My Life In Books with Red Szell
Episodes
Robert Macfarlane
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
To celebrate the 100th edition of the show Red is joined by an author whose books on landscape, nature, place, people and language have won internatio...
Julie M. Green
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A decade after learning that her son is autistic, writer Julie M. Green received her own diagnosis, shedding light on a lifetime of feeling othered an...
J Randy Taraborrelli
24 Mar 2026
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J Randy Taraborrelli is a best-selling biographer and one of the most highly acclaimed historians of the Kennedys. His latest book, JFK: Public, Priva...
Amy Spurway
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Spurway is a Canadian writer from Cape Breton, which is also the setting for her debut novel, Crow. When Stacey Fortune is diagnosed with three un...
RC Shaw
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 1898 Joshua Slocum completed the first single-handed circumnavigation of the globe. His account of the three-year, 46,000-mile adventure, Sailing A...
Mark Billingham
02 Feb 2026
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With global sales figures of over six and a half million books, Mark Billingham is one of the most successful, and critically acclaimed, crime writers...
Michael Sheridan
19 Jan 2026
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Michael Sheridan is a veteran foreign correspondent with over two decades experience reporting on Chinese affairs. His latest book, The Red Emperor: X...
Simon Elliott
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Septimius Severus was Rome’s Black emperor. Born in the blistering heat of what is now Libya, in 145 A.D., he died in the freezing cold of a British...
Amy Rosen
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy Rosen is one of Canada’s top food and travel writers. Not only has she built a reputation as a gifted journalist and TV presenter, but she is al...
Ji Hong Sayo
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ji Hong Sayo is a Canadian Lao-Chinese author working out of Toronto.Angelhunting is the first book in his new series featuring Seamus Caron, a hard-b...
Eimear McBride
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eimear McBride has won multiple awards for her four novels to date.Through lyrical, experimental prose she explores her characters’ emotional landsc...
Gina Goldhammer
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Goldhammer has led an extraordinary life. The daughter of a high-ranking Cold War defector, she spent two decades as literary editor to former US...
M. J. Arlidge
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
M. J. Arlidge is a master builder of suspense.In his TV career he has written and produced screenplays for many prime-time crime and drama serials.And...
Dervla McTiernan
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dervla McTiernan has won international acclaim for her crime fiction, with both her stand-alone thrillers and gritty police procedurals consistently t...
Will Carver
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Will Carver has been dubbed ‘the most original writer in Britain’. His ability to blend dark humour with explosive plots encompassing elements of ...
Sarah Pinborough
08 Sep 2025
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Sarah Pinborough’s ability to build psychological suspense, and her versatility in bending and blending genres, have made her one of the leading lig...
Eric Siblin
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Siblin is a Canadian author and former music critic for The Montreal Gazette. He is best known for his non-fiction title, The Cello Suites,which ...
Jacob McArthur Mooney
11 Aug 2025
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Jacob McArthur Mooney has built a reputation as one of Canada’s most compelling poets. So his debut novel has been eagerly anticipated.The Northern ...
Emma Cowell
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In an increasingly hectic world, Emma Cowell’s novels transport the reader to timeless Greek islands where hope and healing are given space to emerg...
C.L. Taylor
07 Jul 2025
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In the highly competitive world of the psychological thriller, C.L. Taylor has an outstanding record. Eight-out-of-ten of her titles to date have topp...
Aaron Kreuter
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aaron Kreuter is a writer, poet and academic who lives in Toronto. His novel Lake Burntshore is a coming-of-age story, social satire, romance, and pol...
Nicholas Herring
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Herring lives in Murray Harbour, on Prince Edward Island, where he works as a carpenter. His debut novel, Some Hellish, follows the fortunes ...
Sean Farrell
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Farrell’s debut novel, Frogs for Watchdogs, has one of the most memorable titles of this year’s new publications. The story it tells, likewis...
Sarah Bax Horton
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2017, Sarah Bax Horton was researching her family history when she made the chance discovery that her great great grandfather was a Metropolitan Po...
David Bergen
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Bergen is widely regarded as one of Canada’s best writers. Most of his 11 novels and two short story collections have been in contention for m...
Arjun Basu
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Arjun Basu is a Canadian author and podcaster, whose novel Waiting for the Man was longlisted for the 2014 Giller prize. His latest book, The Reeds, i...
Kirti Bhadresa
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Astonishment of Stars is Kirti Bhadresa’s debut volume of short stories. Many of the fourteen tales in the collection chart the lives of women of...
