Podcasts about world book night

Sarah's debut, Someone Else's Skin won the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year and was a World Book Night selection and a Richard & Judy Book Club pick. In the US, it was a Silver Falchion and Macavity Award finalist. No Other Darkness was shortlisted for a Barry Award.She's a Programming Chair for St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend in Oxford, and co-founder of Ledburied, a crime festival in her hometown of Ledbury.As well as writing, she teaches crime fiction and mentors its rising stars. Her short stories have won the Cheshire Prize for Literature, the Fish Criminally Short Histories Prize, and the SENSE prize. She also loves hearing from and engaging with readers.Her latest book, Black Thorn is out now from Pan Macmillan.Ann Cleeves called it ‘immersive, claustrophobic, unbearably tense and quite brilliant' while Liz Nugent said ‘an unforgettable read with the most sympathetic protagonist I've read in years'.You can BUY IT HERE:https://amzn.to/44lOe7a#SarahHilary #blackthorne #books Host CJ Aggett interviewed Sarah at the Harrogate Crime Writers Festival , on behalf of Pan MacMillan.Hey! We have spent 3 years using StreamYard. You can see how much we love its features, and how we can make it look great for live streaming. We are huge fans and they are constantly improving their service. Check it out with our link and we could earn from referrals!https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4835638006775808This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5445493/advertisement

On today's show Robert Kirkwood chats to Catherine Simpson about her memoir One Body: A Retrospective and how anyone can pick up a free audio copy on World Book Night.  Rosanna Amaka weaves together the realities of war and the pain of first love in the brand new book 'Rose and the Burma Sky'. We also get some more healthy book recommendations from Paulina Kuchorew and Barry Snell talks to someone who has been volunteering with Talking Books for over 50 years.

Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. A Sunday Times bestseller, she is one of the Top 10 Female Fiction authors in the UK with millions of copies of her books sold across the world. In 2020, she was honoured with the Romantic Novelists' Association's Outstanding Achievement Award and was a featured author in the Reading Agency's Quick Reads and World Book Night campaigns.A writer who champions women and highlights the importance of friendship and community, Milly's characters are celebrations of the strength of the human spirit. Milly's 20th novel, Together, Again, is out now in hardback, eBook and audiobook, and will be published in paperback in March 2023. Milly's Book ChoicesThe Fifteen Streets by Catherine Cookson Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëDumb Witness by Agatha Christie Ed ReviewsThe Tyranny of Faith by Richard Swan Other Books MentionedOur Kate by Catherine CooksonDear Mrs Bird by AJ PearceThe Magnificent Mrs Mayhew by Milly JohnsonWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysHeathcliff by David Drum and Jonathan Drake-SummersReturn to Wuthering Heights by Anne L'EstrangePersuasion by Jane AustenOn Writing by Stephen King History Chicks podcast about Charlotte BrontëListener of the Week (Amy Richards from Words & Kisses)The Hating Game by Sally ThorneA special thanks to Debbie Johnson, Veronica Henry and Phillipa Ashley for the guest appearances.You can buy books mentioned in this episode on our Bookshop.org Affiliate page (UK Only). By purchasing here, you support both small bookshops AND our podcast. Keep in touchWe love our listeners, and we want to hear from you. Please leave a review on one of our podcast platforms and chat with us on social media:Twitter: @twolitchicks Instagram: @two_lit_chicks TikTok: @two_lit_chicks Email: hello@twolitchicks.org If you do one thing today, sign up to our newsletter so we can keep you updated with all our news.  If you do two things, leave us a (nice!) review on Itunes.  Thank you so much for listening.  Listeners, we love you.  Two Lit Chicks Podcast is recorded and produced by Your Voice HereSupport the show

Newcastle-born author, Malcolm Duffy, has a background in advertising.  And has won numerous awards for copy, press, TV and radio. He worked for Comic Relief as Creative Director where he created campaigns for Red Nose Day and Sport Relief.He has written three novels for young people.  His debut novel Me Mam. Me Dad. ME.  dealt with the subject of domestic abuse and won several awards including Sheffield Children's Book Award, Redbridge Children's Book Award and was a World Book Night title for 2019.This was followed by the equally successful Sofa Surfer, a story which brought homelessness to the foreground.In this episode, Malcolm talks to Nikki Gamble about his third novel, Read Between the Lies.About Read Between the LiesTwo very different boys, one new family, a shared struggle and a big secret. Tommy is talented, cool, a young offender, and dyslexic. Ryan is smart, uncool, well-behaved, and dyslexic.The two develop an unlikely friendship. As Ryan helps Tommy to read, a secret is revealed that will change their lives forever. Prize-winning Malcolm Duffy's third novel explores the joys and challenges of dyslexia in a story full of his hallmark heart and humour. Thank you for listening. If you enjoyed this podcast, please support us by subscribing to our channel. And if you are interested in the books we have featured, purchasing from our online bookshop Bestbooksforschools.comIn the Reading Corner is presented by Nikki Gamble, Director of Just Imagine. It is produced by Alison Hughes.Follow us on Youtube for more author events YouTube.com/@nikkigamble1For general news and updates, follow us on Twitter @imaginecentreFull details about the range of services we provide can be found on our website www.justimagine.co.uk

