Podcast: 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.
SALON EXCLUSIVE: Megan Nolan reads from ‘Acts of Desperation’
Welcome back listeners to a new year of unmissable books that we can’t wait to share with you. This week we’re bringing you a reading from Irish author Megan Nolan’s sensational novel Acts of Desperation – one of the biggest books of the year! In Megan’s visceral novel about love, loss and self-effacing obsession, she…
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Antti Tuomainen reads from ‘The Rabbit Factor’
The award-winning Finnish author and master of Scandi-noir reads from his dark new thriller
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: ‘In Every Mirror She’s Black’ by Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström
A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood.
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: ‘Lemon’ by Kwon Yeo-sun
Listen to this stirring extract from a multi-award winning author, read by the novel’s translator Janet Hong
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Spirit Engineer’ by A.J. West
Enjoy this extra special reading from actor Dickon Farmar of this brilliantly spooky new thriller
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Elodie Harper reads from ‘The Wolf Den’
Sold by her mother. Enslaved in Pompeii’s brothel. Determined to survive. Her name is Amara. Welcome to the Wolf Den… We’ve seen this book in just about every bookshop and we’re so glad to be hosting Elodie for an episode of the Literary Salon’s podcast. By day, Amara walks the streets with the Wolf Den’s…
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