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FIRST UP on The Booking Club in 2026 - Lucas Oakeley, author of Nearly Departed
Debut novelist and book influencer Lucas Oakeley meets me at Zeret Kitchen, to discuss:
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Who Will Remain: a novel, with Kasim Ali
Who Will Remain by Kasim Ali is a powerful new novel following a young man as he weighs up the life of safety that his parents want for him and another…
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Flat Earth, by Anika Jade Levy: a review
Millennials are forgetting what it was like to be young and desperate. They should discover what it's like now, with the help of a literary debut.
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Franz Kafka's The Trial at 100, from The Battle of Ideas Festival 2025
This episode is lifted from a live recording that took place at The Battle of Ideas Festival 2025 in Westminster on Saturday 18th October.
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The Ballad of a Small Player: from acclaimed novel to Netflix hit, with Lawrence Osborne
A riveting tale of risk and obsession set in the alluring world of Macau’s casinos, by the author of the critically acclaimed The Forgiven.
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UP NEXT on The Booking Club - Lawrence Osborne, author of The Ballad of a Small Player
British novelist Lawrence Osborne meets me at Defune, London’s longest-standing Japanese restaurant, to discuss it and its dazzling Netflix adaptation…
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The Battle of Ideas Festival 2025: join The Booking Club LIVE in Westminster on 18th October
The Booking Club soon dives into Franz Kafka’s The Trial, which turns 100 this year
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