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The BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game

Just a Minute 2023: The Complete Series 90 & 91

Including The Home and the World & The Red Oleander

Rabindranath Tagore: A BBC Radio Collection

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Comedy

Rubbish: The Complete Series 1 and 2

A BBC Radio 4 Comedy

The Hauntening: The Complete Series 1-4

The topical BBC Radio 4 panel show

The News Quiz 2023: The Complete Series 110, 111 and 112

South Riding, Anderby Wold, The Crowded Street and more

Winifred Holtby: A BBC Radio Collection

Billy and the Minpins (illustrated by Quentin Blake)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator

This is Craig Brown, 1966 & All That, As Told to Craig Brown and Lost Diaries

Craig Brown: A BBC Radio Collection

A Full-Cast BBC Radio Thriller

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Danny the Champion of the World

Dirty Beasts

12th Doctor Audio Original

Doctor Who: The Cuckoo

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Doctor Who: The Romanov Project

The Heat of the Day, The House in Paris and More

Elizabeth Bowen: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama Collection

Esio Trot

Fantastic Mr Fox

Lessons on Transformation from the World of High Performance

How to Change Your Life

A Collection of BBC Radio Historical Docu Dramas

Life and Intrigue in Tudor Britain

Matilda

A BBC Radio 4 Children’s Drama Collection

Noel Streatfeild: Ballet Shoes & more

The New Science of Living a Longer, Healthier, More Vital Life

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Revolting Rhymes

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

A series of children's modern classic novels by renowned 20th century children's writers. All the titles in this series have the A Puffin Book logo, contemporary-style covers, and child-friendly endnotes.

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Extract: The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

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Extract: This Other Eden by Paul Harding

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12 magical books for Harry Potter fans

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12 books about friendship for little kids

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‘I devoured The Lord of the Rings trilogy in a week’: 21 Questions with Ben Rothery

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Raising a relative’s child: advice to a younger me

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10 must-read classics for 6 to 8-year-olds

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11 must-read classics for 9 to 12-year-olds

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Introducing Vintage Quarterbound Classics

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Best fictional schools in kid’s literature

Nine new fiction writers join Penguin’s WriteNow programme

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The Body in the Blitz by Robin Stevens

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Katie Kirby’s countdown to the return to school

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Parents view quality time and bonding as top benefits of reading

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Love poems for hopeless romantics

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The wisdom of Werner Herzog

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10 of the best dogs in children’s books

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9 books to help kids with numbers and counting

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Naomi Klein: Doppelganger, 24 – 28 September 2023

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An Audience with Dolly Alderton, 1-19 November 2023

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Carlo Rovelli Meets Simon McBurney, 25 Oct 2023

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An Evening with Afua Hirsch, 16 – 17 Oct 2023

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An Audience with Mary Berry, 10 – 12 Dec 2023

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Rory Stewart and Mary Beard On Power And Politics From the Caesars to Sunak, 13 Nov 2023

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An Evening with Ed Gamble, 26 Oct 2023

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Elif Shafak Meets Yascha Mounk, 10 Oct 2023

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Adam Rutherford Meets Sebastian Faulks, 13 Sept 2023

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Alain de Botton – A Therapeutic Journey, 2 Oct 2023

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Lit in Colour Teacher Conference – 30 August

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Michael Lewis on The Rise and Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried: A Tale of Money, Hubris and Disaster, with Ritula Shah, 9 Oct 2023

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Deepmind Co-Founder Mustafa Suleyman & Zanny Minton Beddoes: Are We Prepared for the AI Revolution? 11 Sept 2023

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An Evening with Arnold Schwarzenegger, 24 – 25 Oct 2023

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Unruly: in conversation with David Mitchell about his new book, 26 Sept – 16 Oct 2023

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James O’Brien in Conversation: How They Broke Britain, 1 – 8 Nov 2023

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House of YA x Waterstones BookFest, 15-18 August 2023

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An Night In With Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, 13 July, 2023

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An Evening with Philippa Perry: The Show You Want Everyone You Love to Go To, 15 Oct – 3 Nov 2023

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Shakespeare & Me: Judi Dench in Conversation with Brendan O’Hea, 22 Oct- 5 Nov 2023

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An Evening with Michael Palin, 25 Sept – 11 Nov, 2023

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