Books

'I'm a viral author but I can't quit my job'
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England
Posted
2 days ago
The scheme helping new authors get into bookshops
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Oxfordshire
Posted
2 days ago
Young authors describe 'awesome' town in new guide
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
3 days ago
Witness History. The origin of World Book Day. Audio, 10 minutes
23 April 1996, saw the first World Book Day. It originated from a Spanish tradition
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
US town forms human chain to move books to new shop. Video, 00:01:00
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US & Canada
Posted
4 days ago
Watch: Michigan town forms human chain to move 9,100 books for shop. Video, 00:01:01
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US & Canada
Posted
5 days ago
Bookshop owner launches trust to encourage reading
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Hereford & Worcester
Posted
6 days ago
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Author releases book exploring the meaning of life
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Bristol
Posted
13 April
Book blind date moves to shop after TikTok boom
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Dorset
Posted
13 April
Meta may have used books by Gerry Adams to train AI
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Northern Ireland
Posted
10 April
Independent bookshop launches children's festival
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Hereford & Worcester
Posted
8 April
Husband's death from MND inspires widow to publish book
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Bristol
Posted
8 April
Book festival's 'driving force' to step down
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South Scotland
Posted
7 April
'We need to speak up': Authors protest against Meta training AI on their work
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Newsbeat
Posted
3 April
Lives Less Ordinary. Rewind: An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning. Audio, 41 minutes
How a book-loving prisoner showed a young Alex Wheatle the path to self-belief
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Water leak temporarily closes town's library
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Lincolnshire
Posted
28 March
The Vampire Diaries author LJ Smith dies at 66
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Culture
Posted
28 March
A Point of View. Our Revels Now Are Ended. Audio, 9 minutes
Howard Jacobson presents the final edition of A Point of View.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Salman Rushdie to release first fiction since stabbing
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Culture
Posted
27 March
Neneh Cherry among shortlisted women authors
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England
Posted
27 March
Corden and Jones to reunite at Hay Festival
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Wales
Posted
26 March
#Merky Books winner wants to write for 'next gen of black boys'
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Newsbeat
Posted
25 March
Lives Less Ordinary. My hunt for the Gutenberg – the rare book that solved a family mystery. Audio, 40 minutes
Michael Visontay’s unexpected link to the Gutenberg Bible, the world’s most coveted book
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Community library to close after 76 years
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Guernsey
Posted
21 March