A new year = new books, and there are plenty of brilliant new stories to look out for this year. To get your 2022 reading list started, we've brought together five of this year's most exciting debut novelists. Speaking to Isy Suttie, they introduce us to themselves and their books, and give us some insight into their inspirations and aspirations. From a darkly comic dystopia to sumptuous historical fiction to a subversive take on modern womanhood and more – there's something for everyone amongst our pick of 2022's must-read debuts.

In this episode, we hear from:

• Jessamine Chan, author of The School for Good Mothers,
• Nikki May, author of Wahala,
• Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of Pandora,
• Claire Alexander, author of Meredith, Alone,
• Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, author of When We Were Birds

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