29/06/2019: What was the last book that moved you to tears? Jamal Al Mawed reviews ‘War Doctor – Surgery on the Front Line’, a brave and compassionate memoir of David Nott’s time volunteering as a trauma surgeon in some of the most dangerous war zones in the world.

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29/06/2019: Staying in Dubai this summer? We have a couple of things you can do during the hot months in the safety of your AC. From literary events to attend in the city, competitions for aspiring novelists and poets, to the pros and cons of movie tie-in novels – it’s your weekly roundup!

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29/06/2019: Speaking from the heart is not always easy, but LionHeart has chosen to be vulnerable to the world and share his trials through performance poetry. Award-winning spoken word artist Rhael Cape tells the 30-year-old's real-life experience of overcoming social anxiety and selective mutism to become an internationally-renowned performance poet.

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15/06/2019: A debate with a number of different guests about the shortlist for one of the UK’s oldest and most prestigious children’s book awards. Which are the best and who will win? The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards is now on its 82nd year and The Carnegie features eight books that explore universal ideas of loss and finding your way and purpose in a complicated world. Mary Rose Grieve, Rehan Khan, Rachel Hamilton discuss Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nichols, Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge and The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson.

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15/06/2019: A debate with a number of different guests about the shortlist for one of the UK’s oldest and most prestigious children’s book awards. Which are the best and who will win? The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards is now on its 82nd year and The Carnegie features eight books that explore universal ideas of loss and finding your way and purpose in a complicated world. Mary Rose Grieve, Rachel Hamilton, Nick Reynolds and Jamil Abuwardeh discuss The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders, Rebound by Kwame Dadson Bone Talk by Candy Gourlay, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, and Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds.

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15/06/2019: Mary Rose Grieve, librarian at Hartland International School and Winner of the School Librarian of the Year Award 2019, joins us to run through the illustrated books shortlisted for the The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards which is now on its 82nd year.

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15/06/2019: We chat to award-winning Filipino author Candy Gourlay whose book, Bone Talk, has been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children’s Book Awards. She talks about cultural appropriation, the research process and how she came up with the idea for this incredible story set in The Philippines in 1899.

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01/06/2019: How you develop a title for a writers festival in the Maori language, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s favourite books growing up, a chance for young people to enter some great writing competitions here in the UAE, and Stephen Fry’s hilarious audiobook mishap.

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01/06/2019: Veterinarians Dr. Michaela Gradinger and Dr. Russell Malton review the memoir Rough Magic by Lara Prior-Palmer, the youngest ever champion of the wildest horse race in the World: the grueling Mongol Derby. Michaela also shared her experiences of riding in the race herself and placing third in 2012.

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01/06/2019: Hananah Zaheer, short story writer, Pushcart Prize nominee and founder of Dubai Literary Salon, bids farewell to the city, tells us what we can expect from Literary Salon events going forward, and shares insights on editing submissions for literary magazines. She also has some fantastic book recommendations for the upcoming Eid break: Phantoms by Christian Kiefer, Mystery and Manners by Flannery O’Connor, Frances and Bernard by Carlene Bauer, Wet Places at Noon by Lee K. Abbott, and All Things All At Once also by Lee K. Abbott.

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