Children’s Summer Book Club 2024
The Today programme on BBC Radio 4 launched the Children’s Summer Book Club 2024. Each year an author panel recommends […]
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Are People Losing Reading ‘Stamina?’
Interviewed at the Hay Literary Festival, Dame Jacqueline Wilson wonders are people losing ‘reading stamina?’ Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s
Listening to The Everywoman (BBC Radio 4)
We’re currently listening to The Everywoman (BBC Radio 4) and BBC Sounds. This neat, two-part documentary poses the question: If
BBC Inside Cinema’s Strong Female Characters
This BBC Arts thread continues on the iPlayer with Inside Cinema’s Strong Female Characters. It’s a barely-there critique that fails
Lose yourself in timeless fiction from literary greats
Lose yourself in timeless fiction from literary greats, a collection of one hundred stories in unabridged audio from BBC Sounds.
BBC Teach and First Story
BBC Teach and First Story collaborate with contemporary writers to produce a new set of creative writing resources, Inside the
Five publishing design clichés
BBC Arts’ Tom Churchill mocked up five publishing design clichés that pervade the book stands. From the airport blockbuster thriller,
Review: The History of the Future BBC Radio4
The History of the Future is a ten-part documentary on BBC4 Extra. Juliet Gardiner looks at how cultures of the
Review: Crossing Steinbeck’s America
The BBC’s Our World thread continues with Crossing Steinbeck’s America. As America grapples with a deepening recession, white-collar workers lose
Review: The Man Who Saves Life Stories
“Irving Finkel collects ordinary people’s lives. He hoards their life stories in diary form and has amassed a collection of