Join Sophie and Steve as we sit down with author Andreina Cordani to explore her great new novel, A Scrooge Mystery. We dive into Dickens’ legacy, the power of fiction to confront social injustice, and why ghost stories belong at Christmas. Andreina also tackles one of literature’s biggest questions: does pure evil exist? She knows some fascinating stuff about the origin of our celebrations. Did we say that after we'd booked her, the New York Times jumped on the bandwagon and gave her last book, just out in the US a great review? Also she was nominated for a CWA Whodunnit Crime Dagger Award. Just saying we bring you the best. Also available on Youtube. https://linktr.ee/beneaththepage Subscribe to Beneath the Page podcast and catch all our other episodes as well.Writers Sophie Beal and Steve Couch sit down with a different author in each episode of Beneath the Page, hoping to discover the person behind their books.Sophie is the director of Cadence Publishing, while Steve is the author of novels 'Dead Man Singing' and 'Foul and Fair'.New episodes every 2 weeks also available on most podcast platforms. If you enjoy this podcast, please like and leave a review to help other people find it. Sound engineer: Gideon BealVideo editors: Jemimah Beal/ Sophie Bealwww.cadencepublishing.comwww.stevecouch.co.ukMelody – Luke Bergs & Waesto | https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Joanna Knowles, author of women's fiction with a comedic twist, sits down with Steve and Sophie to talk about her most recent novel, 'Lost and Found in Venice,' and tell us where we can see her own personality in her books.Also available on most podcast platforms. https://linktr.ee/beneaththepage Subscribe to Beneath the Page podcast and catch all our other episodes as well.Writers Sophie Beal and Steve Couch sit down with a different author in each episode of Beneath the Page, hoping to discover the person behind their books.Sophie is the director of Cadence Publishing, while Steve is the author of novels 'Dead Man Singing' and 'Foul and Fair'.New episodes every 2 weeks also available on most podcast platforms. If you enjoy this podcast, please like and leave a review to help other people find it. Sound engineer: David Bealwww.cadencepublishing.comwww.stevecouch.co.ukMelody – Luke Bergs & Waesto | https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Steve and Sophie ask Alice G May, author of 'The Resistance Girls' series, about her favourite books. The second of a new type of episode: in 'Books Beside My Bed', we grill our guest on their favourite reads, trying to discover more about them through their reading, as well as their writing. Next week it'll be back to the usual, as we interview Joanna Knowles about 'Lost and Found in Venice', women's fiction.

www.alicegmay.comAlso available on most podcast platforms. https://linktr.ee/beneaththepage Subscribe to Beneath the Page podcast and catch all our other episodes as well.Writers Sophie Beal and Steve Couch sit down with a different author in each episode of Beneath the Page, hoping to discover the person behind their books.Sophie is the director of Cadence Publishing, while Steve is the author of novels 'Dead Man Singing' and 'Foul and Fair'.New episodes every 2 weeks also available on most podcast platforms. If you enjoy this podcast, please like and leave a review to help other people find it. Sound engineer: David Bealwww.cadencepublishing.comwww.stevecouch.co.ukMelody – Luke Bergs & Waesto | https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

We're trying out something a bit different to go alongside our usual interviews asking authors about the person behind their novels. 'Books Beside My Bed' sees Steve and Sophie grill guests to discover them through their reading rather than their writing.

Steve is the guinea pig.

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Writers Sophie Beal and Steve Couch sit down with a different author in each episode of Beneath the Page, hoping to discover the person behind their books.Sophie is the director of Cadence Publishing, while Steve is the author of novels 'Dead Man Singing' and 'Foul and Fair'.New episodes every 2 weeks also available on most podcast platforms. If you enjoy this podcast, please like and leave a review to help other people find it.

