Robin joins Antonia to talk about his dark, compelling second novel The Guest House, written in lockdown with a new baby. Along the way we talk representation, diversity, becoming the person you want to be and being the person you wish your child-self had been able to see - and musical theatre. Of course.I Wanna Dance with Somebody - Whitney HoustonGimme Gimme Gimme - ABBABills Bills Bills - Destiny's ChildHold On - AdeleSo Sorry - Lola YoungWe Don't Talk about Bruno from EncantoEx Wives - from Six the MusicalSay You'll Be There - Spice GirlsI Try - Macy GrayI will Follow Him - from the Sister Act soundtrackI'm Here - Cynthia Erivo, from The Color Purple soundtrackGood as Hell - Lizzo

Sarra joins Antonia to celebrate her latest novel, the warm, immersive and wonderful London, With Love. The Sarra Manning line takes us on a trip through Sarra’s prolific and enduring writing career, with stops at Just Seventeen, London before Crossrail, Noel Streatfeild, music, dogs, selecting great reads for Red Magazine and so many more. A joy.Jennifer She Said - Lloyd Cole and the CommotionsGirl VII - St EtienneWest End Girls - Pet Shop BoysWrapped Up In Books - Belle and SebastianMoving On Up - Primal ScreamLiza Minelli - Losing My MindBar Italia - PulpPerfect Day - Lou ReedRight Back Where We Started From - Maxine NightingaleWaterloo Sunset - The KinksLloyd, I’m Ready to be HeartbrokenTonight the Streets are Ours - Richard Hawley

Julie joins Antonia to talk about her beautiful debut novel, That Green Eyed Girl, about New York in the 1950s, about writing dreams and process and heartbreak - and answers openly and honestly the perennial question, What took you so long? A must-listen.I’m Coming Home - Tom JonesBeast of Burden - Rolling StonesYoung Americans - David BowieStreets of Fire - Bruce SpringsteenTrouble in Mind - Marianne FaithfullWhat Becomes of the Brokenhearted - Jimmy RuffinAin't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi TerrellMy Funny Valentine - Chet BakerSeventeen - Janis Ian23rd Street Lullaby - Patti ScialfaFour Tops - Reach OutBurce Springsteen - Stolen Car

Fiona ’s writing career, from journalism (Fiona was the last journalist in the UK to interview Michael Jackson before he died), to Faber Academy, to her fifth novel, Into The Dark, provides the framework for a far-reaching and wide-ranging conversation encompassing love, loss, fear, survival and joy. Join us xAlways Something There to Remind Me - Sandie ShawI Can See Clearly Now - Johnny NashLike a Prayer - MadonnaCarey - Joni MitchellAtomic - BlondieBillie Jean - Michael JacksonShine -Take ThatShallow - Bradley Cooper/Lady GagaTitanium - David Guetta fest. SiaThe Man Comes Around - Johnny CashSee you Again - Wiz Khalifa/Charlie PuthDancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen

Prolific novelist, OBE, the first female chair of the Royal Society of Literature, Professor of Creative Writing and champion of new writers Maggie Gee joins Antonia to talk about her fourteenth novel, The Red Children. This is a conversation about writing, longevity, disappointment, love, war and hope - but above all, it’s a chance to enjoy the company of a writing icon and beautiful human being. Join us xMack the Knife - Lottie Lenta Kurt Weill, sung by Lotte Lenta Sheep may safely graze - Bach, played by Leon Fleisher What a fool believes - Aretha FranklinJazzman by Carole King, TapestryUntil You Come back to me - Aretha FranklinBess, you is my woman now - Miles DavisMerry Christmas Mr Lawrence, instrumental - SakimotoBe thankful for what you’ve got - William Devaughn Summertime by Rebecca Ferguson. Do you want to dance? - Bette MidlerBenny and the Jets - Elton John Saturday in the Park - Chicago These Foolish Things - Thelonius Monk solo pianoOh Happy Day: Aretha Franklin, Live at New Bethel

