TOAST Magazine

Book Club

Conversations with authors and writers, alongside reviews of the latest releases. Exploring new ideas to challenge our thinking.
An Environmental Reading List for Making Positive Change | Book Club

Sustainability writer Anna Turns recommends her favourite eco-conscious books.

4 years ago
Summertime Reading | Book Club

Jen Campbell suggests her favourite reads fit for the season.

4 years ago
Breakfast with... Helena Lee

Jo Rodgers meets the author and founder of East Side Voices. 

4 years ago
Unexpected Origin Stories | Book Club

Jen Campbell reads Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada and Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au.

4 years ago
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 | Book Club

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

4 years ago
Breakfast with… Meg Mason

Jo Rodgers meets the Sydney-based author of Sorrow and Bliss for a stroll around Chelsea Physic Garden.

4 years ago
Go Toxic Free | Book Club

An extract from environmental journalist Anna Turns’s new book.

4 years ago
Unspoken Things | Book Club

Jen Campbell considers Chloë Ashby’s fiction debut and Huma Qureshi’s short story collection.

4 years ago
The Exchanges between Art, Nature and Writing | Book Club

Jen Campbell considers Tom de Freston’s debut non-fiction book Wreck and Lulah Ellender’s Grounding.

4 years ago
Breakfast with… Lauren Groff

Jo Rodgers speaks to the Florida-based author about her latest novel reimagining the life of 12th century poet Marie de France.

4 years ago
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the mystery novel inspired by Agatha Christie’s own disappearance in 1926.

4 years ago
Worn: A People’s History of Clothing | Book Club

Author Sofi Thanhauser on her exploration of five fabrics through society, gender politics and the planet.

4 years ago
Short Stories to Begin 2022 | Book Club

Jen Campbell’s favourite quick reads to kickstart the year. 

5 years ago
Edible Flowers: How, Why, and When We Eat Flowers | Book Club

Monica Nelson highlights blooms in culinary usage and how they have been integral to our cultures.

5 years ago
Jen Campbell's Best Books of 2021 | Book Club

A round up of literary favourites published this year.

5 years ago
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke | Book Club

Jen Campbell reviews the winning novel of the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction.

5 years ago
Breakfast with… Maggie Shipstead

Jo Rodgers speaks to the L.A.-based author shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021.

5 years ago
A Modern Day Fairy Tale | Book Club

Jen Campbell on the history of fairy tales and her own collection of fourteen gruesome tales.

5 years ago
Reading in Pairs | Book Club

Jen Campbell suggests a selection of books best read together.

5 years ago
Breakfast with... Natasha Brown

Jo Rodgers meets the London-based writer to discuss her debut novel, Assembly.

5 years ago
Summer Reading | Book Club

This month, Jen Campbell selects her favourite new and recently released fiction.

5 years ago
The Clifden Bookshop | TOAST Book Club

Máire O’Halloran and Nicole Shanahan on their independent literary haven in the region of Connemara, Ireland

5 years ago
Rough Trade Editions x Garden Museum | Book Club

Jen Campbell explores four new pamphlets examining the radical potential of gardening.

5 years ago
The Art of Literary Translation with Polly Barton | Book Club

Jen Campbell interviews the author and translator of Japanese fiction.

5 years ago