Spooky fiction for Halloween, intriguing new books, non-fiction & literary classics.
Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children’s fiction.
A.L. Kennedy on the journeys that await readers when they open the covers of a book.
Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.
Status. We don't like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
A newly-commissioned serial from Alice Jolly about love, loyalty and the meaning of care.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. Read by Katherine Press. Produced by Anne Bunting.
A glittering, gothic and surreal coming-of-age story with a deadly twist.
The landmark allegory about hypocrisy and corruption of power.
A powerful memoir from footballer and anti-racism campaigner Troy Deeney.
A true story about surviving suicide – narrated by Stephen Graham.
Special readings from Orwell's dystopian classic, now celebrating its 75th anniversary.
A Highland heist story written for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 by Abir Mukherjee. Read by Sudha Bhuchar.
Virginia Woolf’s comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.
A fascinating scientific guide to why looking on the bright side really is good for you.
Original short works for radio.
An encounter with a whale on the Pacific Ocean leaves Maurice and Maralyn in peril.
The great American novel of the Jazz Age, read by Kyle Soller
Andrew Ross Sorkin's gripping account of the greatest crash in Wall Street history.