Dymphna Flynn
@dymphnaflynn.bsky.social
Development producer Pier Productions. Ex BBC Radio 4 producer. Former Costa Prize judge. Love to read in Brighton, London and the South of France
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Aaron and the gang at Bookies’ Fav podcast invited me on their latest episode - discussing The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, shortlisted for the Booker. I tell them why I loved this novel and if I think you should put your ££ on it to win at the Bookies…
Aaron and the gang at Bookies’ Fav podcast invited me on their latest episode - discussing The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, shortlisted for the Booker. I tell them why I loved this novel and if I think you should put your ££ on it to win at the Bookies…
The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits | Review | Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist
Podcast Episode · Bookies' Favourite · 23/10/2025 · 1h 2m
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October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Aaron and the gang at Bookies’ Fav podcast invited me on their latest episode - discussing The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, shortlisted for the Booker. I tell them why I loved this novel and if I think you should put your ££ on it to win at the Bookies…
Aaron and the gang at Bookies’ Fav podcast invited me on their latest episode - discussing The Rest of Our Lives by Ben Markovits, shortlisted for the Booker. I tell them why I loved this novel and if I think you should put your ££ on it to win at the Bookies…
Tonight! It's the annual BBC National Short Story Award ceremony and how great that 2025 is the 20th year anniversary of this prestigious and important prize which celebrates the power of short form prose. Live on Front Row, BBC Radio 4 1915
September 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Tonight! It's the annual BBC National Short Story Award ceremony and how great that 2025 is the 20th year anniversary of this prestigious and important prize which celebrates the power of short form prose. Live on Front Row, BBC Radio 4 1915
Five real contenders for the Booker Shortlist - Love Forms, Universality, Seascraper, Audition, Endling. Announcement this Tuesday evening lads!
September 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Five real contenders for the Booker Shortlist - Love Forms, Universality, Seascraper, Audition, Endling. Announcement this Tuesday evening lads!
🍁 It’s here! The September Edition!
Terrific novels out this month, these four are only a small sample.. we are going to be fine this autumn with these lovely books
William Boyd – The Predicament
Olga Tokarczuk – House of Day, House of Night
Nathan Harris - Amity
Elizabeth Day – One of Us
Terrific novels out this month, these four are only a small sample.. we are going to be fine this autumn with these lovely books
William Boyd – The Predicament
Olga Tokarczuk – House of Day, House of Night
Nathan Harris - Amity
Elizabeth Day – One of Us
September 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
🍁 It’s here! The September Edition!
Terrific novels out this month, these four are only a small sample.. we are going to be fine this autumn with these lovely books
William Boyd – The Predicament
Olga Tokarczuk – House of Day, House of Night
Nathan Harris - Amity
Elizabeth Day – One of Us
Terrific novels out this month, these four are only a small sample.. we are going to be fine this autumn with these lovely books
William Boyd – The Predicament
Olga Tokarczuk – House of Day, House of Night
Nathan Harris - Amity
Elizabeth Day – One of Us
The latest Book at Bedtime from Pier Productions, on Radio 4, find it on BBC Sounds. An eerily prescient novel about the rise of fascism from 1934 that’s been a runaway success this year. Crooked Cross by Sally Carson, pub Persephone books. #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
August 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The latest Book at Bedtime from Pier Productions, on Radio 4, find it on BBC Sounds. An eerily prescient novel about the rise of fascism from 1934 that’s been a runaway success this year. Crooked Cross by Sally Carson, pub Persephone books. #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
TOP FIVE new July books - real prize listers these
Arifa Akbar - Wolf Moon
Benjamin Wood – Seascraper
Jackie Thomas-Kennedy – The Other Wife
Esther Freud - My Sister and Other Lovers
Maria Reva – Endling
🙏 Bloomsbury, Sceptre and Penguin Viking for the copies. Appreciate it! #booksky
Arifa Akbar - Wolf Moon
Benjamin Wood – Seascraper
Jackie Thomas-Kennedy – The Other Wife
Esther Freud - My Sister and Other Lovers
Maria Reva – Endling
🙏 Bloomsbury, Sceptre and Penguin Viking for the copies. Appreciate it! #booksky
July 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
TOP FIVE new July books - real prize listers these
Arifa Akbar - Wolf Moon
Benjamin Wood – Seascraper
Jackie Thomas-Kennedy – The Other Wife
Esther Freud - My Sister and Other Lovers
Maria Reva – Endling
🙏 Bloomsbury, Sceptre and Penguin Viking for the copies. Appreciate it! #booksky
Arifa Akbar - Wolf Moon
Benjamin Wood – Seascraper
Jackie Thomas-Kennedy – The Other Wife
Esther Freud - My Sister and Other Lovers
Maria Reva – Endling
🙏 Bloomsbury, Sceptre and Penguin Viking for the copies. Appreciate it! #booksky
Now on BBC Sounds - for free - Anna Hope reads her latest novel ALBION, a riveting story of a toxic father, family dynamics, and the land. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#booksky #audiobook
#booksky #audiobook
June 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Now on BBC Sounds - for free - Anna Hope reads her latest novel ALBION, a riveting story of a toxic father, family dynamics, and the land. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#booksky #audiobook
#booksky #audiobook
Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami - a gentle, slow, sad read and genuinely life-affirming with great gags. Absolutely perfect for a summer holiday, but you will immediately want to book a flight to Japan 😎