On this mini episode of the Love Your Library podcast, we speak to Emma Braithwaite from The Reading Agency about all of the fantastic work it's doing in libraries all over the country. From the Summer Reading Challenge to World Book Night, The Reading Agency has something for everyone, from children to adults and new readers to book fanatics. You can find out more about some of The Reading Agency's projects below: The Summer Reading Challenge Reading Ahead World Book Night Reading Well If you enjoyed this episode, why not... The post Reading For Life | The Reading Agency Interview appeared first on Love your library.

A new novel from the acclaimed author and broadcaster as part of Quick Reads 2022 and World Book Night. Helen is a retired teacher living on the Irish coast. She enjoys the peace and quiet—despite the burden of Margaret, her unpleasant sister. Margaret arrived three years ago for a short holiday but somehow managed to stay and worm her way into Helen's life. One day, Helen sees a man struggling in the sea and decides to investigate. She doesn't quite know what it is, but something about it feels very strange....

 In this episode, Claire and Sophie discuss World Book Night (0.11 - 4.26), The Heartstopper phenomenon (4.26 -6.03) and their upcoming author visit with Mark Ballabon (6.03-7.02). Shoutout to St George's Library for their great Heartstopper idea which we stole, you can follow them on twitter for more ideas @stgelibrary.Books Reviewed: 'Before the Coffee gets Cold' by Toshikazu Kawaguchi/ translated by Geoffrey Trousselat (7.29) 'Piranesi' by Susanna Clarke (9.24) 'Not if I can help it' by Carolyn Mackler (10.46) 'Our Wives under the Sea' by Julia Armfield (12.44) 'October, October' by Katya Balen (14.55) 'I am the Minotaur' by Anthony McGowen (16.26) Also if you are ever in the Northumberland area, check out these independent bookstores - Forum books and The Accidental bookshop. Their Twitter handle: @Forumbooks. These are mentioned at 12.44 in the podcast.As always join in the conversation over on twitter @lounge_learning.

Amanda Prowse is an International Bestselling author who has written 27 novels, seven short stories and an autobiography book, have been published worldwide in dozens of languages. These include Amanda Prowse include ‘A Mother's Story' which won the coveted Sainsbury's eBook of the year Award and ‘Perfect Daughter' which was selected as a World Book Night title in 2016. Another recent novel ‘The Food of Love' went straight to No.1 in Literary Fiction when it was launched and she has been described by the Daily Mail as ‘The Queen of Family Drama' for her ability to make the reader feel as if they were actually in the story. The music for the podcast is Twiggy's version of "Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks and can be found on Apple Music at this link https://music.apple.com/gb/album/romantically-yours/693460953If you've enjoyed listening to “Tea With Twiggy” please give take a moment to give us a lovely 5 STAR rating on Apple Podcasts. It really helps other people to find the show. If you haven't done so already please subscribe to this podcast so you auto-magically get the next episodes for free and do tell all your friends and family about it too. If you want to connect with me I'd love to hear from you.You can find me on Twitter @TwiggyOr you can find me on Instagram @TwiggyLawsonMy thanks go to all the people that have helped this podcast happen:● Thanks to all the team at Stripped Media including Ben Williams, who edits the show, my producer Kobi Omenaka and Executive Producers Tom Whalley and Dave CorkeryIf you want to know more about this podcast and others produced by Stripped Media please visit www. Stripped.media or email Producers@Stripped.Media to find out! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Contact me for a free session, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com Today I interview James Withey. James is an author with lived experience of anxiety, OCD, depression, anorexia and PTSD. His best selling book 'How to Tell Depression to Piss Off: 40 Ways to Get Your Life Back'' was published by Little Brown in May 2020 in paperback, e-book and audio book.  The follow up book, 'How to Tell Anxiety to Sod Off: 40 Ways to Get Your Life Back ' also published by Little, Brown is due out in January 2022. He is the founder of The Recovery Letters project which publishes letters from people recovering from depression, addressed to people experiencing it. www.therecoveryletters.com. The Recovery Letters book was published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Hachette) in July 2017.   The book was selected for World Book Night 2018 and as a Reading Well title in the same year. Cosmopolitan magazine named The Recovery Letters as 'One of the 12 mental health books everyone should read'. The sequel to The Recovery Letters book, 'What I Do to Get Through: How to Run, Swim, Cycle, Sew, or Sing Your Way Through Depression' was published by Jessica Kingsley in Feb 2021.  His fifth book, 'How to Get to Grips with Grief: 40 Ways to Manage the Unmanageable', will be published by Little, Brown in July 2022. His books have been published in seven languages across the world.  James lives in Hove, East Sussex in the UK with his husband and emotionally damaged rescue cat. He writes and speaks about depression, anxiety, grief, mental health and mental illness. You can find him at www.jameswithey.com Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.

