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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.

Film, television and theatre director Roger Michell joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss his new film adaptation of My Cousin Rachel, the classic mystery by Daphne Du Maurier. The acclaimed director and producer has developed a reputation for producing some of cinema's classics, including Notting Hill and Changing Lanes.

Caroline Mitchell visits the Audible Studios to talk about her latest Detective Ruby Preston thriller, Sleep Tight.

Simon Scarrow visits the Audible Studios for the second time, with Lee Francis, cowriter of their contemporary thriller Playing with Death. They talk about their collaboration, the writing process, writing for specific genres, social media and the terrifying thought of where this could lead in the near future.

Today, best-selling crime writer Mark Billingham makes his second trip to the Audible Studios to discuss the latest edition of his D.I. Tom Thorne series. Love Like Blood, the 14th book in the series, sees Thorne team up with fellow police officer, D.I. Nicola Tanner, in an attempt to find the killer of Nicola's murdered partner. Mark Billingham welcome back to Audible.

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.

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. 

Lucy Diamond talks to us about her latest audiobook, On a Beautiful Day. Following the success of The Secrets of Happiness and The House of New Beginnings, among others, this highly anticipated story has once more delighted fans and critics alike, who praise it for being 'a hugely satisfying read'. In this exclusive interview, Lucy discusses her writing habits, her sources of inspiration and her fans.

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.

Vic James joins Elise Italiaander to talk about her very exciting debut novel, Gilded Cage - the first in the dystopian Dark Gifts trilogy.

Julia Hobsbawm visits the Audible Studios to talk about her latest book, Fully Connected: Surviving and Thriving in an Age of Overload, a roadmap to survival and success in our hyper connected world, to help improve productivity and well-being.

Julia is a prominent expert and media commentator on the subject of networking, work-life balance and entrepreneurship.

Author Rebecca Smith speaks to Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios about her latest book, The Jane Austen Writers' Club.

We should all know exactly where our meat comes from. But what if you took this modern day maxim to its logical conclusion? What if you only ate animals you killed yourself? Louise Gray joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to talk about her new book, The Ethical Carnivore.

Exclusive interview. Bradley Beaulieu joins Elise Italiaander in the Audible Studios to discuss his latest book and the world of Song of the Shattered Sands.