K.J. Aiello
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As a child, K.J. Aiello found hope and escape in magical stories of dragons, wizards, and fantasy. These tales provided a safe space where K.J. could ...
Rachel Stark
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Stark’s debut, Perris California, is a beautiful and heart-rending novel.Set in the 1990s in what one character calls ‘the land of momma’...
Tara Moss
03 Feb 2025
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Tara Moss has much in common with the heroines of her internationally best-selling crime novels. The Canadian Australian former model is glamourous, t...
Alis Hawkins
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alis Hawkins is a Welsh crime novelist with a keen eye for historical detail.Her latest series, The Oxford Mysteries, is set in the city of dreaming s...
Sebastian Wocker
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For many of us, the coming of a new year is the time when we resolve to try and quit our bad habits and make a clean start. For most, overindulgence i...
Manda Scott
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Manda Scott is a novelist, podcaster and shamanist practitioner. After building a reputation as one of Britain’s leading crime writers, she achieved...
Catherine Bush
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine Bush is a Canadian novelist who has spoken internationally about the importance of addressing the climate crisis through fiction. Her lates...
David Tatel
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books.Each fortnight Red invites you to jo...
Helen Simonson
04 Nov 2024
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Bestselling novelist Helen Simonson revels in setting strength of character against small-minded social convention.While her debut, Major Pettigrew’...
Alissa York
21 Oct 2024
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Alissa York is a Canadian author whose novels and short stories have won her international acclaim.Her latest book, Far Cry, immerses the reader in th...
James Norbury
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Throughout the history of talking books, the question of how to bring illustrations to life has posed problems for authors and audio producers. But it...
Valerie Jerome
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Valerie Jerome’s grandfather John “Army” Howard was Canada’s first Black Olympian, and her brother Harry Jerome was one of the most recognizab...
Kylie Fitzpatrick
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Szell for the latest episode of AMI-audio's My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to j...
Naben Ruthnum
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About AMIAMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-...
Alexis Soloski
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
About AMIAMI is a media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians with disabilities through three broadcast services — AMI-tv and AMI-...
Erum Shazia Hasan
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, Red is joined by Canadian author Erum Shazia Hasan, whose compelling debut novel, "We Meant Well," explores the complex moral and em...
Tyler LeBlanc
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
PAGING ALL BOOK LOVERS! Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fort...
Rebecca Thorne
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio's My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to ...
Femi Kayode
20 May 2024
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
John Vaillant
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to ...
Sylvie Bigar
15 Apr 2024
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
N.V. Peacock
01 Apr 2024
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Christine Higdon
18 Mar 2024
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Mallory Tater
04 Mar 2024
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to ...
Meg Howrey
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This time, Red is joined by Meg Howrey, who was a professional ballet dancer before she took up the pen. Her background in the performing arts is evid...
Max Wallace
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Leah Redmond Chang
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to ...
Curtis LeBlanc
08 Jan 2024
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Selina Mills
18 Dec 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Sam Blake
04 Dec 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to ...
Andrew F. Sullivan
20 Nov 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Sheila Armstrong
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, Red is joined by Irish author Sheila Armstrong whose writing has been described as, "elegiac and atmospheric, dark and disquieting."...
Aoife McMahon
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to ...
Mat Osman
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, Red is joined by Mat Osman, best known as the bassist and a founding member of the English rock band Suede.But even as their ninth s...
Alka Joshi
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For this episode, Red is joined by Alka Joshi, whose Jaipur Trilogy of books has become an international sensation. The book that completes the serie...
Emily Urquhart
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Raising the curtain on our brand-new series, Red is joined by Emily Urquhart. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, Emily is a journalist with a doctorate in ...
Ece Temelkuran
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Pamela Mulloy
07 Aug 2023
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Dr. Catherine Raven
17 Jul 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Sara Sheridan
04 Jul 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Matthew Rubery, Part 2
19 Jun 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Matthew Rubery, Part 1
05 Jun 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to ...
Caroline Graham
15 May 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to joi...
Jonathan Whitelaw
01 May 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Ellen Jovin
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ellen Jovin is a self-confessed grammar nerd. So passionate is she that, in 2018, she decided to set up a table outside her New York home to answer qu...
Val Wood
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to joi...
Ed Caesar
20 Mar 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Szell for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to j...
Natalie Haynes
06 Mar 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Széll for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to...
