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The Maid by Nita Prose
A whodunnit and a portrait of a very ordinary life which suddenly becomes extraordinary.
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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.
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Hulda's Cafe
By Tiffany Murray. Five tales from Grindavik, the happiest town in Iceland, apparently.
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Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell
Connell's forgotten masterpiece tells the story of one woman's life between the wars.
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Commonwealth Stories
Newly commissioned stories from three recent winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize
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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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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.
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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
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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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Authors Live
Live webcasts featuring some of the biggest names writing books for children today.
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Blackwater by Claire McGowan
A multi-voiced dark story about secrets and lies in a small town
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Maya Angelou's Autobiographies
Dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative and life-affirming autobiographies.
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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?
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The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair (Omnibus)
A potted history of the colour palette by Kassia St Clair.
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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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The Visitors Book and Other Ghost Stories by Sophie Hannah
Supernatural tales in modern everyday settings.
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (Omnibus)
Amanda Hale stars in an adaptation of the classic Bronte novel
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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
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And When Did You Last See Your Father? by Blake Morrison
Blake Morrison's award-winning tribute to his GP father.
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The Ice Mountain
Haunted by the sinking of RMS Titanic, this is a story of a fictional iceberg's journey.
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The Diary of a Nobody
Arthur Lowe reads a comic masterpiece of middle-class self-importance in Victorian Britain
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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.
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Comic Fringes
Short stories written by comedians and read by them at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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The Amorous Ghost by Enid Bagnold
Mr Templeman's wife is away, but it seems someone is sleeping in her nightgowns.
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The Last Human Cannonball by Byron Rogers
Crawford Logan reads from Byron Rogers' travel book
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