Monty Soutar is a respected New Zealand historian who took a big step and turned his life upside down to write a game changing novel. Kāwai For Such A Time As This, is the first instalment in what is to be a three book family saga, which went straight to the top of the bestseller […]
Historical fiction
Marie Benedict – Mitford Madness
On Binge Reading this week, biographical fiction author Marie Benedict talks about her latest best seller, The Mitford Affair, the story of the beautiful and notorious Mitford sisters. Famous as the debutant daughters of an English Peer and then infamous as World War II traitors Hi there. I’m your host, Jenny Wheeler and critics rave […]
Best of Binge Reading 2022 Part II
Happy New Year and welcome back to Part Two of the Best of Binge Reading 2022, and the seven top shows for the year as selected by you, our listeners. We ran the first part of the Best of Binge Reading 2022 Part 1 in the first week of January, so if you missed out […]
Anita Abriel – WWII -Spies & Stolen Art
Anita Abriel is well known to many readers because of her international hit The Light After The War. Now she returns with another World War II story – part thriller, part romance, The Italian Girl. (In the US it’s called A Girl During the War ) Hi there I’m your host Jenny Wheeler and in […]
Carol Wallace- Gilded Age Rivals
Carol Wallace has written more than 20 books, including the New York Times bestseller, To Marry an English Lord, which was an inspiration for the Downton Abbey TV series. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and in Binge Reading today Carol talks about her latest historical fiction, Our Kind of People. It’s set in […]
Laura Frantz – Colonial Romance
Laura Frantz is a Christy Award winner and best-selling author of more than a dozen historical novels, with a special affection for 18th century America. Hi there, I’m your host Jenny Wheeler, and today on Binge Reading Laura talks about her latest romance called A Heart Adrift, an American historical about a Virginia chocolatier and […]
Binge Reading – Best of 2021 – Top Ten
Welcome to the Best Of The Joys of Binge Reading podcast 2021 – The Top Ten most listened to episodes of the year! I hope you had a happy Christmas and that 2022 will be rather less turbulent than the one we are leaving behind us! I know I said last year that New Zealand […]