TOAST Magazine

Book Club

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

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

2 years ago
Looking Ahead | A Selection of Books for 2024

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

2 years 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
Breakfast with… Caroline O’Donoghue

Jo Rodgers meets the author of The Rachel Incident at the Horniman Museum in south London.

2 years ago
A Walk to Hampstead Pergola | Book Club

Jen Campbell takes a stroll from East Finchley to Hampstead Heath, accompanied by Thomas Morris’ book Open Up.

2 years ago
Women in Translation Month | Book Club

Jen Campbell reads three books, translated from the Japanese, French and Spanish.

3 years ago
Breakfast with… Joanna Quinn

Jo Rodgers meets the author of The Whalebone Theatre on the Dorset coastline.

3 years ago
A Walk Along Regent’s Canal | Book Club

Jen Campbell ambles from King’s Cross to Regent’s Park, accompanied by Termush by Sven Holm.

3 years ago
Three Summertime Reads | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews her favourite new books fit for the season. 

3 years ago
Breakfast with... Jenny Jackson

Jo Rodgers meets with the author of the bestselling novel Pineapple Street. 

3 years ago
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2023 | Book Club

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

3 years ago
More than Cake by Natasha Pickowicz | Book Club

The New York pastry chef on her inclusive and strategic approach to baking. 

3 years ago
A Walk from Putney to Kew Gardens | Book Club

Jen Campbell takes a stroll with Danielle Pender’s debut collection of short stories.

3 years ago
The Home Child by Liz Berry | Book Club

Jen Campbell speaks to the author and award-winning poet about her new novel-in-verse.

3 years ago
A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the author’s highly anticipated second novel.

3 years ago
Cooking with Mushrooms by Andrea Gentl | Book Club

Early mushroom memories and umami bombs with the New York-based photographer and cookbook author.

3 years ago
A Countryside Reading Diary | Book Club

Jen Campbell on three choice novels for a week in the New Forest. 

3 years ago
Jen Campbell's Best Books of 2022 | Book Club

Recommendations for holiday reading.

3 years ago
Ghost Music by An Yu | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the second novel from the acclaimed author of Braised Pork.

3 years ago
Breakfast with… Kamila Shamsie

Jo Rodgers meets the London-based author of Best of Friends for a walk around Primrose Hill.

3 years ago
Best of the Booker Prize 2022 | Book Club

Jen Campbell reads the shortlisted books for this year’s award.

3 years ago
Without Warning and Only Sometimes by Kit de Waal | Book Club

Jen Campbell speaks to the author about her memoir recalling her 1960s childhood.

3 years ago