Books

'My mother was my shelter and storm': Arundhati Roy on her fierce new memoir
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Asia
Posted
4 September
Hospital revives ward book trolley after 25 years
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Kent
Posted
2 September
Is reading good for you?
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BBC Bitesize
Posted
2 September
'There's a lot of snobbery around spicy fiction' Video, 00:00:59
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Culture
Posted
28 August
Essex actor's latest movie role a 'dream job'
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Culture
Posted
28 August
Jacqueline Wilson on the 'easiest and hardest book I've ever written'
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Culture
Posted
28 August
Romantasy novels attract new wave of readers
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Kent
Posted
26 August
Witness History. The book that changed Norway’s view of immigrants. Audio, 10 minutes
Maria Amelie's 2010 book triggered a change to Norway's immigration regulations
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Boy becomes best-selling author with first book
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Hull & East Yorkshire
Posted
19 August
Organisers cancel book prize over trans controversy
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Culture
Posted
18 August
North East authors join forces at book festival
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England
Posted
14 August
Bitesize Recommends: Five books based on conflict and war
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BBC Bitesize
Posted
13 August
Councillors keen to grow Dolly Parton book scheme
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West Yorkshire
Posted
11 August
Waterstones apologises after readers brand event 'utter chaos'
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London
Posted
8 August
Lost library book found in Paris returned to the UK
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Berkshire
Posted
7 August
Rare copy of The Hobbit sells for 'record-breaking' sum
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England
Posted
6 August
Shedunnit. Murder at the Bookshop. Audio, 20 minutes
Death lurks among the shelves — in crime fiction, that is.
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
Nicola Sturgeon to appear at Wigtown Book Festival
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South Scotland
Posted
5 August
Fundraiser for award-winning children's bookshop
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London
Posted
3 August
Famed library open to public for one day only
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Culture
Posted
2 August
Children's author Allan Ahlberg dies aged 87
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Culture
Posted
31 July
Amazon to add Dunstable label to millions of books
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
25 July
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. Kasim Ali. Audio, 53 minutes
The author, Kasim Ali, joins Nihal for an in-depth conversation.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
Available for over a year
Nick Cave donates 2,000 books to charity shop
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Sussex
Posted
21 July