3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (714+ words) Tessa McWatt wrote about the grief of losing her mother to dementia as part of her memoir, The Snag: A Mother, A Forest and Wild Grief An author from Guyana said she was "honoured" to win the highest prize in…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (373+ words) Taiwan Travelogue, a tale of forbidden love and Taiwanese food, has won the International Booker Prize. It's the first novel translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prestigious award. BBC Chinese met with author Yang Shuang-zi for a food tour,…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (181+ words) Sara welcomes debut novelist, Caro Claire Burke, to the Book Club Caro Claire Burke joins Sara in the Radio 2 Book Club to chat about her debut novel, 'Yesteryear'. They discuss the #tradwife movement, influencers, influences, and why satire is needed…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (524+ words) Its lyrics - translated from Middle English - include "Summer has come in, loud sing cuckoo" and heralds in the warmer seasons A medieval music manuscript has gone on display in the town where it was created for the first time in…...

6+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (878+ words) Cracking the code to become 'UK's number escape room' The creators of an escape room named the best in the UK have described how it was inspired by local folklore. Deadlocked escape rooms in Reading has been created in the…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (686+ words) Ruth Jones and James Corden published a memoir about their award-winning sitcom Gavin and Stacey last year Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones has been nominated for author of the year at this year's British Book Awards. The Welsh actress,…...