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The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight
Sam Knight's bestseller about the true reported premonitions of disasters in the 1960s.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Stories from Ukraine
Short stories taken from the anthology 'Love in Defiance of Pain: Ukrainian Stories'
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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The Maid by Nita Prose
A whodunnit and a portrait of a very ordinary life which suddenly becomes extraordinary.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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This is Not a Pity Memoir by Abi Morgan
Abi Morgan's powerful memoir about how life can change in an instant.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Hulda's Cafe
By Tiffany Murray. Five tales from Grindavik, the happiest town in Iceland, apparently.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Commonwealth Stories
Newly commissioned stories from three recent winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Three Fires
This fiction serial from Denise Mina turns a contemporary eye on Renaissance-era Florence.
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Accidents and Emergencies
Powerful short story series by Sarah Moss set on a hospital ward over one long weekend.
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How One Becomes Lonely
Luke Sutherland's tale of lost love, cowardice and connection in an online world.
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Passing by Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen's intense, taut portrayal of lives and identities dangerously colliding.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Our Friends in the North
Peter Flannery's own adaptation of his highly acclaimed TV series for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Bright Lights, Dead City
An American film crew descends on a Northern Irish city to make a lavish drama series.
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Viewfinders: Ways of Seeing at 50
Five writers on looking at pictures, in celebration of John Berger's 1972 TV series.
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Careless by Kirsty Capes
The frank and feisty story of a young girl in care. A debut novel from Kirsty Capes
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Gambits
Short story series by Eley Williams set in what might seem like an ordinary Essex village.
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Slime: A Natural History by Susanne Wedlich
A ground-breaking journey through the three-billion-year history of slime.
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Wolverine Blues
A schoolboy's passion for music sets him on a collision course with his father.
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The Chronicles of Burke Street
Brilliantly funny short stories set in Trinidad by award-winning author Ingrid Persaud.
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The Things We Leave Behind
Mary Paulson-Ellis tells the story of a life in five objects. Read by Alexandra Mathie.
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Enchanted Isle
Five modern folktales specially commissioned from writers around the UK
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A Promised Land by Barack Obama
Barack Obama reads from the gripping first volume of his presidential memoirs.
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People Like Us by Hashi Mohamed
Hashi Mohamed reads from his book People Like Us, an exploration of social mobility.
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Authors Live
Live webcasts featuring some of the biggest names writing books for children today.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scotland
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Blackwater by Claire McGowan
A multi-voiced dark story about secrets and lies in a small town
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Maya Angelou's Autobiographies
Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies.
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Feel Free by Zadie Smith (Omnibus)
Zadie Smith reads from her electrifying essay collection.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Feel Free by Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith reads from her essay collection. Abridged by Elizabeth Allard.
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The Line Becomes a River by Francisco Cantú
Francisco Cantú recounts his experiences of policing the US-Mexican border.
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
James Joyce's autobiographical modernist masterpiece. Read by Andrew Scott.
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Give Me Space Below My Feet
Is it possible to take 93-year-old mountaineer Gwen Moffat climbing again?
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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The Poet and the Echo
Short story series in which writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories.
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
An unmarried governess is sent by her agency to the wrong booking. Stars Maureen Lipman.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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EF Benson - The Terror by Night
Inexplicable moods and smells mar a friendly reunion. What can it mean? Read by Brian Gear
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Come Back With The Wind by Les Dawson
Les Dawson reads his own epic novel of civil war between the North and South of Britain.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Ice Mountain
Haunted by the sinking of RMS Titanic, this is a story of a fictional iceberg's journey.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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The Diary of a Nobody
Arthur Lowe reads a comic masterpiece of middle-class self-importance in Victorian Britain
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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Flush by Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf's whimsical biography of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel, Flush
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Ghost Stories at Christmas
Bestselling crime writer Denise Mina presents five brand new ghost stories.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland
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Comic Fringes
Short stories written by comedians and read by them at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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I Didn't Get Where I Am Today by David Nobbs
David 'Reginald Perrin' Nobbs reads from his autobiography.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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