The Literary Salon

Polly Samson reads from her second novel The Kindness. World premiere! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Gale returns to the Salon to read from his fabulous new novel A Place Called Winter. Recorded live at the glittering Mondrian Hotel in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Windham Campbell Prize winner Aminatta Forna reads from her new novel The Hired Man. Recorded live at the glittering Mondrian Hotel in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of our favourite moments from The Literary Salon. Colm Toíbín gives some home truths on how to write. "The only way to do it is to do it. The only way to work is to work. How do you write a novel? You write a novel. Why are you not doing it now. Go home." The full talk with Damian Barr available here: https://soundcloud.com/theliterarysalon/colm-toibin-the-literary-salon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clare Balding returns to the Salon to discuss her second book, Walking Home: My Family and Other Rambles. Delightful! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Novelist Chris Cleave returns to the Salon to read from his new novel as a work-in-progress (something he's never done before). EVERYONE BRAVE IS FORGIVEN sheds new light on London during WWII and promises to be heroically heart-breaking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

World premiere! SJ Watson reads from Second Life, the follow up to his hugely successful debut novel Before I Go To Sleep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Johnson MP reads for the very first time from his second book of memoirs Please, Mr Postman. Recorded live at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Mitchell reads from and talks about his new novel The Bone Clocks. Recorded live at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Esther Freud unveils her new novel Mr Mac and Me. Recorded live at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EXCLUSIVE: David Nicholls launched One Day at the Salon in 2009. Five years later he chose the Salon to premiere his new novel: Us. He gave a revealing interview at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel on April 14th but, very sadly, our tech kit failed. So, he invited us to the bolthole where he wrote his new novel and gave us this world exclusive reading. Apologies for the occasional snorts of laughter--we couldn't help ourselves, bet you can't either. You won't hear it anywhere else--just here. Enjoy. And thanks for listening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Armistead Maupin reads from his new novel and lets slip a very exciting bit of news! Recorded at Damian Barr's Literary Salon at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel as part of their exciting RLife LIVE cultural program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Patrick Gale gives an exclusive reading from his new novel in progress: A Place Called Winter. World premiere! Recorded at Damian Barr's Literary Salon at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel as part of their exciting RLife LIVE cultural program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kirsty Wark talks to Damian about her debut novel The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle. World premiere! Recorded at Damian Barr's Literary Salon at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel as part of their exciting RLife LIVE cultural program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Janice Galloway reads from her work and talks to Damian at Hendricks Carnival of Knowledge during the Edinburgh Festival Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices