04/05/2019: Why do we get stressed to the point of burnout? How do we fix it? And is it different for men and women? Reviewing Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia and Emily Nagoski is president of Ellevate Dubai, creator and presenter of podcast When Women Win and non-fiction aficionado, Rana Nawas.

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20/04/2019: What do you get when you combine cats and vampires? ‘Whiskula’ of course! Haneya Multani is the author of The Cursed Fangs and the Magic Claw’, and she’s just nine years old. Haneya tells us about her book from idea to publication and we hear from Annemeike Woodbridge of the Young Author Academy about the workshops she runs to make young writers’ publication dreams a reality.

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20/04/2019: What do you get when you combine cats and vampires? ‘Whiskula’ of course! Haneya Multani is the author of The Cursed Fangs and the Magic Claw’, and she’s just nine years old. Haneya tells us about her book from idea to publication and we hear from Annemeike Woodbridge of the Young Author Academy about the workshops she runs to make young writers’ publication dreams a reality.

20/04/2019: Literary Moment gets weird with sheep and Shakespeare, in Book News this week we look at a story about bedtime stories and prison. And how does a book go viral? Our big question addresses a spectacular 70s success and looks at a more recent creative book launch idea that didn’t go quite as planned...

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27/04/2019: Lyrically inspired by the film at the Gates starring Jude Law about The Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942 and 1943. The film was inspired by a book by William Craig which was published in 1973. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand is this week’s Literary Soundtrack.

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27/04/2019: A roundup of literary updates internationally and from here in the UAE with Eithne Treanor. Feat. The book that won the IPAF Award, a hidden gem from Ian Rankin’s session about his Marie Kondo moment moving house, a fun fact that connects the World Economic Forum and the creator of Sherlock Holmes, and Isobel’s live update from the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.

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27/04/2019: Have you ever made a mix-tape for a loved one? 40 years ago a team of scientists including the legendary Carl Sagan, did just that, for the cosmos. Georgia Tolley reviews The Vinyl Frontier - The Story of the Voyager Golden Record Jonathan Scott.

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27/04/2019: What would you do if you turned on your kitchen tap and nothing came out? This is the question that kickstarts the novel Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman. Neal joined us live in the studio fresh from the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, to talk all things Dry and his brilliant Scythe series.

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27/04/2019: Mira doesn’t like her curly hair. She wants it to be straight but then something unpredictable happens. We spoke to author Maryam Al Serkal about this delightful celebration of natural hair and the courage it takes to be yourself.

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27/04/2019: Mohammed N. Al Khan joined us in the studio today for his fiction round-up. Man Booker Winner Marlon James is famous for A Brief History of Seven Killings - how does his latest book Black Leopard, Red Wolf, compare? The author mentioned that it’s an African Game of Thrones but is this actually true? If you’re looking for something different Mo also thinks you might like The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox by Barry Hughhart and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig.

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