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2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - The Woman Next Door
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - The Last Bench
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - The Girl in the Picture
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - Sweet Charity
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - Hunger Pains
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
2026 Quick Read Discussion Guide - Cell One
This guide includes a range of questions that can be used to prompt and facilitate discussion around one of this year’s Quick Reads.
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
My name is Natalie Heller Mills, and I was perfect at being alive…’ Natalie lives a traditional lifestyle – and has the social media accounts to prove it. Her charming farmhouse on her working ranch is artfully cluttered, her husband is a handsome cowboy, her homemade sourdough boules are each more beautiful than the last. So what if there are nannies and producers and industrial-grade ovens behind the scenes? What Natalie’s followers don’t know won’t hurt them. Then, one morning, Natalie...
Boy Friends book club notes
These discussion questions, written by Kai Spellmeier, are perfect to kick off book club and class discussions around Boy Friends. Boy Friends is a heart-flipping, swoon-worthy story about friendship, courage and the kind of love that changes everything. Perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Sophie Gonzales.
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Love Lane by Patrick Gale
1950s Northern England. Three generations of men, two of women. When veteran Canadian wheat farmer, Harry Cane is brutally obliged to sell up and sail home to an England transformed by two world wars, his arrival triggers unwelcome self examination for the family he abandoned, and for whom he has never been more than a distant myth. His daughter feels duty bound to take him in but is riven with doubt and ambushed by a long-buried anger she has never before expressed. Harry’s effect on the...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Under Water by Tara Menon
When five-year-old Marissa loses her mother, she is taken by her father to live on a small Thai island in the Andaman Sea. There, she forms a deep friendship with Arielle and together they explore the fragile wonders of its forests, reefs and beaches. Holding their breath for minutes at a time, they learn to dive into the deep, as effortlessly synchronized as the manta rays they come to know by name. Then, on Boxing Day 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami makes landfall, they are swept up and...
Sentinel of the Sun by Eira Morgan-Jones - Chapter 1 & 2 Reading
Seventeen-year-old Alexis struggles to fit in to the extremely religious valley where she lives, not helped by strange birthmarks that have begun to glow. When a tidal wave devastates the valley, just the latest freak disaster, Alexis goes into hiding to avoid being taken in by the state. As she becomes closer to Theo, he reveals that he is a sentinel and believes she is one too. He explains that if she regains her power they can bring an end to the disasters. Hear author Eira Morgan-Jones...
The Sad Book by Howard Pearlstein, illustrated by James Munro book reading
Everyone feels sad sometimes — even this book. The Sad Book by Howard Pearlstein and James Munro helps young readers explore sadness with warmth, humour, and sensitivity. Told from the perspective of the book itself, this interactive story gently encourages reflection, emotional awareness, and resilience, with thoughtful text and expressive illustrations throughout. Hear author Howard Pearlstein read the first section of the book.
Read to the Beat Collection - Book Information
The Reading Agency and public libraries are working to change this with the Summer Reading Challenge – a FREE, UK-wide programme. Last year, over 575,000 children took part with nearly 12 million books being read. Sing from the rooftops! We’re so thrilled that the theme for the Summer Reading Challenge 2026 will be music. Our exciting partnership with Universal Music Group UK will open doors for children to explore the creative power of reading and music. The link between music and...
The Last Death Poet Discussion Notes
This guide is designed for classroom, library, or book group use with readers aged 14+. Each section focuses on a key theme and can be used during reading or at natural pauses in the novel. Reading Questions support close discussion and understanding, while the Big Question at the end of each section invites deeper reflection or written response. Additional creative activities are included at the end of the guide. Content Note: The book covers sensitive issues including homophobia, suicide,...
Daughter of the Titanic - Reading Group Questions
Download a comprehensive set of Reading Group Questions for Caroline Cauchi’s new book, Daughter of the Titanic. nspired by a true story, this is a moving reimagining of loss, legacy and the fragile truth between memory and myth… She was never meant to be a symbol, but the world made her one In 1912, fourteen-year-old Helen ‘Melville’ Smith loses her father, Captain Edward J. Smith of the Titanic. In the decades that follow, she becomes the reluctant keeper of a story the world insists on...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum
Benny and Joy like to say that they’ve been saving each other’s lives since the moment they met . . . Until the day Joy disappears and Benny is accused of her murder. Best friends Benny and Joy host a beloved ‘comedy survival’ podcast, gleefully finding life-affirming humour in near-death experiences. When Benny arrives at Joy and her husband’s home one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house. With Joy missing and the hours ticking by, not even their most devoted fans...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Minbak by Ela Lee
The night the baby without a surname was born, the army rolled into his mother’s town. Incheon, South Korea, 1985. The country is revolting against a dictatorship, but in the local boarding-house, the chaos inside is only just beginning. When Hana is pulled from school to work in her family’s minbak, all she wants is to escape her small town. When she finally does, she leaves as an exile, a ruin, or a martyr, depending on who you ask. Her mother Youngia is left behind with the torment of both...
Usborne Adventure Gamebook Lightning Rider: Activity Sheet
Try one of the activities from the latest Usborne Adventure Gamebooks, Lightning Rider. Read the description carefully, identify all clues and uncover the secrets of the Lightning Riders!
