Talking Books with Suzie Wilde & Tim O'Kelly

Talking Books with Suzie Wilde & Tim O'Kelly

Published author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly explore their love of books, the joy of stories and the craft of writing from inside Tim's independent book shop in Petersfield. Petersfield's Shine Radio makes a new edition of Talking Books on the second Monday of each month. Contact Suzie and Tim via email at team@shineradio.uk or call 01730 555 500.

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July 19, 2026 44 mins

Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

We are joined this month by Louise Morrish, author and bookseller and Piper Knight, storyteller and encourager of young writers,  The interview is with Kitty Kettle, author of speculative fiction that explores power dynamics, grief and the human cost of control and technology.

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Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

We are joined this month by Lucy Foley and Kate Lord Brown.  Lucy was doing an event at One Tree Books and Suzie manged to get a short interview with her.  Kate Lord Brown has recently published her book The Silver Thread and Suzie discusses this with her.

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May 16, 2026 47 mins

Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

We are joined by Izzy Broom who talks about her book The House of Hidden letters which takes place on a Greek island.  We are also joined by Jenny Uglow who is talking about Gilbert White and his lifelong observations. Why soldiers took copies into the trenches.

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April 18, 2026 39 mins

Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

We are joined by Louise Morrish who is an author, bookseller, creative writing tutor, and historical speaker from Hampshire and librarian! Louise has always been interested in women’s history, particularly stories of real women who did extraordinary things in the past, but whom his...

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March 15, 2026 38 mins

Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

Is the Petersphere ready for spicy romance? Tim and I say Yes: but is it a korma or full vindaloo? We are joined this month by three fabulous writers of Romance with a touch of spice: Pippa Nixon, Emma Rae and Gemma Morr. They were at One Tree Books for a live event that was  hugely...

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March 2, 2026 33 mins

Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

We are joined by Michael Arnold, author of The Savage Isle and now the sequel, The River Warriors –Britannia, 42AD. The wild island at the fringe of the known world is in chaos. He has a great way of bringing the English Civil War to life … Back this up with great prose, mag...

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January 18, 2026 38 mins

Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

We are joined in person by Pushpinder Khaneka, a journalist who has worked for the Guardian, the Observer, the Independent, ITN and ABC radio and he has written a glorious guide to the best books from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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December 20, 2025 42 mins

Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

A zoom guest this month – Ian Skewis who chats about how he’s become a publisher and what, why, when and where all royalties are going (it’s a charity).
We are joined in person by Sally, Dorota and Anna from the bookshop.

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November 16, 2025 38 mins

Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

One Tree books are back in their premises from the 1st of the month so there is much to celebrate. This month there is no guest but as Michael Arnold has been selected for the Times Book of the Year, we are repeating part of his interview.

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October 12, 2025 29 mins

Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

This month their guest is William Shaw who is promoting his book The Red Shore, a new departure in that it is set in the west country.

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September 18, 2025 29 mins

Local author Suzie Wilde and Tim O'Kelly of One Tree Books immerse you in a monthly indulgence of literature, storytelling and the world of books.

This month their guest is Kate Lord Brown who knows Petersfield well. She speaks to Suzie in Madeline's Delicatessen on Lavant Street about her latest novel, The Golden Hour.

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August 10, 2025 48 mins

We have two guests in this month's Talking Books.  First is the renowned actor Anton Lesser, famous for roles in Theatre, Film and TV. He talks about his upcoming show about Thomas Hardy in Winchester. Ed Davey launches his book 'Why I Care.' Tim is back to talk about One Tree Books' move across the street and to give his recommendations for the month.

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July 20, 2025 36 mins

This months Talking Books is a little different as Tim is somewhat preoccupied with getting his temporary shop up and running after the fire in Lavant Street.  Suzie had booked an interview with Roger Morgan-Grenville and that is the main feature of this months edition.

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June 15, 2025 38 mins

This month we are playing the second half of the interview with Thomas Harding, a prizewinning Guardian columnist and bestselling author discussing his illustrated book "The House on the Canal".

Tim is away this month but Suzie, Sally and Anna focus on their best summer reads.

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May 18, 2025 44 mins

We have two guests this month, Thomas Harding, a prizewinning Guardian columnist and bestselling author, whose books have been translated into twenty languages, and Izzy Barret, who is an illustrator based in West Sussex, and a recent Illustration graduate from UCA Farnham.

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April 13, 2025 41 mins

Our guest this month is Ally Sherrick, prize-winning author of rip-roaring historical adventures.  Ally launched her latest book, Rebel Heart at Farnham last week. With actual cavaliers!

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March 18, 2025 43 mins

The guest author this month is the hugely popular writer, Michael Arnold, best known for his Civil War Chronicles.  As usual, Tim and Suzie discuss all the latest book news and events to look out for.

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February 15, 2025 38 mins

This month’s guest is Niall Edworthy, who has been writing for 30 years, mainly as a ghost writer but also on his own account. He has now set up his own publishing operation and explains why to Suzie.

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January 19, 2025 38 mins

In this edition Suzie, Tim and the team review their best books of 2024 as well as what is coming up shortly.

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December 15, 2024 46 mins

Suzie and Tim discuss books for Christmas and there are interviews with Tom Parker-Bowles, author of Cooking and the Crown and Petroc Trelawny, Radio 3 presenter and author of Trelawny's Cornwall, a Journey through Western Lands

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