Bonus episode: Matt Cain on how to come back fighting after rejection and a bookish secret that will leave you wanting more!

Best Book Forward

01-02-2024 • 40 mins

For this episode of Best Book Forward I was delighted to be joined again by Matt Cain; author of One Love .  If you missed the main episode where Matt discusses her Desert Island Book.

In this episode we talk about how Matt came back fighting after his first novel, The Madonna of Bolton was rejected; using his rage to crowdfund his way to get his book published in just a week! Matt also shares a bookish secret with us that left me feeling really excited !


Books and authors mentioned in this episode


David Nicholls

Lisa Jewell

David Walliams

Adele Parks

Jane Austen

Kate Atkinson


The Song of Achilles of Madeleine Miller

The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain

One Day by David Nicholls

The Unfinished Business fo Eadie Browne by Freya North

The Excitements by CJ Wray

That Bonesetter Woman by Frances Quinn

Shot Through the Heart by Matt Cain

Nothing But Trouble by Matt Cain

Step Sisters by Matt Cain


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