The Hatchards Podcast

Ryan Edgington

ryan.edgington@waterstones.com

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Booking Overview

A literary conversation show from England’s historic Hatchards bookstore, featuring author interviews alongside “bookish waffle” and a relaxed tone. It’s a strong fit for PR teams representing authors of serious fiction and non-fiction with built-in audience interest (history, crime, politics, film culture).

Metrics

Episodes: 70

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Male

Location: United Kingdom

Instagram: 45.0k followers

Contact Information

ryan.edgington@waterstones.com

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Host

Ryan Edgington - Host of The Hatchards Podcast, leading interviews with published authors about their books. The show is produced by Lily Woods and Matt Hennessey and presented as a conversation show from Hatchards...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Published authors with a new or featured book (typically fiction or non-fiction), ideally with strong subject-matter credibility (e.g., established historians, high-profile literary writers, notable crime/historical narrative authors).
Required Achievements:  
Published book with media/bookshop visibility (e.g., book-of-the-month selection), Recognized track record in the subject area (history, crime, political/historical narrative, or film-adjacent nonfiction)

Recent Guest Discussions

Edward Chisholm - French Crime Saga; Markovi Affair And Connections To Film Culture And Political Figures; Use Of Classified Material And Period Cinema.

Jean-Nol Orengo - Albert Speer And The Imagined Portrayal Of Nazi-era Image-making And Authorship Of History.

Antony Beevor - Rasputin And The Downfall Of The Romanovs; Influence On The Imperial Family; Themes Of Social Collapse And Inevitability.

Recent Topics

Literature, Books, Fiction, Nonfiction, History

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Hatchards Podcast
:

Kathryn Stockett on The Calamity Club: Sisterhood in the American South

June 16, 2026

On this episode, we're joined by author Kathryn Stockett to discuss her new novel, The Calamity Club, which follows a group of remarkable women as they confront the reactionary social, cultural, and economic forces that defined much of the American South during the Great Depression.It has been 17 years since Stockett published The Help, one of the defining publishing successes of its era, and she shares with us the anxiety she felt returning to this world after writing a wildly successful, al...

Edward Chisholm on Murder in Paris ’68: Film Stars, French Presidents, and a Fatal Cover-Up

May 05, 2026

On this episode, we are joined by Edward Chisholm, author of our Non-Fiction Book of the Month for May, Murder in Paris ’68. This gripping French crime saga uncovers a vast criminal conspiracy surrounding cinema icon Alain Delon, who was once accused of murdering his friend and bodyguard, Stevan Marković.The so-called 'Marković Affair' entangled figures ranging from organised crime to President Georges Pompidou, and Chisholm draws on still-classified material and the defining films of the era...

Jean-Noël Orengo on You Are the Fuhrer's Unrequited Love

April 07, 2026

On this episode, we’re joined by the author of our Fiction Book of the Month for April, Jean-Noël Orengo, whose novel, intriguingly titled You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love, is an imagined portrait of the life and lies of Albert Speer, Hitler’s closest confidant and chosen architect for Nazi Germany. Speer, who was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity at Nuremberg, successfully transformed his public image from that of a war criminal into that of the prototypical “Good Na...

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