03/11/18: Kick off non-fiction November with this unique memoir reviewed by St. John Cooper: I Am, I Am, I Am by Maggie O’Farrell. Also recommended in this segment: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen, Bookworm by Lucy Mangan and Girl With Dove by Sally Bayley.

03/11/18: What would you do if someone kept spoiling the endings of all the books you were reading? One man in Antarctica took some drastic action. Plus, a novel way for a bookstore to move its stock, and what happens when predictive text gets its hands on famous opening lines from literature.

03/11/18: George Bernard Shaw, a beautiful book club read set in Iraq during 1991, and a chance to win an amazing prize from the Emirates Literature Foundation if you can persuade people which kind of book is better: Fact or Fiction.

27/10/18: Hartland International School librarian Mary Rose reviews And The Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness, a richly illustrated and lyrical tale taken from the perspective of the whale in the classic tale Moby Dick.

27/10/18: Arsenic, Dracula and the result of the US Poll to find The Great American Read - it’s an eclectic mix on book news this week.

27/10/18: Written by Jim Steinman and inspired by vampire classic Nosferatu, we’re playing Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler.

27/10/18: Dr. James Kelly, author of The Crucible’s Gift, interviewed over 140 executives about their personal journey. He talks about being your authentic self and how important it is in a leadership role.

27/10/18: Halloween approaches and that means it’s time for the books that scared us! Courtney Brandt, Tara Mallon and Ariel Robinson review their picks for spooky novels: Before I Sleep, Scary Stories To Read In The Dark, A Series of Unfortunate Events, A Clockwork Orange and more.

27/10/18: On The Bookshelf, Courtney Brandt reviews Written in History: Letters that Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore. The acclaimed historian selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to present day. Whether it’s the letter from Elizabeth I begging Mary Queen of Scots for her life or Michelango writing to a friend about being a bit fed up with working on the Sistine Chapel, Montefiore shows why these letters are essential in understanding the power of written communication.

27/10/18: A satire of interior design interviews with classic characters from literature, a chance to have your manuscript read by a top UK literary agent, and a song that honours poet and author Sylvia Plath.