TOAST Magazine

Book Club

Conversations with authors and writers, alongside reviews of the latest releases. Exploring new ideas to challenge our thinking.
Breakfast with… Nell Stevens

The author and lecturer on finding time for writing, translating history, and her new book, The Original.

Today
The Booker Prize 2025 | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the shortlisted books for this year's literary award.

26 days ago
Persephone Books

Francesca Beauman in conversation with Jen Campbell on shining a light on neglected women writers and critiquing the literary canon.

1 month ago
A Library of Ideas

Curating books at Libreria and a Slow Sundays collaboration with TOAST.

1 month ago
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025 | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the shortlisted books for this year's literary award.

5 months ago
The Chorus of Motherhood

Alice Vincent on the quiet work of play, finding connection in song and her new book, Hark.

5 months ago
Breakfast with… Florence Knapp

The craftsperson and author on hand-sewing, finding community, and her new book, The Names.  

6 months ago
2024 Year in Review | Book Club

Jen Campbell selects this year's best reads from children's picture books to the Women's Prize shortlist.

11 months ago
Energy & Vibrations | Book Club

Jen Campbell shares a selection of spectral tales for misty autumn mornings.

1 year ago
Breakfast with… Rumaan Alam

Jo Rodgers meets with the New York-based author to discuss his fourth novel, Entitlement.

1 year ago
A Moment For Poetry | Book Club

Jen Campbell shares her favourite poetry anthologies and the lines that most resonate.

1 year ago
Reading Diary | August

Jen Campbell reviews a new short story for every day of the week.

1 year ago
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024 | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the shortlisted books for this year's literary award.

1 year ago
Reading in Early Motherhood | Book Club

Jen Campbell reflects on her journey to motherhood with a selection of comforting literary favourites.

1 year ago
Breakfast with…Olivia Laing

Jo Rodgers meets the author whose book, The Garden Against Time, recounts the restoration of a walled garden in Suffolk.

1 year ago
Water and Wonder with Greta Rybus

The photojournalist on the beauty and complexity of caring for hot springs.

1 year ago
Weathering | Navigating Change Through Geology and Self-Reflection

In her new book, outdoor psychotherapist and geologist Ruth Allen explores the connection between our inner and outer landscapes.

1 year ago
Rural Hours | The Country Lives of Three Pioneering Writers

Harriet Baker’s new book explores how Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamond Lehmann were forever changed by a move to the countryside.  

1 year ago
Reading About the Arctic and Walking Along the River | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks from Battersea Station to Brompton Cemetery with Christiane Ritter’s memoir, A Woman in the Polar Night.

1 year ago
Breakfast with… Kiley Reid

Jo Rodgers speaks with the author of Such a Fun Age about her new book, Come and Get It. 

1 year ago
Looking Ahead | A Selection of Books for 2024

Jen Campbell on the literary highlights to look forward to this year. 

1 year ago
A Walk Along Grand Union Canal | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks the waterway from Paddington with Kathleen Farrell’s Mistletoe Malice

2 years ago
An Annual Autumn Walk | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks from Milford to Haslemere with Huma Qureshi’s Playing Games. 

2 years ago
Walking with Ghost Stories | Book Club

Jen Campbell walks from Canary Wharf to Blackheath, accompanied by Jeanette Winterson’s Night Side of the River.

2 years ago