Lewis’ human and superstar novelist Joanna Cannon joins Antonia to talk about her new novel, A Tidy Ending, about the beginning of her writing career, the joys and perils of early success, about resilience and perseverance and moving from writing as joy to writing as career. And, of course, the music. Please join us!These Boots - Nancy SinatraTo Sir With Love - LuluSpace Oddity - David BowieWelome Home - Peters, LeeDon’t Think Twice - Bob DylanTie A Yellow Ribbon - DawnBird on the Wire - Leonard CohenI do, I do, I do, I do, I do - ABBAAll Over The World - Françoise HardyTennessee Waltz - Eva CassidyAin’t That A Kick In The Head - Dean MartinI’m On My Way - The Proclaimers

Stephen joins Antonia to talk about his novel Sell Us The Rope, the novel Hilary Mantel wishes she had written. It’s 1907 and Stalin is in London for the 5th Congress of the Russian Communist Party… Sell Us The Rope is Stephen’s sixth novel - he’s been shortlisted for the Costa Novel Prize with Life! Death! Prizes! the title of which sums up this Book Club chat - except for the death bit, which we took out to make way for the punk rock and iconoclasm. Bring on the Booker.Dancing Queen- AbbaCloudbusting - Kate BushWaterloo Sunset - The KinksAlways on my Mind - Elvis PresleyHelp - The BeatlesDo Anything You Wanna Do - Eddie and the Hod RodsBurn the Heather - The Lounge SocietyLost Weekend - Lloyd Cole and the CommotionsSigh o’ the Times - PrinceSale of the Century - SleeperI feel love - Donna SummerPositively 4th Street - Bob DylanThe Emperor’s New Clothes - Sinéad O'Connor

Bestselling novelist Janice Hallett joins Antonia to talk about her phenomenally successful debut novel The Appeal, about how her life as a journalist and a screenwriter has fed into her work as a novelist, about how she uses music to trick herself into getting the writing done and about What Happens Now (including adapting her own work for the screen). Brand New Key - Melanie SafeTainted Love - Soft CellSave a Prayer - Duran DuranI Can’t Go For That - Hall and OatesBaby Driver - Simon and GarfunkelRather Be - Clean Bandit Fleetwood Mac - Little LiesThat’s Entertainment - The JamDo It Again - Steely DanHotel California - The EaglesAngie Baby - Helen ReddyWest End Girls - The Pet Shop Boys The Logical Song - Supertramps

Hannah joins Antonia to talk about The Codes of Love and its genesis as a short story, unlikeable characters, the importance of music, why we write (and why we don’t) and how we might just persuade ourselves to keep going.Tall Heights - Horse to WaterAngel Olsen - WindowsAne Brun - HaloAlvvays - Archie, Marry MeLaura Marling - GhostsFirst Aid Kit - EmmylouDaughter - CandlesEmily King - GeorgiaSufjan Stevens - Should Have Known BetterPhoebe Ryan - A Thousand WaysAlela Diane - EmigréLord Huron - The Night We Met

Laura Pearson, novelist and founder of The Motherload Book Club, brings a list of her favourite books to Book Club. We talk about titles, whether there’s a right time to write about disasters, the importance of small presses… We also talk about Laura’s own writing and her novels, Missing Pieces and Nobody’s Wife, and the life-changing turn of events in Laura’s own life that led to her third novel, I Wanted You To Know.Paperback Writer, The BeatlesGo Your Own Way, Fleetwood MacWatermelon Sugar, Harry StylesTrash, SuedeWake Up Boo, The Boo RadleysWe Didn’t Start the Fire, Billy JoelAlways Remember Us This Way, Lady GagaThunder Road, Bruce SpringsteenFamous Blue Raincoat, Leonard CohenFrank Mills, The LemonheadsNo Body No Crime, Taylor SwiftFast Car, Tracy Chapman