Simon Mayo has left BBC Radio 2 to concentrate on his writing following a newly inked two-book deal with Transworld, including a contemporary thriller. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mayo to focus on book deal and 5 Live film show as Whiley moves to an evening slotSimon Mayo and Jo Whiley are to leave the BBC Radio 2 Drivetime show, as part of a shake-up at the UK’s most popular radio station.Mayo has hosted the show since 2010, but tensions are thought to have arisen after... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Gavin and Stacey" creator Ruth Jones and BBC Radio Two's Simon Mayo were among the debut novelists presenting their work at a showcase of 2018 talent hosted by Transworld at the Charlotte Hotel in central London. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Del Rey has acquired The Last Dog on Earth, the first of a two book deal from Adrian J Walker, author of The End of the World Running Club ,featured in Simon Mayo’s Radio 2 Book Club. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling will be giving her first radio interview about writing as Robert Galbraith live on BBC2's "Simon Mayo’s Drivetime Show" on Monday 2nd November. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new non-fiction book club on Claudia Winkleman's weekly BBC Radio 2 "Arts Show" is to launch this autumn, as part of The Reading Agency partnership with the station. The book club follows on from the Radio 2 Book Club on Simon Mayo's show, and a children's writing competition called 500 Words... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate has signed a title on films by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo, the duo behind "Kermode and Mayo's Film Review" radio show. Running since 2001, the BBC Radio 5 Live programme attracts 2m downloads every month. The book, titled The Movie Doctors, brings their film knowledge and sense of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A complaint about books by the BBC's Simon Mayo and Mark Easton getting undue prominence on Richard Bacon's 5 live show is not upheld by the BBC Trust. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Libraries across the country are taking part in a high-tech treasure based on Simon Mayo’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon Mayo and Steve Backshall are among the longlisted authors for the Branford Boase Award,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]