The wall of yellow roses has bloomed in my garden so I'm using them as a nice backdrop to talk about my experience of reading Lily King's "Heart the Lover": www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVNV...

ah lovely!

New video chatting about "A Guardian and a Thief", longlisted for the #WomensPrize for Fiction: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVAK...

@womensprize.bsky.social

New video discussing the Dublin Literary Award and the 2026 shortlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbcu...

@dublinlitaward.bsky.social #DLA26

I really enjoyed "Taiwan Travelogue" from @andotherstories.bsky.social for its gentle nature and intelligent examination of colonialism, translation and the culture of food! It made me so hungry!

More of my thoughts here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsoD...

New video chatting about the shortlist for the 2026 Climate Fiction Prize which includes a recent favourite novel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR8O...

New video chatting about the longlist for the 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tmv...

Chatting about "Gloria Don't Speak" by Lucy Apps and being a quiet person: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOkT...

The 2026 International Booker Prize longlist has been announced!

Here I discuss this group of books and each title: www.youtube.com/watch?v=942Z...

I had a great chat with George Saunders about his new novel Vigil: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xyu...

Here are the 16 books on the 2026 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction longlist! What have you read from the list? What do you want to read?

A new video is up where I discuss this year's prize and each of these titles: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CDY...

5 big books I'm planning to read in 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RmW...

Sad to hear about the passing of great Latvian author Nora Ikstena who I once interviewed in London. 🇱🇻

Her excellent novel "Soviet Milk" made such a big impact upon me! Here I discuss the book while making my family's Latvian bacon & onion roll recipe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRxb...

Here are 12 classic books I'm looking forward to reading in 2026: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UMx...

Here are my favourite books that I read in 2025!

Watch me discuss why these titles are so impactful and memorable: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxo-...

New video discussing the shortlists for the 2025 Nero Book Awards: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwtA...

New video looking through the ultimate best books of 2025 list: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pIr...

Chatting about 8 books from 2025 that deserve more attention: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQtj...

The NY Times just posted their '10 best books of 2025' and I'm here to discuss it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvzW...

I had the extraordinary privilege of speaking with Mircea Cărtărescu about his book Blinding which has just been published in the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6m8...

We even filmed a little extra segment in the Penguin Classics library where he discussed some of his favourite books!

New video discussing Sarah Hall's extremely creative, thoughtful and unique recent novel "Helm": www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqdE...

Such a fun evening celebrating literature at the The Booker Prize ceremony!

Vlog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ05...

New video on my end of the year reading plans: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl6f...

Chatting about some new books I'm eager to read: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddxb...

New video chatting about the 2025 Booker Prize shortlist & predicting a winner with Bob: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut-j...

New video chatting about RTE's 10 best Irish books of 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkgk...

New video discussing the 2025 Goldsmiths Prize shortlist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1I8...

Chatting about the changing seasons and stepping out of the flow of time with Solvej Balle's "On the Calculation of Volume": www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkQd...

Reacting to the 2025 Nobel Prize for Literature announcement: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBTS...

#NobelPrize

5 Classic Books TBR Before the End of 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4OY...