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This week, Bare Books Podcast is reviewing a book so new, it’s not even finished yet! The exciting outpouring of ideas, an unfinished storyline, unedited and full of possibilities. Steele by Sally Edwards is a blend of a strong lesbian lead, disabilities and a hint of LA Law meets NCIS. From these great beginnings we’re looking forward to Steele being finished and released towards the end of ...

This week on Bare Books Podcast we are joined by Jeanette Taylor Ford who is talking about her writing, her background and her book Jealousy is Murder.  She is a natural chatterbox with a sense of humour, and we’re amazed how entertaining it can be talking to a total stranger for half an hour, that magically turned into like two and a half hours.

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For your information, this is quite an adulty type episode, you might want to skip listening with your little people!

For those of us who haven’t seen Dans stage routine, his own personal hybrid of comedy and poetry, this book is the next best thing. It’s a mixture of the snippets of life and observations that inspire the poetry, woven around the poems t...

This week on Bare Books Podcast we are joined by Meara O’Hara who is talking to us about her book, The Wanderess and her Suitcase, A memoir. This is a true story, told in a captivatingly honourable fashion. It takes a certain kind of person to be able to tell their story without muddying the waters and telling someone else's story in the process.

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This week on Bare Books Podcast we are joined by Victoria Holmes who is talking to us about her book, Poptastic. Bridesmaiding is a tedious business at the best of times, but as Julia discovers, the task is particularly cumbersome when one of the brides is your ex and her fiancée won’t stop sulking about it.

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Only one week to go before the big reveal!

So who is your indie author download winner of season 1?

From the very second this episode is aired, we are counting every single download for each author… up until Monday teatime at 5 o’clock sharp. That’s bank holiday Monday at 5 sharp… So vote with your feet as they say… ...

Huge thanks to all of you for your support of this podcast and our endeavour to highlight and amplify indie authors. Thanks also to all the amazing authors who agreed to reviews and interviews and took a leap of faith in our new venture.  We are delighted to be able to announce your download winner in this episode. You are awesome! 

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Join us each week along with a new guest indie author chatting about their book.  Taking a peek behind the story lines, the characters and the inspiration. To say we enjoy these conversations is such an understatement.  We love getting the skinny from the authors themselves. Not that we’re nosy or anything, much!

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we are interviewing and getting to know Damien Linnane. In late 2015 he spent time in prison for a crime the sentencing magistrate described as vigilante justice. Someone close to him was sexually assaulted and he firebombed her attacker's house. While he was in prison he wrote the crime thriller novel, Scarred, by hand. it does contain violence, and had he been caught writing it, it would have been considered contrab...

An interesting chat getting to know Tina Marie.

She has written a comedy romance suspense book called One Moonlit Night. Tina overcame criticism and doubt to write this book, and all credit to her for taking back her power and doing what she wanted to do.  this book is the first part of The Moonlit Trilogy, and we can't wait to see what comes next.  Taking a peek behind the story line, the characters and the inspiration, to say we...

Join us as we chat to Bob Sharp this week about his book Alfred Jones & Son, Bros. Bob has a wonderful natural rhetoric reminiscent of the Irish and their gift of storytelling. Not many writers could combine 600 years of death and soul collecting with innocent naïveté in the same character and make it believable! Funny, dark, paranormal and quirky about sums this one up. An excellent read. 

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Join us as we chat to Drew Neary and Ceri Williams this week about their book The Clockmaker A supernatural novel set in post-blitz Scotland. This is the first book of their up and coming series. Our first co-author interview and very happy to report that they have a natural and easy writing relationship, slowed down but not beaten by Covid 19. 

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Join us as we chat to Liane Carmen this week about her book Where The Truth Hides A domestic suspense page-turner with a twist. A story in its own right and a prequel to her Investigation Duo Series, the first of which is The Dark Inheritance out later this year.

Becky Morgan has a life most women would envy until a car accident lands her in the hospital. She insists she’s fine, but it quickly becomes cl...

Join us as we chat to Elizabeth Thomas this week about her book Ardens Act.

In 1661, Arden West runs away from an abusive Puritan stepfather with the goal of becoming one of the first actresses of the London stage. One of the first people she meets is the jaded and sensual aristocrat Robert Courtenay, and sparks fly hot and fast between them. Will he help or harm her new career? Will she give up her que...

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As regular listeners will know, Bare Books Podcast introduces indie authors to their readers.  It’s all about the writing. We love that we get to amplify and highlight Indie authors and their work. We meet and talk to authors that paint their written words a very different colour through conversation. And as wonderful as all ...

In this episode we chat to Leesa Wright about her book Operation Amethyst.

A Marine's toughest challenge is to protect a sweet and sour force of nature, whether she likes it or not. Can he protect her in a dangerous shell game until he can take her home?

Taking a peek behind the story lines, the characters and the inspiration is always a joy.

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