Who Was On Big Scottish Book Club?
I interviewed over 140 writers of all kinds from all over the world. Here they are, in series order. Thanks to the team at IWC, who did all the producing and booking.
Series One - 2019
1. Ambrose Parry (Christopher Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman)
2. Sara Collins
3. Ian Rankin
4. Richard Scott.
5. Rhik Samadder
6. Janice Galloway
7. Maggie O’Farrell
8. Andrew McMillan.
9. David Nicholls
10. Marian Keyes
11. John Niven
12. Chris McQueer.
13. Graham Norton
14. Denise Mina
15. Patrick Gale
16. Inua Ellams.
‘Big Scottish Book Club’ guests S1-S7
Series One - 2019
1. Ambrose Parry (Christopher Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman)
2. Sara Collins
3. Ian Rankin
4. Richard Scott.
5. Rhik Samadder
6. Janice Galloway
7. Maggie O’Farrell
8. Andrew McMillan.
9. David Nicholls
10. Marian Keyes
11. John Niven
12. Chris McQueer.
13. Graham Norton
14. Denise Mina
15. Patrick Gale
16. Inua Ellams.
Series Two - 2020
17. Kirsty Logan
18. Gavin Francis
19. Harry Josephine Giles.
20. Alexandra Heminsley
21. Janey Godley
22. Lemn Sissay
23. Janette Ayachi.
24. Luke Turner
25. Amanda Thomson
26. Kathleen Jamie
27. Heather H. Yeung.
28. Val McDermid
29. Professor Dame Sue Black
30. Richard Osman
31. Iona Lee.
32. Kirsty Wark
33. Natalie Haynes
34. Kate Mosse
35. Andrés N. Ordorica.
36. Paul McVeigh
37. Graeme Armstrong
38. Jessica Fellowes
39. Courtney Stoddart.
40. Sathnam Sanghera
41. Juno Dawson
42. Andrew O’Hagan
43. Nadine Aisha Jassat.
44. Kirstin Innes
45. Jojo Moyes
46. Jenny Lindsa.y
47. Dustin Lance Black.
48. Professor Suzannah Lipscomb
49. Denise Mina
50. Hannah Lavery
51. Len Pennie.
Series Three - 2021
52. Louise Welsh
53. Sarah Perry
54. James Robertson
55. Mara Menzies.
56. Kirsty Capes
57. Séamas O’Reilly
58. Bobby Gillespie
59. Mae Diansangu.
60. Bryony Gordon
61. Mohsin Zaidi
62. Darren McGarvey.
63. Jeda Pearl.
64. Alan Johnson
65. Alan Parks
66. Ian Rankin.
67. Nasim Rebecca Asl.
68. Miriam Margolyes
69. Jackie Kay
70. Pete Paphides
71. John Gerard Fagan.
72. Monisha Rajesh
73. Cal Flyn
74. Alan Warner
75. Michael Pedersen.
76. Bernard MacLaverty
77. Val McDermid
78. Kit de Waal
79. Bee Asha Singh.
Series Four - 2022
80. Armistead Maupin
81. Josie Long
82. Andrew Cotter.
83. Graeme Macrae Burnet
84. Denise Mina
85. Graham McTavish.
86. Patrick Gale
87. Pat Nevin
88. Chitra Ramaswamy.
89. Maggie O’Farrell
90. Elaine C. Smith
91. Kate Mosse.
92. Rachelle Atalla
93. Gavin Mitchell
94. Sarah Vaughan.
95. Jennifer Egan
96. Ricky Ross
97. Mark Billingham.
98. Charlie Higson
99. Ian Rankin
100. Bethan Roberts.
101. Reverend Richard Coles
102. Lemn Sissay
103. Cerys Matthews.
Series Five - 2023
104. Colson Whitehead
105. Eleanor Catton
106. Judy Murray.
107. Ann Cleeves
108. Irvine Welsh
109. Lauren Lyle.
110. Leila Aboulela
111. Maggie O’Farrell
112. Rochelle Neil.
113. Jenny Colgan
114. Graham McTavish
115. MG Leonard.
Series Six - 2024
116. Jackie Kay
117. Elif Shafak
118. Julian Clary.
119. Cariad Lloyd
120. Sara Pascoe
121. Chris Brookmyre.
122. Sarah Perry
123. Sara Sheridan
124. Eleanor Morton.
125. Naomi Alderman
126. Jack Docherty
127. Nikesh Shukla.
128. Rebecca F Kuang
129. Hugo Rifkind
130. Kieran Hodgson.
131. Amy Liptrot
132. Andrew O’Hagan
133. Joe Thomas
Series Seven - 2025
134. John Niven
135. Hallie Rubenhold
136. Desiree Burch.
137. Rachel Kushner
138. Tash Aw
139. Brian Cox.
140. Paula Hawkins
141. Chris McQueer
142. Rachel Parris.