A warm, bookish chat hosted by Donna Scott, joined by three brilliant authors — Melanie Bell, Shona Kinsella, and Helen Cooper — as they dive into summer reading habits, holiday book choices, airport fiction, fantasy favourites, and the strange modern trend of “raw‑dogging” flights.

This episode is cosy, funny, and full of great recommendations across fantasy, horror, crime, poetry, and literary fiction. Perfect whether you’re reading by the pool… or the swamp!

This episode covers: summer reading challenges (complete with childhood pizza prizes); holiday reading rituals from Kindles to chunky fantasy tomes and irresistible airport impulse buys; the way parenting reshapes summer reading time, the surprising truth behind WH Smith’s airport charts; the clash between bold block‑colour covers and fantasy prettiness; the joys of read ...