Literature Live returned in spring 2026 for a new season on London’s arts radio station Resonance 104.4fm – broadcasting live on FM in London, online and on DAB.
Literature Live broadcasts at 8:00 pm on the second Monday of each month through 2026 (excluding the August break).
London author Tony White presents readings and chat with some of the best novelists and short story writers around, in a monthly programme focusing on live literature with the emphasis on authors reading from and discussing their fiction live on the air.
Next episode:
Monday 12 October 2026, 8:00 pm
Join us for Literature Live on Resonance FM, Monday 12 October at 8:00 pm.
My guests this month are Jude Cook and Luke Kennard.
Jude Cook is the author of the novels Byron Easy (2013), Jacob’s Advice (2020) and Time Being (2026). He reviews fiction for The Guardian, The Spectator, Literary Review, and the TLS, and his short stories and essays have appeared in The Moth, Tamarind, Confingo, The Tangerine and elsewhere. In 2025 Jude was a judge for the Republic of Consciousness Prize for small presses (now the Queen Mary Small Press Fiction Prize. In the same year, he launched a new press, Conduit Books. He holds a PhD in the Contemporary Novel from Kent Canterbury University and is an Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Westminster. He lives in London.
Luke Kennard is an award-winning poet and novelist. His 5th collection, Cain, was shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize in 2017 and described by Alan Hollinghurst as ‘the cleverest and funniest thing I’ve read this year’. Notes on the Sonnets, an anarchic response to Shakespeare’s sonnets, won the Forward prize for Best Poetry Collection in 2021. He is a professor of creative writing and literature at the University of Birmingham. His third novel Black Bag has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2026.
Show repeats 10:00 am, Tuesday 13 October 2026.
Literature Live is presented by Tony White
Tony White’s latest novel is Phantom at the Feast (No Exit Press, 2026). White is the author of six previous novels, including Foxy-T and The Fountain in the Forest. A former writer in residence at the Science Museum, he has reviewed for the Guardian, Irish Times, and The Idler. He is currently the RLF Fellow at Royal Holloway University of London, and an Associate Lecturer on the Creative Writing MA at Birkbeck. Since 1994, Tony White has published the artists’ book series Piece of Paper Press. White chaired the board of Resonance FM from 2010–2018. He is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association, and is currently on the judging panel for the CWA Short Story Dagger.
Watch this space for more superb author guests on Literature Live, Monday 9 November at 8:00 pm!
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