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Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

Chris Whitaker Q&A

Simon Mayo's Books Of The Year

Ora Et Labora

Arts, Books, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8984 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Chris Whitaker joins Simon Mayo and Matt Williams for the Q&A episode. He discusses the last book he really REALLy enjoyed reading, his writing routine and who he'd invite to his fantasy dinner party. Also, in an exclusive, he reveals us what his next book is about and what we can expect! Author of The List Of Suspicious Things, Jennie Godfrey, surprises Chris with a question - and - we find out what profession he might have chosen, if he hadn't become an author. *if you missed our chat with Chris about his new novel, All The Colours Of The Dark, you can find it wherever you're listening to this one! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by the Amazon Kindle Storyteller Award.

0:03.7

Have you written a book that you want to see published and be in with a chance of winning

0:07.8

20,000 pounds?

0:09.3

All you have to do is to publish your book via Kindle Direct Publishing by August 31st to enter this award.

0:16.0

The winner will receive a £20,000 prize fund.

0:19.0

Joining the judging panel this year are broadcaster and author Sarah Cox and presenter author and

0:24.6

journalist Vic Hope. Now in its eighth year the literary prize celebrates the UK's

0:29.1

best self-published story championing and offering recognition for the nation's best independent writers.

0:35.2

So get out that book that you're keeping in a draw and get entering.

0:38.7

For more information on how to enter go to amazon.co. UK

0:43.0

forward slash storyteller.

0:44.8

That's amazon.co. UK forward slash storyteller and good luck. Hello and welcome it's our bonus Q&A episode from Books of the Year

1:07.0

though as I mentioned last time calling a bonus episode. When you've not paid

1:10.4

for it it's not a bonus really no it's just another episode that's right and it's more with

1:15.2

Chris Whitaker his book is all the colors of the dark which is in our previous episode

1:19.6

which is a big thumbs up from Matt and Me.

1:22.7

So here's the Q&A where we'll find out a lot more about Chris,

1:26.2

maybe, unless he answers very briefly.

1:29.6

Chris, what is the last book that you really, really enjoyed reading?

1:35.0

It would be tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by Gabriel's Evan.

1:39.4

I don't know if you've read it.

1:40.4

Yeah, no, it's huge, isn't it?

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