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Grab a hot drink and read through updates from the book world! Whether it’s the newest picks for the Radio 2 Book Club, winners of recent book prizes, the latest releases from publishers or the latest research from us at The Reading Agency, here you can find the latest news to help you pick your club’s next book.
We have news for groups of all ages, but you can filter it to find what you’re looking for.
Book Club Day UK: Stories you love, people to meet, a day for book clubs. Join us in celebrating the power of shared reading on Book Club Day UK on 11 September 2025! The day is for all types of groups – adults, young people and children – so make sure you inspire everyone to join in. Read more »
The Book Club Hub, formerly known as Reading Groups for Everyone, is packed with amazing features to keep you and your fellow readers connected — not just within your club, but with the entire Book Club Hub community. Find out how to have members join your online book club. Read more »
The next book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is Dead Lucky by Connor Hutchinson—a sharp, unbearably compulsive dark comedy about Jamie, whose seemingly perfect life hides a big secret he shares only with the dead: a gambling addiction that’s left him in eye-watering debt. How far will he go before his luck runs out? The book was released on 10 July and Connor’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 12 August. Read more »
The Booker Prizes are highlighting a title from their archive every month. This month, we explore Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart—a novel drawing on the author’s own experiences growing up in 1980s Glasgow. The book won the Booker Prize in 2020. Read more »
The next book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is The Compound by Aisling Rawle—an addictive literary satire on our consumerist society: it holds a twisted mirror up to our obsession with winning, losing and, above all, watching. The book was released on 3 July and Aisling’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 29 July. Read more »
The 2025 longlist for the Booker Prize—the world’s most significant award for a single work of fiction—has been announced. Read more »
Find out more about the twelve book clubs involved in reading and reviewing the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025 shortlist. Read more »
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