The TRE Bookshow. TRE’s Hannah Murray catches up with top authors, to discuss their latest releases 27/11/25
December 1, 20251h 39m
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Show Notes
Hannah Murray will start by looking at the bestseller lists on Amazon.co.uk and The Sunday Times, the oldest and most influential book sales chart in the UK, and seeing what new entries there are.
Ed Needham is the Editor of Strong Words Magazine. He joins us monthly to review a selection of new Fiction and Non Fiction titles, which this week includes We did OK Kid by Anthony Hopkins.
Charles Searle's love of history was kindled at an early age by a passionate teacher who fired his imagination with epic tales of Peter the Great and Napoleon. After a career spent in various branches of education, he has returned to writing about his first love - history, but this time in the form of fiction. 'The Hooded Man' is a thrilling tale of a reluctant spy torn between patriotism and conscience. It's the first in a new trilogy.
Linda Wheatley lives in Scotland. Her dream of writing a book spanned over forty years, inspired when she and he husband bought a boat in Spain. 'Reaching out Across the Waves' is the first in a trilogy in which she hopes to entice people to visit the places in Spain she loves. Linda also co-wrote a song for the book.
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Mikey Please is a BAFTA award-winning and Oscar nominated animation director and writer. He was named the overall winner of the Waterstones Children's Book prize 2025 for his funny and immersive picture book 'The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods', which has also been shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. His latest picture book is 'The Cave Downwind of the Cafe'
Becky Jones is a mother of two who can almost remember working in cafes and going to sixth form parties rather than waiting outside to driver her children home. Unearthing her teenage diary in the loft reminded her she'd been dreaming of writing fiction for more than twenty years. Her debut novel 'Searching for Amy' is a gripping coming-of-age story that tackles the issue of intimate image abuse with compassion and truth.
A O'Connor is a bestselling author of sixteen novels and is an Irish Times and Amazon chart-topper. A keen historian, he is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin. His work is renowned for meticulous research, vivid storytelling, and a fearless approach to depicting real historical events. After a five year break, 'The Sins of Armstrong House' is the latest book in the much-loved Armstrong House Series, returning to the aristocratic Armstrong family in the early 1920s. The original book 'The House' from 2012 has been reissued. It was described as an Irish Downton Abbey.
Ed Needham is the Editor of Strong Words Magazine. He joins us monthly to review a selection of new Fiction and Non Fiction titles, which this week includes We did OK Kid by Anthony Hopkins.
Charles Searle's love of history was kindled at an early age by a passionate teacher who fired his imagination with epic tales of Peter the Great and Napoleon. After a career spent in various branches of education, he has returned to writing about his first love - history, but this time in the form of fiction. 'The Hooded Man' is a thrilling tale of a reluctant spy torn between patriotism and conscience. It's the first in a new trilogy.
Linda Wheatley lives in Scotland. Her dream of writing a book spanned over forty years, inspired when she and he husband bought a boat in Spain. 'Reaching out Across the Waves' is the first in a trilogy in which she hopes to entice people to visit the places in Spain she loves. Linda also co-wrote a song for the book.
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Mikey Please is a BAFTA award-winning and Oscar nominated animation director and writer. He was named the overall winner of the Waterstones Children's Book prize 2025 for his funny and immersive picture book 'The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods', which has also been shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year. His latest picture book is 'The Cave Downwind of the Cafe'
Becky Jones is a mother of two who can almost remember working in cafes and going to sixth form parties rather than waiting outside to driver her children home. Unearthing her teenage diary in the loft reminded her she'd been dreaming of writing fiction for more than twenty years. Her debut novel 'Searching for Amy' is a gripping coming-of-age story that tackles the issue of intimate image abuse with compassion and truth.
A O'Connor is a bestselling author of sixteen novels and is an Irish Times and Amazon chart-topper. A keen historian, he is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin. His work is renowned for meticulous research, vivid storytelling, and a fearless approach to depicting real historical events. After a five year break, 'The Sins of Armstrong House' is the latest book in the much-loved Armstrong House Series, returning to the aristocratic Armstrong family in the early 1920s. The original book 'The House' from 2012 has been reissued. It was described as an Irish Downton Abbey.