Behind the Bestseller
Behind the Bestseller: what makes a book a success? Bestselling author Sam Blake talks to authors, editors, publicists and agents to find out exactly what that magic ingredient is. Join crime author Sam Blake as she chats to bestsellers to find out their secrets.
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12: Sam Blake talks to ER Murray
Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards, ER Murray is the author of the One Book One City Dublin City Read The Book of Learning, the first in her Nine Lives Trilogy. Â
Elizabeth Rose Murray, represented by Sallyanne Sweeney ...
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11: Sam Blake talks to Carmel Harrington
International bestseller Carmel Harrington writes issue-driven popular fiction and is the author of Cold Feet The Lost Years, which accompanies the ITV seri...
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10: Sam Blake Talks To Jane Casey
Jane Casey is one of the strongest voices and most successful voices in Irish crime fiction - living in London but Irish to the core, she straddles both countries pe...
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9: Sam Blake Talks To Alex Barclay
Research is one of the keys to Alex Barclay’s incredible success, with ideas developing from chance conversations with experts. Sam Blake quizzes her on her unique p...
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8: Sam Blake talks to Hazel Gaynor
Being taken on by a high profile literary agency should have been the start of Hazel Gaynor’s career, but unfortunately they couldn’t place her Titanic novel The...
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7: Sam Blake talks to Darach Ó Séaghdha
Non-fiction is a different beast to fiction, and in this episode Sam Blake chats to Darach Ó Séaghdha, the Irish writer, podcaster and Irish language activist. The a...
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