
Sam Baker
@sambaker
Writer, broadcaster, creator of The Shift with Sam Baker podcast. theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com or @theothersambaker on Insta, bluesky & threads
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Save the dates! From 25Nov to 1Dec - the St Andrew’s Book Festival in London. Alexander McCall Smith A. McCall Smith Ian Rankin Ian Rankin Ann Cleeves judy murray Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Damian Barr Michael Pedersen Chris Brookmyre Liz Lochead, naughtiej and so many more!

Interested in entering the #Discoveries2025 programme? Here’s everything you need to know...bit.ly/3XuZVHh Audible UK 🎧, Curtis Brown Books, Curtis Brown Creative



And Marian Keyes has spoken! Thank you Marian for sharing your love and admiration for #TheBlueHour the brilliant new novel from global bestseller Paula Hawkins. Out 10 October. 💙🩵 Preorder here: penguin.co.uk/books/463398/t…


Ariane Bankes Kate Kirkpatrick Rebecca Jones Tom Parker Bowles Annie Gray 📚 Lorraine Kelly has been charming readers all summer long with her debut novel, The Island Swimmer. Join her as she talks to Sam Baker about her tale, set on Orkney, in the Cheltenham Town Hall at 5.30pm cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/lorrain…


Juliet Samuel 📚 Rebus is back as the king of crime fiction Ian Rankin joins Sam Baker to discuss Midnight Blue, his new thriller, at the Town Hall at 1.30pm cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/ian-ran…

Juliet Samuel Ian Rankin Sam Baker Sarah Jossel Sam McKnight Dr Maryam Zamani 📚 Ann Cleeves, the creator of Vera and actor Brenda Blethyn, who brings her to life, talk with Jane Garvey and fi glover for a live recording of their Times Radio show at The Times and Sunday Times Forum at 3.30pm cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/jane-an…

Juliet Samuel Ian Rankin Sam Baker Sarah Jossel Sam McKnight Dr Maryam Zamani Ann Cleeves Brenda Blethyn Jane Garvey fi glover 📚 Rebecca Jones speaks to Rose Boyt about her complicated relationship with her father, Lucian Freud, one of Britain's greatest and most controversial artists in the Attivo Garden Theatre at 6pm cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/naked-p…

Juliet Samuel Ian Rankin Sam Baker Sarah Jossel Sam McKnight Dr Maryam Zamani Ann Cleeves Brenda Blethyn Jane Garvey fi glover Rebecca Jones Rose Boyt 📚 Carol Vorderman discusses her unlikely pivot from daytime televisions queen of mental arithmetic to one of the country’s most fearless political activists with Matthew Stadlen at 6pm in the Town Hall cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/carol-v…

Juliet Samuel Ian Rankin Sam Baker Sarah Jossel Sam McKnight Dr Maryam Zamani Ann Cleeves Brenda Blethyn Jane Garvey fi glover Rebecca Jones Rose Boyt Carol Vorderman Matthew Stadlen 📚 fearne cotton talks to Poorna Bell about her debut novel, Scripted, which follows one woman’s empowering journey to reclaim her voice and rewrite her destiny. 6.15pm in The Times and Sunday Times Forum cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/fearne-…

So exciting to be at Cheltenham Festivals today to see debut class of ‘25 @lucyrosecreates, Nussaibah Younis, and Florence Knapp discuss their upcoming novels with Sam Baker. Three very different but extraordinary debuts. 2025 is shaping up to be an excellent year for books!


Superb CheltLitFest event today with Ian Rankin on great form chatting with Sam Baker ... #crimewriting #rebus #cheltlitfest


.standrewsbkfest has announced its inaugural programme, including Lorraine, Ann Cleeves and Ian Rankin bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)


If you are a fan of Shetland or Vera on the TV then come and see their creator Ann Cleeves in conversation next month in London. Saturday 30th Nov. Tix here: standrewsbookfestival.org



Kicking off Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s UK book tour in Edinburgh at the beautiful Pilrig St Paul’s Church, hosted by Topping & Company Booksellers of Edinburgh and chaired by Sam Baker ♥️


