is a young girl struggling to cope with an absent…
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Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart in conversation with Damian Barr, at the Literary Salon April 2022
EXTRA SPECIAL EPISODE ALERT! Enjoy this full-length Literary Salon with Douglas Stuart, hot-off-the-press! Last week we held a very special evening with Douglas in conversation with Damian at an in-person Salon in Brighton – it was an incredible conversation, and we’re still thinking about it. So join us as we celebrate Douglas’ brilliant new novel…
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Joanna Cannon reads from ‘A Tidy Ending’
If you love a whodunnit then we’ve got just the thing to satisfy that craving. A Tidy Ending by Joanna Cannon is a novel about Linda, an ordinary middle-aged housewife who keeps herself to herself. That is, until her husband Terry starts keeping strange hours just as a string of young women begin disappearing. There’s…
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Yasmin Cordery Khan reads from ‘Edgware Road’
You may have noticed the rise in popularity of compelling novels written across dual timelines. We say: the more the merrier! This week we’re spotlighting one such novel, Edgware Road. It explores the story of Khalid, an immigrant father and gambler who goes missing in 1981. In 2003, his daughter Alia, now a young academic…
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