07/07/18: Is your phone the first thing you reach for in the morning and the last thing you touch before bed? How to Break Up with your Phone by Catherine Price is full of tested strategies and tips on the best way to transform a toxic relationship with our phones into a healthy one. Rob Sutter has worked in the technology and communications field for most of his career and weighs in on Price’s advice.

07/07/18: Do audiobooks or film give you the emotional feels? We discuss an experiment conducted by UCL and Audible to gauge whether the way a story is told elicits more of an emotional response. Speaking of emotion, beloved Dubai institution The Old Library has a new home and we give you all the details!

07/07/18: Candid, warm and insightful Sara Sadik writes a blog on Finding the Magic in Mommyhood, about the reality of life as a Palestinian/Lebanese mother of three and tells us about the books that inspired her growing up, the ones that continue to remind her who she is, and the ones that might make a difference tomorrow. Some titles discussed include The Phantom Tollbooth, Left to Tell, Pick Three and Bird by Bird.

07/07/18: Ernest Hemingway, a 20th Century photographer love story, a British Rock band and the Spanish Civil War are all connected in this week’s Literary Soundtrack.

30/06/18: Educated by Tara Westover is a memoir about a young girl who was kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. It’s an unforgettable story about family loyalty and the grief that comes with severing ties. It’s a great coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is.

30/06/18: Itching to write a memoir? We sit down with Allison K Williams who gives us the lowdown on the steps to writing a memoir, what is needed and how this genre works in the publishing world. Allison is an editor, writer and a playwright.

30/06/18: Hosts Annabelle Corton and Maan Jalal talk about Kindle’s move into the Arabic ebook market and two fiction recommendations for your summer reading list.

30/06/18: The Armagondas is a 20 year passion project in the making by Jalal Luqman. The epic fantasy graphic novel follows the story of a small group of people who escape for their lives, hiding from land pirates and escaping the wrath of an evil King. It’s the first volume in six written by local artist Jalal Luqman, one of the pioneers in Emirati art.

16/06/18: We discuss the shortlist for the upcoming literary award for distinguished illustration in children’s books. The shortlisted illustrators include Laura Carlin (King of the Sky), Debi Glori (Night Shift), Levi Pinfold (The Song from Somewhere Else) and more.

16/06/18: We chat with Anthony McGowan, the highly-acclaimed British author who has written many multi-award winning novels and children’s stories. His novel, Rook, has recently been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and we get his thoughts on his feelings about his nomination.