The Violin Maker's Secret - Reading Group Guide
A reading group guide for Evie Woods’ The Violin Maker’s Secret. On any given day, there are thousands of items slowly gathering dust in the Lost and Found of Heathrow Airport. Unknown to anyone, hidden among the clutter, is a very special object that can change the fortunes of those who possess it – a violin of rare beauty and power. Now, as if by chance, it has fallen into the hands of three strangers… Baggage claim agent Devlin, retired teacher Walter, and appraiser Gabrielle have nothing...
The League of Lonely War Women - Reading Group Guide
A reading group guide for Andie Newton’s WW2 novel, The League of Lonely War Women. ‘This fast paced tale of female bravery and contribution to the war effort through exploiting the loneliness of German soldiers for intelligence is a riveting read’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An engrossing read that you do not want to miss’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Great portrayal of female friendship and a page-turning plot’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Saoirse
Can a great love survive a great deception? In the wilds of Donegal, Ireland, 1999, Saoirse is an artist living an outwardly idyllic life. Her tender husband Daithí and two beloved daughters are regular subjects for her work, and in them she has found the safe home that she has always longed for. She tends not to talk about her past, and those that love her have learned to accept that the full story is too painful for her to disclose. When her Dublin exhibition unexpectedly wins a...
Peregrine Quinn by Ash Bond Activity Sheets
Here are some activity sheets for Peregrine Quinn by Ash Bond. DISCOVER THE PORTAL TO AN INCREDIBLE NEW WORLD IN THIS EPIC MIDDLE-GRADE ADVENTURE. PERFECT FOR FANS OF SKANDAR, PERCY JACKSON and ARTEMIS FOWL.
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Keeper of Lost Children
In the smouldering ruins of post-war Germany, Ethel Gathers – an American woman longing for a child – spots a group of mixed-race children following a nun through the cobbled streets. Compelled by a force she can’t explain, Ethel follows them and uncovers a hidden community of abandoned children, born to Black soldiers and German women. Determined to help, Ethel’s actions set off a chain of events that will echo across generations. In 1948, Ozzie Philips volunteers for the U.S. Army. But in...
A Girl's Guide to Spying - Resource Pack
This resource pack offers a selection of discussion prompts, activities and creative tasks designed to support the teaching of A Girl’s Guide to Spying in the classroom, school library or book group setting. It is suitable for UKS2 and KS3 and supports cross-curricular links with English, History, Art and PSHE. Read this book for the following themes: Girl Guides and Empowerment – learning skills, confidence and independence Courage and Bravery – facing danger and responsibility during...
Reading Group Questions for Life Hacks for a Little Alien
Get the discussion started with these reading group notes. ‘Wise and playful and tender and beautiful’ Bobby Palmer ‘So brilliant, so original and lovely and funny, that it reminds you of the point of reading’ Rebecca Wait Perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and Remarkably Bright Creatures, this is a charming, witty and moving novel about what it feels like to grow up neurodivergent. ‘Climb up here, Little Alien. Sit next to me. I will tell you about life on this planet. I...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of This Book Made Me Think of You
Twelve stories. Twelve months. Once chance to heal her heart… When Tilly Nightingale receives a call telling her there’s a birthday gift from her husband waiting for her at her local bookshop, it couldn’t come as more of a shock. Partly, because she can’t remember the last time she read a book for pleasure. Mainly, because Joe died five months ago… The gift is simple – twelve carefully chosen books from Joe, one for each month, to help her turn the page on her first year without him. And so,...
Always Angel Book Club Questions
Book club question sheet for Always Angel by Kimberly Whittam – ideal for Key Stage 3. A powerful novel about second chances, friendship and finding the courage to rewrite your story. Angel finds school hard. She talks back to teachers, she storms out of lessons, and she’s had more detentions than any other Year 8 student…ever. But really, Angel wants to be good. She wants to fit in, she wants to make friends, and she even wants to win the school baking contest. But it’s hard to be good when...
Reading Group Questions for Room 706
Get the discussion started with these reading group notes. Nobody knows she’s checked into Room 706. Caught in the wrong place at precisely the worst time, Kate must face the most confronting situation of her life – and discover what matters most – in this deeply suspenseful and thought-provoking novel. If she knew it would end this way, would it ever have begun? Kate stretches her legs and turns on the TV while James washes away the traces of their morning. She watches in horror at the...
Radio 2 Book Club Extract of The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
Young rice farmer Yin Wei was forced to become concubine to Prince Guan Terren – a monstrous wielder of poetry magic, and heir to the Azalea throne – to save her family from the famine blighting the land of Tensha. Now confined to the imperial court, Terren’s cruelty is not the only danger Wei faces. He and his honourable older brother are locked in a deadly succession war, while Terren’s thirty concubines are fighting a war of their own, for the position of future empress. To survive, Wei...
The Moonlit Maze by Zoë Marriott | Reading Group Notes
Will your book club uncover the secrets hidden in the Moonlit Maze? Get the discussion started with these reading group notes. The past can hold you in its spell… A windswept moor. A house in ruins. A secret to unlock… 1924. Lord and Lady Kearsley’s glittering Summer Ball is in full swing when their betrothed daughter Xanthe slips out of the Orangery and into the maze for a secret encounter. By the next morning, the grand house will be in ashes and two bodies removed, but no one will ever...