Marilyn Davidson Elliott
20 Feb 2023
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Join writer, broadcaster and blind adventurer Red Szell for the latest episode of AMI-audio’s My Life in Books. Each fortnight, Red invites you to ...
John Keay
07 Feb 2023
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For this episode, Red is joined by John Keay, a British historian with an international reputation for writing accessible biographies of India, The Fa...
Josie Lloyd
20 Jan 2023
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This time, Red is joined by Josie Lloyd who, since her debut in 1997, has written a string of best-selling novels, including the international smash h...
Kate Summerscale
02 Jan 2023
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Red is joined by Kate Summerscale, an award-winning author and journalist who achieved international recognition with the publication of "The Suspicio...
Graeme Macrae
19 Dec 2022
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In this episode, Red is joined by Graeme Macrae Burnet who, in his four novels to date, has created a cryptic and compelling sub-genre: false true cri...
Kevin J Anderson
30 Nov 2022
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For this episode, Red is joined by Kevin J Anderson, the internationally best-selling author of over 170 novels, including the Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I...
Ben Macintyre
15 Nov 2022
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For this episode, Red is joined by Ben Macintyre, the award-winning author of over a dozen historical biographies that reveal some of the most fascina...
Premee Mohamed
31 Oct 2022
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For this episode, Red is joined by Premee Mohamed. The Alberta-based author is one of the most original and engaging voices in speculative fiction tod...
Rebecca Stott
15 Oct 2022
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For this episode, Red’s guest is the multi-talented author Rebecca Stott. Not only is she a prize-winning biographer and emeritus Professor of Liter...
Deborah Moggach
30 Sep 2022
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In this episode, Red’s guest is Deborah Moggach, the author of 20 widely acclaimed novels and two collections of short stories. Deborah is also a hi...
Ruta Sepetys
15 Sep 2022
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In this episode, Red is joined by best-selling author Ruta Sepetys, who has built an international reputation for shining a light into the darkest cor...
Louise Hare
01 Sep 2022
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"This month, Red’s guest is Louise Hare, whose atmospheric debut novel, ""This Lovely City,"" was set in bombed-out, post-war London and placed a yo...
AMI Presenters Special
24 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This month, to celebrate the show’s first birthday, Red is joined by not one, but three guests, all of whom should be familiar to AMI listeners, and...
Lesley Krueger
23 Jun 2022
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This month, Red’s guest is award-winning Canadian author and filmmaker Lesley Krueger. Her latest novel, "Time Squared," follows a reluctant time...
John Preston
24 May 2022
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This month, Red’s guest is John Preston, the award-winning journalist and author whose titles include "The Dig," "A Very English Scandal" and, most ...
Ellen Alpsten
03 May 2022
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This month, Red’s guest is Ellen Alpsten, whose meticulously researched historical novels, "Tsarina" and "The Tsarina’s Daughter," retell the ext...
Stuart Turton
20 Mar 2022
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This month, Red’s guest is Stuart Turton, creator of "The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle." A mind-bending blend of the board game Clue, the TV...
Salley Vickers
20 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"This month, Red is in conversation with Salley Vickers, the best-selling author of ""Miss Garnet’s Angel,"" ""The Librarian"" and ""The Cleaner of...
Maggie Shipstead
23 Jan 2022
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This month, Red is in conversation with Maggie Shipstead, whose latest novel, ""Great Circle,"" was shortlisted for The 2021 Booker Prize. Part histo...
Alison MacLeod
12 Jan 2022
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This month, Red is in conversation with Canadian-British author Alison MacLeod, whose latest novel "Tenderness" weaves together fact and fiction to ex...
Ursula Buchan
22 Nov 2021
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This month, Red is joined by Ursula Buchan, author of A Life of John Buchan: Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps. With access to a family archive, much of w...
Mick Finlay
24 Oct 2021
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This month, Red is joined by Mick Finlay, author of the acclaimed Arrowood series of historical detective novels. Set in Victorian London, his down-a...
Joanna Toye
26 Sep 2021
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This month on My Life in Books, host Red Szell is joined by Joanna Toye, a novelist who cut her writing teeth on the world’s longest-running drama s...
Who is Red Széll?
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this debut episode of My Life in Books, AMI-audio Manager Andy Frank turns the table on host Red Szell to introduce him to you! Using a similar for...
My Life In Books premieres September 5th!
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
September 5th, join broadcaster Red Széll for My Life in Books, featuring one-on-one interviews with authors who discuss their life, works and three ...