Chris Penhall
  • Home
  • Novels
  • Salsa Diaries
  • Blog
  • Contact
Select Page

The Talking to my friends about Books Podcast: Jodie Halford – Back Home

by chris-admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog

I am really enjoying finding out what my friends are reading and adding more and more novels to my list of Must Be Reads! This time, my Talking to my friends about Books pal is  Jodie Halford, She talks about books and motherhood and rediscovering her reading mojo...

The Talking to my friends about Books Podcast: Ella Cook on Terry Pratchett

by chris-admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Blog

I’ve now got a very long list of recommendations of books to read as a result of chatting to my friends about their favourite reads. In this edition of Talking to my friends about Books, Ella Page, author of Beyond Grey explains why Terry Pratchett is so...

The Talking to my Friends about Books Podcast: Helen Bridgett on Where the Crawdads Sing

by chris-admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Blog

I’m really enjoying my zoom chats with my friends about books, and this time I got to talk to Helen Bridgett, author of Summer at Serenity Bay and One By One about one of her favourite books, which, it turns out, is one of my favourites too – Where the...

The Talking to my Friends about Books Podcast: Owen Ward on Tombland

by chris-admin | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog

Because I love talking to my friends about books…here’s another one. Imagine discovering that one of your ancestors was famous! Host of the Essex By the Sea podcast, Owen Ward chats with me about a book that’s based around events involving a distant...

The Talking to my Friends About Books Podcast: Victoria Polley – Bridget Jones and Hurrah for chick lit!

by chris-admin | Feb 5, 2021 | Blog

I’ve arranged some Zoom chats with friends recently because I miss talking to them about books. And I decided to record them and am writing down their recommendations and adding them to my list of To Be Reads… Today, Victoria Polley talks about why she...

The Talking to my friends about books Podcast- Oliver Rogers on Inspector Rebus and Anna Karenina

by chris-admin | Jan 31, 2021 | Blog

As I love chatting to my friends about the books they’ve read, I’ve decided to record some of our discussions and share them with everyone. Today’s guest is Oliver Rogers who I worked with at BBC Essex many years ago.  He is a big fan of Ian...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Blog

  • Books and Tunes – May edition, featuring Glynis Peters
  • Books and Tunes – March edition
  • Where Do I Get my Ideas from – New Beginnings at the Little House in the Sun
  • Books and Tunes February episode is available to listen to online
  • Star Bathing, maybe a ghost and a bit of Finding Summer Happiness
>> View all blog posts

Salsa Diaries

  • Out of the comfort zone
  • From Salsa Hick to Salsa Chick!
  • Shine blindness
  • On a rickshaw no-one can hear you scream
  • These are a few of our favourite things
>> View all posts
  • X
  • RSS
Copyright ©2025 Chris Penhall | Privacy | Cookies | Links | Sitemap
Website developed by Sue Lees Consultancy