Damian Barr's Literary Salon

From the freshest debuts to the biggest bestsellers, this is where the world’s best writers read for the first time from their latest greatest books and share their own personal stories. Recent world premieres include ‘Hamnet’, ‘Again, Rachel’ and ‘Shuggie Bain’.

Enjoy our Book of the Week strand (formerly named Salon Exclusives), where each bite-size episode offers an exclusive taster of a new book. Or relax into an in-depth interview with one of your very favourite writers. Warm your heart with Armstead Maupin. Or hang on every word with Yaa Gyasi.

Hosted by writer and broadcaster, Damian Barr, and handpicked Guest Hosts, the Literary Salon live events and recordings celebrate storytelling and invite you to be part of it.


Produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman. Programmed by Matt Casbourne. 

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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ed O'Loughlin reads from 'The ...
11 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ashley Audrain reads from 'Th...
Enjoy an intriguing extract from this brilliant new thriller
10 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Charmaine Wilkerson reads from...
Enjoy an excerpt from the debut novel everyone's talking about, and Oprah's making a television series from!
11 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jon Ransom reads from 'The Wha...
13 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Osman Yousefzada reads from 'T...
An enlightening memoir from the world-famous artist and fashion designer
10 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jo Browning Wroe reads from '...
Listen to an exclusive reading from this much anticipated debut
14 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Megan Nolan reads from 'Acts o...
11 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Amor Towles reads from 'The Li...
Enjoy an exclusive reading from the New York Times bestseller
12 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Antti Tuomainen reads from 'Th...
The award-winning Finnish author and master of Scandi-noir reads from his dark new thriller
15 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'In Every Mirror She's Black' ...
A sexy, surprising, searing debut about love, loss, desire, and the many dimensions of Black womanhood.
10 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'Lemon' by Kwon Yeo-sun
Listen to this stirring extract from a multi-award winning author, read by the novel's translator Janet Hong
14 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'The Spirit Engineer' by A.J. ...
Enjoy this extra special reading from actor Dickon Farmar of this brilliantly spooky new thriller
16 min
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Salon News - Autumn Season reveal! Tickets avai...
Find out who our guests are before everyone else!
9 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Elodie Harper reads from 'The ...
13 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Gilmartin reads from 'Di...
The remarkable Irish novel set to be a major 2021 debut fiction launch
14 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Defne Suman reads from 'The S...
13 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Harriet Evans reads from 'The ...
Enjoy an exclusive reading from this page-turning summer read
14 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Lesley Lokko reads from 'Soul ...
Enjoy a fantastic reading from a book that's a delight to get lost in...
17 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Kate Sawyer reads from 'The St...
A bold, utterly unforgettable novel about new beginnings and the survival of hope that’s already a huge hit with booksellers
13 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: 'My Mess Is A Bit Of A Life' b...
Actress Katherine Parkinson (of The IT Crowd & more) reads hilarious extracts by the multi-award-winning Georgia Pritchett
13 min
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Garth Greenwell - Salon LIVE Online - May 2020
A special Pride Month gift! Listen in to our electrifying full-length Salon with Garth Greenwell, discussing his incredible book Cleanness
61 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Scholes Young reads fr...
Listen to an exclusive reading from this vibrant, immersive story...
19 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ruth Gilligan reads from 'The ...
Enjoy an exclusive clip from this brilliant award-winning book
13 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Meg Rosoff reads from 'The Gre...
Enjoy this summery reading from the bestselling author
13 min
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SALON EXCLUSIVE: Krystal Sutherland reads from ...
Enjoy this spine tingling extract from the international bestselling author's acclaimed book
11 min