Welcome to the latest instalment of Salon News! Listen in for all the goss on mystery filming Damian's doing, our new Reading Agency partnership, proof that books make you a better person, and our upcoming Salons - the next few months are promising to be glorious! We start with an incredibly exciting FREE Salon on Thursday 22nd April (8pm UK time), with the iconic architect and designer David Rockwell - the designer of the Oscars, the Hairspray set, numerous theatres, and so much more. Join us live on our YouTube channel for an evening of stories and drama. MORE INFO HERE Then we kick off our new strand of Salons in which some of our favourite people will be guest Salon hosts! On 14th May Paris Lees will be interviewed by Alexandra Heminsley, and on 3rd June Kate Mosse will be interviewed by Sam Baker. Damian will of course still be there to mingle in the online chat with you all, and we can't wait! MORE INFO HERE Plus get tantalising clues about Damian's mystery filming and hear what else we're up to, involving the Reading Agency, World Book Night (free books anyone?!), bibliotherapy, and tentative first steps back into bookshops. Salon News - so much better than the real news. Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The weekend's biggest discussion topics, with Georgina Godwin. A look at the day's papers and what we learned this week. Plus: author Mohsin Zaidi and World Book Night.

Oliver Hermanus's new film about a gay teenage conscript and his brutal experience of being in the South African army during Apartheid is called Moffie, a common Afrikaans anti-gay slur. He tells us how a fear of homosexuality fuelled the problem of toxic masculinity that is still so prevalent in the country, and why he used such a provocative title for his film. This week is Lesbian Visibility Week and we’ll be considering how far LGBTQ+ campaigning progress has extended to the visibility of lesbians and lesbian relationships across books, film and TV, with Erica Gillingham, bookseller at London’s Gay’s The Word bookshop and Emma Smart, programmer for the BFI’s Flare Festival of queer cinema. Tonight is World Book Night, the annual celebration of books and writing that aims to encourage more adults to read for pleasure. Sharon D. Clarke, best known to TV audiences as Grace O'Brien in Doctor Who, will be joining Samira to read an excerpt from one of World Book Night’s specially chosen titles, Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults. Digital copies of the book are available free via a link on the Front Row website. As the recent Thursday evening tradition of ClapForCarers continues shortly after we come off air, composer Anna Meredith discusses Handsfree, her instrument-free, 'body-percussion' piece which involves extensive clapping, which has been performed many times around the world and was included as part of the 2012 Proms Season. Main image: Kai Luke Brummer (Left) and Ryan de Villiers in the film Moffie Image credit: Daniel Rutland Manners/Curzon Artificial Eye Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Jerome Weatherald Studio Manager: Donald MacDonald

A podcast extra episode to celebrate World Book Night - April 23 - which includes some book recommendations and the latest instalment of the ongoing feature with my son, 'What Andrew's Not Reading This Week'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NOTE - The audio in this show has been slightly updated to reflect the current situation This week we look forward to World Book Night by exploring some of the top titles in its great book giveaway. Debbie Hicks of The Reading Agency sets the scene and tells us all about World Book Night. (Starts at 1.20)   Brian Wood takes us from the battlefields of Iraq to the trials of the courtroom in his memoir ‘Double Crossed’. (8.00) Robert Kirkwood tells us about the free World Book Night audiobooks and goes hitchhiking through some other rollicking reads in the RNIB Library. (28.30)   Sally Nicholls imagines the lives of three young Suffragettes in ‘Things a Bright Girl Can Do’. (37.10) And we return to Brian Wood for the Books of his Life. (48.30)

