The Waterstones Podcast

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Going beyond the book with a wide range of authors to discover the story behind the books we love.

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  1. 2026-11-06 · 27 min · Season 16, episode 11

    Winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2026, Edmund Richardson came in to speak with us about his quest to better understand one of the most elusive figures from ancient history: Alexander the Great. From…

  2. 2026-10-27 · 29 min · Season 16, episode 10

    Kyle MacLachlan is an actor with such range that everyone seems to know him from a different piece of work. From his debut in Dune, to iconic roles in Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Sex and the City and Desperate Housewives,…

  3. 2026-10-20 · 42 min · Season 16, episode 9

    The only thing better than talking to Judi Dench about her career in acting is to talk to her a SECOND time! We were delighted to be invited back to her home for a conversation alongside Brendan O'Hea about her work on…

  4. 2026-10-13 · 30 min · Season 16, episode 8

    Taking inspiration from the life of Gustave Flaubert, the new novel from Elif Shafak flips expectations by giving voice to the women who shaped him. In an inspiring conversation about creativity in times of crisis and…

  5. 2026-09-29 · 25 min · Season 16, episode 7

    Louise Kennedy has followed her Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize-nominated Trespasses with another brilliant novel, Stations, which follows the trajectories of two teenage friends as they leave '80s Ireland for London.…

  6. 2026-09-14 · 27 min · Season 16, episode 6

    After losing her best friend, Ann Patchett poured all that love into her new novel, Whistler. Bringing platonic love to the fore, alongside the unearthing of the past and a reckoning with our own mortality; we sat down…

  7. 2026-09-09 · 41 min · Season 16, episode 5

    50% of people in the UK take supplements and the consumer blood-testing industry is now a $128 billion business. But does any of it work? In an increasingly confusing world Xand van Tulleken wanted to cut through the…

  8. 2026-09-07 · 26 min · Season 16, episode 4

    In her most personal novel yet, Rebecca F. Kuang transports readers to Taipei, where Yale student Lily is working on her Chinese language to better connect with her Chinese family, only for loss to appear suddenly and…

  9. 2026-09-01 · 26 min · Season 16, episode 3

    Kate Atkinson's latest novel beautifully combines her skills in historical detail and crime caper plotting for a story which assembles a motley crew of misfits attempting to curate 1951's Festival of Britain. We sat…

  10. 2026-08-25 · 23 min · Season 16, episode 2

    Join us as we celebrate Rebecca Perry as the author of this year's Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize-winner, May We Feed The King. Over a glass of bubbly, we discuss the connections between her curator character and the…

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Oldest episode in feed
07/2019 · over 7 years
Typical length
33 min
Format
Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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