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Mary Macdonald's Big Trip by Alexander McCall Smith
On retirement from her Hebridean school, Miss Macdonald plans the adventure of a lifetime.
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A Visible Man by Edward Enninful (Omnibus)
Vogue magazine's Edward Enninful shares his journey from refugee to global tastemaker.
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Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq
Short stories from Banu Mushtaq's 2025 International Booker Prize-winning collection.
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Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross
Peter Ross celebrates the landscape and people of prehistoric Britain and Ireland.
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Small Boat by Vincent Delecroix
Drama inspired by the events surrounding the deaths of 27 migrants in the English Channel.
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The End of Family? By Zoe Strimpel
Zoe Strimpel asks thought-provoking questions about the family in contemporary Britain.
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Teller of the Unexpected: The Life of Roald Dahl (Omnibus)
Biography of the controversial creator of many much-loved literary characters.
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Virginia and Katherine by Alison MacLeod
A story about the friendship and rivalry between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield.
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The Accident Report Book by Joe Dunthorne
Marian has to write up a bizarre workplace accident - original fiction by Joe Dunthorne.
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O Now by Niall Williams
Dermot Crowley reads a new fiction serial from the acclaimed Irish author Niall Williams.
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Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.
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Mrs Robinson by Helen Cross
At the height of a TB epidemic, Mrs Robinson meets dissolute poet Branwell Brontë.
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Speed of Light by Laura Cumming
Laura Cumming explores a 19th-century technological revolution in photography.
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Beautiful Strangeness by Rebecca Stott
Five original essays on how the mysterious is woven into the ordinary and the everyday.
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Unearthing the Past by Sarah Dunant
A beguiling series of essays centred on the Renaissance icon Isabella d'Este.
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Disco by Nick Walker
Defence: Serious Case Operations investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley.
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Shakedowns in Hyperspace by Naomi Wood
A darkly comic and brilliantly original series for Radio 4 from the acclaimed Naomi Wood.
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Underdogs by Joel Budd
Joel Budd explores the myths around the stereotype of the 'white working class'.
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The Age of Diagnosis by Suzanne O'Sullivan
A thought-provoking new book exploding conventional wisdom about medical diagnoses.
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Reading Journeys by A.L. Kennedy
A.L. Kennedy on the journeys that await readers when they open the covers of a book.
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The Jura Affair by William Boyd
A sparkling new literary whodunnit from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
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The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
Venice 1486. Orsola Rosso flouts convention, honing her craft to save her family from ruin
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Vidya Wade by Timothy X Atack
Maya thinks they've got a ghost. Vidya is the only extra-natural mediator she can find.
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Raiders of the Lost Cask by Abir Mukherjee
A Highland heist story written for BBC Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
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Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst
An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.
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Rye by Alex Preston
Rye, Sussex, 1804. Zeke is determined to free his father from a prison hulk at Sheeerness.
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The Green & The Black by Kit de Waal
New fiction about the changing face of modern Ireland, as told through one family.
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Money by David McWilliams
Economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wonder by Katherine Rundell
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
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The Last Loves of Ronnie Maker by Alice Jolly
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
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Still Lives by Jon McGregor
A series of short stories from author Jon McGregor, exploring stillness and still lives.
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Status by Carl Honoré
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
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Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
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The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
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Robert Burns: His Psychotherapy and Cure by Sara Sheridan
A therapist finds herself in conversation with a man claiming to be the poet Robert Burns.
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The Photographer by Max Porter
A life in five photographs. Original fiction series by Max Porter, read by Tim McInnerny.
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Sunshine and Laughter by Louis Barfe (Omnibus)
The story of Britain’s greatest ever comedy double act - Morecambe & Wise.
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The Song Thief by Colin Carberry
An eerie tale of forgotten songs and vengeful spirits by Belfast author Colin Carberry.
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Moving Mountains by Jan Carson
Slemish Mountain, where St Patrick lived, is accidentally sold to a Japanese theme park.
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Golden Eggs
British Asian writers take traditional stories and rework them in contemporary settings.
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For Human Consumption
Three stories about people connected to The Fork, a pay-what-you-feel cafe.
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On Portobello Prom
Sara Sheridan's charming story of young love, big decisions and life on Portobello Prom.
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Breaking Mississippi
The explosive inside story of one man's war against racial segregation in the 1960s.
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