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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.

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11 Dec 2025 | Adults

The Booker Prizes Monthly Spotlight - December 2025

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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 »

10 Dec 2025 | Adults

Radio 2 Book Club - The Merge

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The next book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is The Merge by Grace Walker—a striking debut which asks: what if two consciousnesses could be joined together into one person – two people in one head and body? And if so, who would you choose to ‘merge’ with? The book was released on 6 November and Sally’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 9 December. Read more »

03 Dec 2025 | Adults

Hannah Durkin wins the Wolfson History Prize 2025

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Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade by Hannah Durkin—an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the last ship of the Atlantic slave trade, whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways—has been named the winner of Wolfson History Prize 2025. Read more »

19 Nov 2025 | Adults

Radio 2 Book Club - The Shapeshifter's Daughter

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The next book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is The Shapeshifter’s Daughter by Sally Magnusson—an electrifying reimagining of the Norse tale of Hel, queen of the underworld cruelly banished by the brutal Odin. The book was released on 6 November and Sally’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 18 November. Read more »

12 Nov 2025 | Adults

Radio 2 Book Club - King Sorrow

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The next book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is King Sorrow by Joe Hill—an epic horror opus in which six college friends summon the eponymous dragon-demon to wreak bloody vengeance on those who have wronged them. The book was released on 21 October and Joe’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 11 November. Read more »

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