
Shelf Life
By Bert's Books
In each episode of Shelf Life authors, illustrators, publishers and booksellers will share the 7 books that have changed their life.

Shelf LifeMar 30, 2023

Bryan Moriarty
Bryan Moriarty - author of It Sounds Like Fun picks the seven books that changed his life.

Louise Swanson
Louise Swanson author of End of Story reveals the 7 books that changed her life

Alex Call
This week's guest is Alex himself - the man behind Bert's Books. Find out the seven(ish) books that changed his life.

Michael J Ritchie
Bert's Books bookseller-cum-author Michael J Ritchie is a guest on this episode of Shelf Life - sharing the seven books that changed his life.

Patrick Gale
Patrick Gale - author of A Place Called Winter and Mother's Boy - shares the seven books that changed his life.

Miranda Dickinson
Bestselling author Miranda Dickinson chooses the 7 books that changed her life.

Sarah Bonner
Sarah Bonner discusses the seven books that changed her life. Her debut novel - Her Perfect Twin - is available to order now at bertsbooks.co.uk

Milly Johnson
Milly Johnson - author of The Woman in the Middle - picks the seven books that changed her life.

Will Carver
Will Carver - author of Good Samaritans, Nothing Important Happened Today and The Beresford - picks the seven books that changed his life.

Cherie Jones
Cherie Jones - author of the How the One Armed Sister Sweeps Her House - reveals the seven books that changed her life.

Joseph Knox
Joseph Knox - author of the Aidan Waits series and True Crime Story - reveals the seven books that changed his life.

Sarah Winman
Sarah Winman author of When God Was a Rabbit, Tin Man and Still Life reveals the seven books that changed her life.
You can order her latest novel Still Life at bertsbooks.co.uk

Matt Cain
Matt Cain - author of The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle - discusses the 7 books that have changed his life

Jennifer Saint
Jennifer Saint - author of Ariadne - discusses the 7 books that have influenced her life

Dawnie Walton
Dawnie Walton - the author of The Final Revival of Opal & New - picks the seven books that changed her life.

LD Lapinksi
LD Lapinski, author of the Strangeworlds Travel Agency series shares the 7 books that changed her life

Carol Birch
Carol Birch, author of Cold Boy's Wood and Jamrach's Menagerie chooses the seven books that shaped her life.

Naomi Ishiguro
Naomi Ishiguro - author of Common Ground - reveals the seven books that changed her life.

Ed Needham
Editor of book-ish magazine Strong Words Ed Needham picks the seven books that changed his life.
You can find out more about Strong Words by visiting strong-words.co.uk

Clare Pooley
Clare Pooley - author of The Authenticity Project - reveals the seven books that changed her life.

SJ Watson
Picking the most important books to them is the bestselling author of Before I Go To Sleep - SJ Watson.
SJ Watson's latest book Final Cut is available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Bethany Clift
Picking the most important books to them is the debut author, Bethany Clift.
Last One at the Party is available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 14 - Harriet Tyce
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is the bestselling author, Harriet Tyce
Blood Orange and The Lies You Told are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 13 - Sheila O'Flanagan
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is the bestselling author, Sheila O'Flanagan
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 12 - Dorothy Koomson
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Dorothy Koomson - the award winning author of The Ice Cream Girls and it's brand new sequel All My Lies Are True
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 11 - Rhik Samadder
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Rhik Samadder - Guardian columnist and author of the memoir: I Never Said I Loved You.
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 10 - Karen Hamilton
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Karen Hamilton bestselling author of The Perfect Girlfriend.
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 9 - Angela Saini
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Angela Saini - author of Superior: The Return of Race Science.
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 8 - Adele Parks
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Adele Parks number one bestselling author of Lies, Lies, Lies and Just My Lucks
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 7 - Clare Mackintosh
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Clare Mackintosh bestselling author of I Let You Go and After The End.
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 6 - Steve Antony
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Steve Antony - bestselling author and illustrator of -among others - the Mr Panda series.
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 5 - Paul Burston
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Paul Burston - bestselling author of the The Closer I Get
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 4 - Dominic Nolan
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Dominic Nolan - bestselling author of the Abigail Boone series - Past Life & After Dark
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 3 - Julie Cohen
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Julie Cohen - bestselling author of the Bert's Books Book of the Year 2019 The Two Lives of Louis and Louise
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 2 - Sarah Turner
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Sarah Turner - Costa Novel Judge 2019 and former e-commerce trading controller at WHSmith.
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Episode 1 - Rowan Coleman
This week's guest picking the most important books to them is Rowan Coleman - the bestselling author of books such as The Summer of Impossible Things and - as Bella Ellis - The Vanished Bride - the first in the Bronte Mysteries series of novels.
All of the books discussed in this podcast are available to order on bertsbooks.co.uk

Shelf Life - Trailer
Every book on every shelf tells two stories - the one within it's pages, and the one about how it got on that shelf.
Each week authors, illustrators, publishers and booksellers will share the 7 books that have changed their life.