BOOKS AND SPOKEN WORD
Paris in the Spring
One thing that becomes apparent when you listen to Paris Lees talk is that she’s a survivor. In fact, what...
Blake Auden – Interview
Amassing more than 170k Instagram followers, the majority of whom have discovered his words of comfort and inspiration during lockdown,...
Tristan Gooley the Natural Navigator – interview
Tristan Gooley, to my knowledge the world’s only professional Natural Navigator, has just spent an enraptured morning studiously examining Brighton...
Damian Barr’s Literary Salon: It’s a Sin to Miss It
As something of a bibliophile and self-appointed TV critic (book nerd and couch potato), it is always a thrill to...
Going for Goldsboro
To say the last 12 months have been tricky for the retail sector is a bit like saying Nurse Ratched’s...
Josie Lloyd – interview
Brighton & Hove based author Josie Lloyd has written 15 bestselling novels (both as Josie Lloyd and Joanna Rees), including...
Social poet, Blake Auden, shares exclusive composition
With more than 170k Instagram followers, Blake Auden is becoming recognised as one of the UK’s foremost social poets. Writing...
Brighton-based author, Stuart Blackburn – interview
First visiting southern India at the age of twenty-two, Stuart Blackburn has spent many years living, working and researching in...
BN1 Talks to… Danny Noble
Review This October saw the UK publication of Shame Pudding, the tender and hilarious new graphic memoir of the hugely...
BN1 Talks to… Damian Barr
Glasgow-raised, Brighton-based, much-celebrated, further-hyphenated author, journalist, and presenter, Damian Barr is the author of the critically acclaimed (which is often...
BN1 Recommends…. Graphic Novels
According to the Reading Agency, one in three of us are reading more than ever during the lockdown. But sometimes...
BN1 Book Club: ‘Must’ Reads During Lockdown from our Team
Are you reading more during lockdown as a form of escapism from the outside world? Online book sales have more...