Confessions of a Book Collector

In season two of Confessions of a Book Collector, David shares which books, due to be published in 2023, are likely to hit the bestsellers lists, and looks back at the 2022 highlights.
He’ll also be advising how to tell a first edition from a reprint, and why first editions are great long term investment projects. Not to mention some incredible interviews with authors and publishers.
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Victoria Selman talks about her first standalone novel, TRULY DARKLY DEEPLY, the books she loved as a child and why she writes about serial killers, with her agent David Headley.
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12-year-old Sophie and her mother, Amelia-Rose, move to London from Massachusetts where they meet the charismatic Matty Melgren, who quickly becomes an intrinsic part of their lives. But as the relationship between the two adults fractures, a serial killer begins targeting young women with a striking resemblance to Amelia-Rose.

When Matty is eventually sent down for multiple murders, questions remain as to his guilt—questions which ultimately destroy both women. Nearly twenty years later, Sophie receives a letter from Battlemouth Prison informing her Matty is dying and wants to meet. It looks like Sophie might finally get the answers she craves.

But will the truth set her free—or bury her deeper?

This week New York Times bestselling author Emma Straub joins David Headley to talk about owning a bookshop, writing and the books that have influenced her.
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Award winning short story writer, Sean Lusk, talks about finding inspiration in travel, historical figures, clockwork automata and books.
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On the first anniversary of the #RespectRomFic movement, David speaks to Sara-Jade Virtue, who's aiming to shift the dismissive attitude that Romance genre receives. Sara, who's the Brand Development Director at Simon & Schuster, shares her experience in the publishing industry, from meeting Jackie Collins to how things have changed, plus we discuss some controversial topics that Sara is passion about.