The Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling: an independent bookseller's view

I appeared on BBC Radio Oxford today giving an independent bookshop point of view of 'The Casual Vacancy' by JK Rowling - as well as talking about a few favourite titles that have also been published in the last few weeks.

I hadn't fully appreciated that it was the first show for new presenter Kat Orman, taking over from Jo Thoenes. It was a lot of fun, I was on for nearly an hour, and very honoured to be on the first show. I am definitely a fan now - Kat has a very wicked sense of humour...

Click to listen to the show on iPlayer - you'll need to forward to about 1 hour and 12 minutes for the discussion about 'The Casual Vacancy'...the show will be up on the BBC until October 8th.

(and that listener "Mrs Trellis" who phoned in to say she was listening. Mmm...I have a feeling she's quite famous elsewhere on the BBC...)