Former BBC Breakfast star lands brand new role alongside Clare Balding after quitting the show for major career move
FORMER BBC Breakfast star Louise Minchin has bagged herself a brand new role after a major career move.
The popular star opted to walk away from the daily BBC show after 20 years in 2021.
Since then, Louise has managed to find herself a new passion as an author.
The journalist has put her creative skills to work by writing her brand new novel, Isolation Island.
As a result of her new found career, she has been signed up as the main event for this autumn‘s Isle of Wight Literary Festival.
Louise will appear at the three-day event at Northwood House in Cowes alongside fellow TV star Clare Balding.
Countdown star Susie Dent and This Morning regular Gyles Brandreth will also be among the starry line-up.
Whilst Isolation Island is Louise’s debut novel, it is not the first time she has turned her hand to writing books over the past few years.
In 2019, she published her first non-fiction book – Dare to Tri – about her experiences of training to become a triathlete.
She followed it up last year with another work of non-fiction called Fearless.
Isolation Island is understood to be loosely based on Louise’s time in I’m A Celebrity in 2021.
The novel follows 10 fictional famous faces as they jet off to a remote and secluded island off the coast of Scotland.
The action takes place in the heart of winter – much like Louise’s time in I’m A Celeb in the Welsh castle.
Louise describes the book’s fictional show as the most gruelling but also the most lucrative survival show ever devised.
Furthermore, Louise was chosen to be the chair for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2023 as a result of her recent writing endeavours.
On-screen, Louise can occasionally still be seen as a cover presenter on ITV breakfast show Lorraine stepping in for the star when regular hosts Christine Lampard and Ranvir Singh are unavailable.
Who are the current presenters of BBC Breakfast?
The flagship BBC show has had dozens of presenters during its impressive 40 years on air but the current stars are:
Jon Kay – Since 2022
Sally Nugent – Since 2021
Charlie Stayt – Since 2006
Naga Munchetty – Since 2014
Carol Kirkwood – Since 1997