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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 S... Read more

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Ranked #1

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12: Sam Blake talks to ER Murray

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 Le... Read more

5 Jun 2020

39mins

Ranked #2

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11: Sam Blake talks to Carmel Harrington

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 Y... Read more

22 May 2020

38mins

Ranked #3

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10: Sam Blake Talks To Jane Casey

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... Read more

8 May 2020

31mins

Ranked #4

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9: Sam Blake Talks To Alex Barclay

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 e... Read more

24 Apr 2020

51mins

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8: Sam Blake talks to Hazel Gaynor

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 ... Read more

10 Apr 2020

31mins

Ranked #6

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7: Sam Blake talks to Darach Ó Séaghdha

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,... Read more

27 Mar 2020

43mins

Ranked #7

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6: Sam Blake talks to Sinéad Moriarty

6: Sam Blake talks to Sinéad Moriarty

From piling up the rejection slips Sinéad Moriarty joined a writers group and wrote the book that was closest to her hea... Read more

13 Mar 2020

32mins

Ranked #8

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5: Sam Blake talks to Sallyanne Sweeney

5: Sam Blake talks to Sallyanne Sweeney

In a double length episode Sam Blake quizzes Literary Agent Sallyanne Sweeney from MMB Creative on what she looks for in... Read more

28 Feb 2020

52mins

Ranked #9

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4: Sam Blake talks to Ruth Long

4: Sam Blake talks to Ruth Long

Romance is the biggest selling genre worldwide and award winning author Ruth Long, in all her various incarnations as RF... Read more

14 Feb 2020

40mins

Ranked #10

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3: Sam Blake talks to Claire Allan

3: Sam Blake talks to Claire Allan

From her life as a journalist in Northern Ireland to her first women's fiction book, Claire Allan's publishing journey w... Read more

31 Jan 2020

30mins

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