For Adults
The next book to be featured this season on the Sara Cox Radio 2 Book Club is Ghost Month by Simon Wroe—full of wit, heart and charm, it asks a timeless question: do we only value life when we are reminded that it will end?
The book was released on 27 August and Simon’s interview with Sara is on BBC Sounds from Tuesday 1 September.
We have the chance for you to win a set of 10 copies of this novel for your book club. To apply, click on the survey link below. UK residents only, deadline for entries 16 September 2026.
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Ghost Month
Perhaps you’ve already noticed little things, strange details. A shadow not attached to anything. A face in a window which might be a trick of the light. They come at dusk. Today.
Every September, the spirits of the dead return before vanishing four weeks later in a puff of green ash. They’re not real in any way that can hurt you, but their presence unearths an annual reckoning with the past. It’s hard to tell the silent spectres from ashen commuters. They linger on train platforms, they crowd buses, they take up space on your sofa. Really, the correct term is ‘people without pulses’.
This year, four strangers prepare for visits from their dearly departed. The holiday forces them to confront all the things that haunt them, not just their dead. As suppressed truths emerge from the shadows, each of them will end Ghost Month changed in ways they never imagined. Happy Haunting.
How to apply
To apply, fill in this survey by 16 September.
