Damian Barr’s Literary Salon

Hosted ByDamian Barr

Damian Barr's Literary Salon tempts the world's best writers to read exclusively from their latest greatest works and share their own personal stories. Star guests include: Jojo Moyes, John Waters, Yaa Gyasi, Mary Beard, Diana Athill and Louis de Bernières - all in front of a live audience at leading glamorous locations world-wide. Our London home is the Savoy. Suave Salonnière Damian Barr is your host.

Produced by Megan Bay Dorman and Russell Finch.


All Episodes

BOOK OF THE WEEK: New Skin for the Old Ceremony by Arun Sood

Our Book of the Week is by a debut author and an independent press – our favourite mash-up! New Skin for the Old Ceremony is a novel by Scottish-Indian...

BOOK OF THE WEEK: Boy Friends by Michael Pedersen

BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Foghorn Echoes by Danny Ramadan

We’ve got a brilliantly evocative book for your listening pleasure on this week’s episode. The Foghorn Echoes is by Danny Ramadan, an award-winning Canadian-Syrian author and advocate for LGBTQ+...

BOOK OF THE WEEK: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

The first podcast in the world to share an extract of this hotly anticipated historical fiction!

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Bobby Palmer reads from ‘Isaac and the Egg’

If you’re in the market for something a little unusual and totally brilliant then let us introduce you to Bobby Palmer’s wholly original debut novel Isaac and the Egg....

Kit de Waal WORLD PREMIERE, at the Literary Salon

Enjoy the first interview and reading with award-winning author Kit, from her new book ‘Without Warning And Only Sometimes’

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Jess Kidd reads from ‘The Night Ship’

‘Lyrical, haunting, a beautiful and elegant fictional interpretation of history’ – Kate Mosse

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Sara El Sayed reads from ‘Muddy People’

Our book of the week is for anyone who’s ever felt that they were the “other.” After leaving Egypt when Sara was only six years old, her family slowly...

SALON EXCLUSIVE: Ali Millar reads from ‘The Last Days’

For anyone who loves a poignant, thoughtful, revealing and all round incredibly written memoir, Ali Millar’s The Last Days is a knock-out.   It’s 1982 and in the Kingdom Hall...

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