Sound engineer: David Beal

www.cadencepublishing.com

www.stevecouch.co.uk

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This episode, Sophie and Steve continue their interview with Jo Chinn, a former policewoman, who now writes sweeping family sagas. Her debut novel, 'Under the Hickory Tree', asks 'Why do bad things happen to good people?' In part 2 she talks about the place of the biblical book of Job, her most difficult character to write, and her favourite. Then, what she's working on next.Also available on most podcast platforms. https://linktr.ee/beneaththepage https://jochinnauthor.com/Subscribe to Beneath the Page podcast and catch all our other episodes as well.Writers Sophie Beal and Steve Couch sit down with a different author in each episode of Beneath the Page, hoping to discover the person behind their books.While Steve is the author of novels 'Dead Man Singing' and 'Foul and Fair', Sophie is the director of Cadence Publishing.New episodes every 2 weeks also available on most podcast platforms. If you enjoy this podcast, please like and leave a review to help other people find it. Sound engineer: David Bealwww.stevecouch.co.ukwww.cadencepublishing.comMelody – Luke Bergs & Waesto | https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

This episode, Sophie and Steve are joined by Jo Chinn, a former policewoman, who's turned her back on fighting crime to write sweeping family sagas.

In part 1 of her interview, she talks about her debut novel, 'Under the Hickory Tree' which asks 'Why do bad things happen to good people?'

Also available on most podcast platforms.

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https://jochinnauthor.com/

Subscribe to Beneath the Page podcast and catch all our other episodes as well.

Writers Sophie Beal and Steve Couch sit down with a different author in each episode of Beneath the Page, hoping to discover the person behind their books.

While Steve is the author of novels 'Dead Man Singing' and 'Foul and Fair', Sophie is the director of Cadence Publishing.

New episodes every 2 weeks also available on most podcast platforms.

If you enjoy this podcast, please like and leave a review to help other people find it.

Sound engineer: David Beal

www.stevecouch.co.uk

www.cadencepublishing.com

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This episode, Sophie and Steve are joined by crime author Carole Cole, creator of the New Forest–based DI Callum McLean novels. Carole takes us behind the scenes of her mysteries, sharing how the unique landscape of the New Forest and its animals shape her stories — and why DI Callum McLean has struck such a chord with readers.Listen or watch for a fascinating look at crime writing, character creation, and the secrets of a setting like a character itself.Available on most podcast platforms. Link in the bio.Subscribe to Beneath the Page podcast and catch all our other episodes as well.Writers Sophie Beal and Steve Couch sit down with a different author in each episode of Beneath the Page, hoping to discover the person behind their books.While Steve is the author of novels 'Dead Man Singing' and 'Foul and Fair', Sophie is the director of Cadence Publishing.New episodes every 2 weeks also available on most podcast platforms. https://linktr.ee/beneaththepage If you enjoy this podcast, please like and leave a review to help other people find it. Sound engineer: David Bealwww.stevecouch.co.ukwww.cadencepublishing.comMelody – Luke Bergs & Waesto | https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

The second part of Steve and Sophie's interview with Paula Harmon looks at the strangeness of being a woman, and the place of music and art in 'The Incomer'. We then turn to discuss Paula's Edwardian pathologist/ detective Dr Margaret Demeray, and talk about Paula's role in the Blandford Literary Festival.Paula's books: books2read.com/PaulaHarmonpaulaharmon.com Paula's socials: Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Bluesky, X, Youtube, and Goodreads. www.blandfordliteraryfestival.co.ukBlandford Literary Festival socials: Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, X and Bluesky.Subscribe to Beneath the Page podcast and catch all our other episodes as well.Writers Sophie Beal and Steve Couch sit down with a different author in each episode of Beneath the Page, hoping to discover the person behind their books.While Steve is the author of novels 'Dead Man Singing' and 'Foul and Fair', Sophie is the director of Cadence Publishing.New episodes every 2 weeks also available on most podcast platforms. https://linktr.ee/beneaththepage If you enjoy this podcast, please like and leave a review to help other people find it. Sound engineer: David Bealwww.stevecouch.co.ukwww.cadencepublishing.comMelody – Luke Bergs & Waesto | https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud/Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/