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The next book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page—an utterly charming romance that finds grieving Tilly learning to love again with the help of twelve posthumously selected titles from her late husband. The book will be released on 29 January and Libby’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 27 January. Read more »
The first book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is The Poet Empress by Shen Tao—a sensational debut that enthrals with its fierce meditation on love, power, and survival through art. The book will be released on 20 January and Shen’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 13 January. Read more »
The Radio 2 Book Club has just announced the Winter Season booklist! As well as coverage on Sara’s show, and other shows on Radio 2, there is a weekly podcast on BBC Sounds. The Radio 2 Book Club’s weekly podcast will shine a light on some of the best new fiction being published in the UK, across all genres. The books are chosen with help from library staff and other reading experts from across the UK to ensure a fair and unbiased selection process. Read more »
The Booker Prizes are highlighting a title from their archive every month. This month we explore My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2016. Read more »
The next book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is The White Octopus Hotel by Alexandra Bell—a spellbinding historical romance blending mystery, art and time travel, set in a magical hotel in the Swiss Alps. The book was released on 28 October and Alexandra’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 23 December. Read more »
The Booker Prizes are highlighting a title from their archive every month. This month we explore Milkman by Anna Burns, which won the Booker Prize in 2018. Read more »
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