But if you’re looking for something that has the dread of horror, combined with the wild imagination of fantasy, we recommend trying out weird fiction. Weird fiction is a literary style that blends ...

This prize draw is open to UK residents aged 18 years or over, with the exception of employees of the Promoter, their families, agents and anyone else connected with this promotion. Entries must be ...

In April this year, Sophie Kinsella shared that she has been receiving treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, prompting an outpouring of love and support from her readers. Kinsella’s new ...

A place that is unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once the hideaway of Vanessa, a famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now ...

Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact birthday ...

Whether your favourite is Elphaba or Glinda, both of these iconic witches have plenty of life lessons to share. This is a book of two halves - just as there are two sides to every story - that invites ...

Joining us in our book-filled studio this week is broadcaster and author Zeinab Badawi, who shares her journey chronicling Africa's spectacular history through the voices of African historians, ...

In designing the cover for Paper Boat, Margaret Atwood's collection of poems that span a lifetime, Vintage Creative Director Suzanne Dean wanted to marry the boat of the title with the rough seas of ...

From the UK’s ‘statistical national treasure’, a clever and data-driven guide to how we can live with risk and uncertainty We live in a world where uncertainty is inevitable. How should we deal with ...

Anne Tyler invites you to the wedding of the year in Three Days in June. In this exclusive extract, we meet Gail the day before her daughter’s wedding and things are not going well. First thing, she ...

This Black History Month's theme is 'Reclaiming Narratives', and we're celebrating the works of our wonderful children's authors and illustrators of Black heritage. Whether they're fun non-fiction ...