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Walter Lucius joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss his work.

Claire Fuller joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her latest novel, Swimming Lessons. Swimming Lessons holds the Coleman family up to the light, exposing the mysterious and complicated truths of a passionate and troubled marriage.

Brett Archibald joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to share his amazing story. In April 2013 a global breaking-news story surfaced on social media and in the world press and rapidly gathered momentum. A South African man had fallen overboard in the night during a storm in remote Indonesian waters, without anyone else onboard realising. Eight hours later a frantic search was underway. Brett Archibald survived a horrifying nightmare - 28 1/2 hours in the ocean before being rescued.

Multiaward-winning statisticians, directors and cofounders of the Gapminder Foundation Ola and Anna Rosling talk to Audible about the release of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World - and Why Things Are Better than You Think. Continuing on with the work of legendary scientist and public educator Hans Rosling, the two introduce their revolutionary audiobook and begin to explain the many reasons behind the widespread ignorance of the global population.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to discuss her debut novel, Undercover Princess: The Rosewood Chronicles, is English YouTube star Connie Glynn, aka Noodlerella. Known for her creative cosplay and voice impressions of animated characters, Connie began her YouTube channel Noodlerella in April 2013. Since then she has become an online sensation, vlogging her passions from comics and cartoons to TV shows and Kawaii dress-up games.

Best-selling crime writer M. J. Arlidge joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss Follow My Leader, the seventh edition of his DI Helen Grace series. With DI Grace back in Southampton Central Police Station after a stint in prison, she investigates a string of brutal home invasions

A senior lecturer in English and Environmental Humanities, Cregan-Reid is also the author behind Footnotes - How Running Makes Us Human. He has a popular blog and has written widely on the subjects of health, literature, nature and the environment for publications such as the Guardian, Telegraph, and Literary Review and the BBC as well as numerous essays and articles for academic journals. His third book, Primate Change, was published in September 2018. Vybarr Cregan-Reid talks to us about his new book, how the human body is changing and why we need to be aware of it.

Joining us in the Audible Studios to discuss the first book in her latest fantasy series, The Smoke Thieves, is award winning best-selling author Sally Green. Author of the critically acclaimed young adult fantasy series Half Life, Sally Green’s work has been likened to George Orwell but with witches. After winning the Teen category of the Waterstone’s Children’s Books prize in 2015, Sally has embarked on a brand-new epic fantasy series titled The Smoke Thieves, the first of which published in May 2018.

Departures is a call to action for female explorers everywhere, and in this interview, we talk to Anna about her writing process, her favourite travel moments to date and her top tips for embarking on an enjoyable, eye-opening and life-altering solo journey.

The best-selling author of Black-Eyed Susans, Julia Heaberlin, talks to Audible about her highly anticipated new audiobook, Paper Ghosts, a gripping thriller which has been lauded by critics as ‘artful, ’elegiac’ and ‘spellbinding’. In it, Julia introduces us to the character of Carl Louis Feldman as he begins his journey into old age at a nursing home in Texas.

Debut novelist Nick Clark Windo visits the Audible Studio to talk about his new novel, The Feed. He discusses how the idea for this dystopian thriller came about and the triumphs and pitfalls of social media. The RADA-trained film producer and communications coach began his first novel at the Faber Academy's 'Write a Novel' programme. The finished novel was snapped up just 24 hours after it was submitted to publishers.

Joining us in the Audible studios to discuss her latest novel, The Belles, is coauthor of the Tiny Pretty Things series and founder of CAKE Literary, Dhonielle Clayton. Hailing from Washington, DC, the Maryland side, Dhonielle Clayton revived her love for children's literature whilst working as an English teacher. Collaborating with fellow writer Sona Charaipotra, they published their young adult fiction series Tiny Pretty Things and co-founded creative development company CAKE Literary.

Emily Clarkson visits Audible Studios to discuss the launch of Can I Speak to Someone in Charge? We address the issues of gender discrimination raised in her book and her personal experience of growing up as a young woman in the public eye. Funny, witty and empowering, Emily explains why we all need to contribute towards creating a better world for our daughters.

Karen Dionne joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to talk about her new novel The Marsh King's Daughter. The novel has already received rave reviews from the New York Times, from celebrated authors such as Lee Child and from Audible listeners too.

Kate Murray-Browne visits the Audible Studios to discuss her debut novel, The Upstairs Room. It features a family struggling with a relocation and all the ghosts that come along with it and is described as frightening, clever and full of atmosphere.

Journalist and author Emma Dibdin joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her debut novel, The Room by the Lake, which follows the character of Caitlin when she decides to up sticks and move to New York in order to escape her problems back home. Emma tells Elise how she did the exact same thing as her character two years ago and how this inspired the storyline. She also talks about her day job as a journalist and writer specialising in television and the arts.

Laura Jane Williams visits the Audible Studios to discuss why she wrote Ice-cream for Breakfast, what you can do to take a step back from your adult life, her experience as a nanny, the writing and narrating process, and so much more.

Louise O'Neill is an award-winning author and one of the world's best young adult writers. She visits the Audible Studios to discuss the audiobook release of her best-selling novel Asking for It, which won Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards in 2015. Its candid account of rape, sexual assault and slut shaming caused a stir upon its release and has even helped countless survivors to deal with their assaults.

Audible welcomes the unrivalled master of crime fiction, Martina Cole, back into the Audible studios. From her debut book Dangerous Woman in 1992 to her 2016 novel Betrayal, her books have sold in excess of 14 million copies worldwide and Martina is back to talk about her 24th novel.

Modern spiritual healer, well-being consultant and meditation ambassador Jody Shield joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss her first ever book, LifeTonic: A Modern Toolkit to Help You Heal Your Life and Soothe Your Soul.