June 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami - a gentle, slow, sad read and genuinely life-affirming with great gags. Absolutely perfect for a summer holiday, but you will immediately want to book a flight to Japan 😎
June is busting out all over! These three novels have to be on your radar this month – all out this Thursday 19 June
Emily Itami – Kakigori Summer
Claire Adam – Love Forms
Wendy Erskine – The Benefactors
#booksky thanks to Sceptre, Faber and Phoenix Books for the copies
Emily Itami – Kakigori Summer
Claire Adam – Love Forms
Wendy Erskine – The Benefactors
#booksky thanks to Sceptre, Faber and Phoenix Books for the copies
June 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
June is busting out all over! These three novels have to be on your radar this month – all out this Thursday 19 June
Emily Itami – Kakigori Summer
Claire Adam – Love Forms
Wendy Erskine – The Benefactors
#booksky thanks to Sceptre, Faber and Phoenix Books for the copies
Emily Itami – Kakigori Summer
Claire Adam – Love Forms
Wendy Erskine – The Benefactors
#booksky thanks to Sceptre, Faber and Phoenix Books for the copies
Two very good reads have just been awarded Women’s Prizes tonight - the twisty The Safe Keep by Yael Van Der Wouden and the life-affirming The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke. Congratulations ! 🎉 #booksky @womensprize.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Two very good reads have just been awarded Women’s Prizes tonight - the twisty The Safe Keep by Yael Van Der Wouden and the life-affirming The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke. Congratulations ! 🎉 #booksky @womensprize.bsky.social
This novel is a revelation! Set in the underbelly of Berlin, I couldn’t be less interested in clubbing but there’s SO much more to it.. it is a stunning read. Full review on my IG
May 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This novel is a revelation! Set in the underbelly of Berlin, I couldn’t be less interested in clubbing but there’s SO much more to it.. it is a stunning read. Full review on my IG
Currently available on BBC Sounds for just one more week, for free, a lovely adaptation of The Artist by Lucy Steeds. Set in 1920s Provence it’s a perfect summer / read listen ☀️ #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
May 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Currently available on BBC Sounds for just one more week, for free, a lovely adaptation of The Artist by Lucy Steeds. Set in 1920s Provence it’s a perfect summer / read listen ☀️ #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
May 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
In praise of the Local Free Library! Thanks to the anonymous donor.. thrilled with this book haul - I have read the Accidental Tourist, which Tyler shall I read next? #booksky
May 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In praise of the Local Free Library! Thanks to the anonymous donor.. thrilled with this book haul - I have read the Accidental Tourist, which Tyler shall I read next? #booksky
🌻Mayday! Just four of a big pile of books which are published this month: these are leading authors at the top of their game. Thanks to the publishers for the review copies. (Lily-of-the-valley is gifted in France on 1 May - to bring renewal and happiness. It smells divine.) #booksky #books
May 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Author Jane Gardam has died, aged 96. A great age, but still sad. She was renowned for her sharp but delicate portraits of twentieth century English life, full of wit and wry understanding about class, vanity and frailty. If you don’t know her, start with Old Filth. #booksky #books
April 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... BEAUTIFUL adaptation of this important classic - now on @bbcsounds.bsky.social #booksky #books
Maurice by E. M. Forster - 6. An Outlaw in Disguise - BBC Sounds
E. M. Forster’s novel of gay love, published posthumously, now a beacon of gay literature.
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April 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... BEAUTIFUL adaptation of this important classic - now on @bbcsounds.bsky.social #booksky #books
🌼🌹Wowsers! Such great titles coming out this month! Happy April reading.. highly recommend each of these, and thanks to the publishers for the review copies.
April 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🌼🌹Wowsers! Such great titles coming out this month! Happy April reading.. highly recommend each of these, and thanks to the publishers for the review copies.
Asparagus season in the village! #southoffrance #lesuddefrance
March 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Asparagus season in the village! #southoffrance #lesuddefrance
The @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction Shortlist has been announced!
Terrific, all-compassing list. Every one a corker!
Terrific, all-compassing list. Every one a corker!
March 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The @womensprize.bsky.social for Non-Fiction Shortlist has been announced!
Terrific, all-compassing list. Every one a corker!
Terrific, all-compassing list. Every one a corker!
Out today, The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue, a propulsive read based on the infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station which went down in history thanks to a set of surreal photographs. Really good read 👏👏 #booksky
March 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Out today, The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue, a propulsive read based on the infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station which went down in history thanks to a set of surreal photographs. Really good read 👏👏 #booksky
Blue Sky on the lagoon 💙#suddefrance #etangdethau
March 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Blue Sky on the lagoon 💙#suddefrance #etangdethau