Chris Stagg presents Words & Sound, the arts and culture podcast on Phoenix FM. In episode 2 of Words & Sound, my special guest is award winning best selling author Sarah Hilary. Sarah is the author of 6 DI Marnie Rome novels, including the brand new novel; Never Be Broken. We talk all about the new book, Sarah's approach to writing and advice and about the amazing mentoring and support initiative; Killer Women. All music played has been specially selected by Sarah. Links mentioned in this episode: Sarah's website: https://www.sarahhilary.com// Killer Women: https://killerwomen.org/ Twitter: @sarah_hilary Songs played in this episode: The Style Council - A Man of Great Promise Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love Sarah Hilary has worked as a bookseller, and with the Royal Navy. Her debut, Someone Else's Skin, won Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year and was a World Book Night selection. The Observer's Book of the Month ("superbly disturbing”) and a Richard & Judy Book Club bestseller, it was a Silver Falchion and Macavity Award finalist in the US. No Other Darkness, the second in the series was shortlisted for a Barry Award. Her latest in her DI Marnie Rome series, Never Be Broken, is out now. Sarah is one of the Killer Women, a crime writing collective supporting diversity, innovation and inclusion in their industry. Chris @cw_stagg

Welcome to Mostly Lit!-In celebration of World Book Night, we spent time with our fave Tomi Adeyemi!We speak about Children of Blood and Bone, inspirations and what we have to look forward to with the film, and Children of Virtue and Vengeance!Not one to miss!-Book: Children of Blood and Bone-Intro Music by: @StuffDeejSays----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Get involved!-Don't forget to tweet us your thoughts on the episode and send us an email for Culture Questions!-Rate and review us on iTunes, Acast, Spotify, Soundcloud and YouTube!-Follow and message us on:Twitter - @mostlylitInstagram - @mostlylitpodYouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSap_m48BXPUViJofbUYCQEmail - mostlylit@gmail.comWebsite: www.mostly-lit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dorothy Koomson and Amanda Prowse discuss World Book Night, eavesdropping and how the simplest of stories can spark a whole novel. They also go head to head in the Book Off, putting Malroie Blackman's "Noughts And Crosses" against "Lemony Snicket" by Daniel Handler. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we talk about how we celebrate World Book Night which is on Tuesday the 23rd of April. We then review our books; Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls, The Land of Neverendings by Kate Saunders, Second best friend by Non Pratt, Heartstopper by Alice Oseman, Kick the moon by Muhammad Khan and A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge. We then let you know our Easter plans! Don't forget to follow us @lounge_learning and don't forget to follow Claire for those Vietnam Photos @MarrisCMarris We will be back on April 25th 2019.

Rotary 7210 District Governor Bill Bassett (Wallkill East Rotary Club) introduces one of Rotary International’s major focus initiatives: improving literacy around the world. He provides important statistics about the high rate of functional illiteracy in the U.S. and therefore the need for all forms of literacy programs such as World Book Night and tutoring services. Margie Menard, Director of Kingston Library, and Cassandra Beam, CEO of the Ulster Literacy Association, both Kingston Rotary Club members, discuss the multitude of reasons for current illiteracy in the U.S. They facilitate tutoring programs and the yearly international project called World Book Night held on April 23 (Shakespeare’s birth and death date). During World Book Night some 80,000 volunteers around the world give millions of books to folks who find it difficult to gain access to books, with 25,000 distributed in the U.S. alone. This person-to-person approach has made for the yearly success of this initiative. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/radiorotary/support

Kriste chats with two local writers, Mike and Harry. She met them when they were all in a critique group offered by the local community college. In this episode, they jump right in when Mike asks, "What superpower wouldn't you want to have?" Good question. They move from there into some happiness talk, through the misuse of power, mood swings, the ability to ruin people's lives, local politics, and on to Resurrection starring Ellen Burstyn. You know, the usual.

This week, Rebecca and Amanda talk about authors petitioning to defend Amazon, banned books, the end of World Book Night, the future of reading, new books, and more. This episode is sponsored by BookSliced and 99Designs.

World Book Night Kickoff Party  Skylight Books has been chosen as one of twenty U.S. locations to host an official World Book Night launch event on April 22, 2014. Joining us to celebrate this great cause will be the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Award Winning authorDerek Kirk Kim. Derek's Same Difference is one of the 37 official WBN editions being distributed around the country by volunteers on April 23. As part of this celebration, Derek Kirk Kim will speak briefly about reading and giving. Of special importance, all local givers are welcome to come share their giving stories. Additionally, all attendees at our April 22 event will receive a free copy of Shakespeare's Sonnets in a special WBN edition. Other official WBN launch events will take place in Seattle, Portland, Berkeley, Denver, Santa Fe, Houston, Chicago, Duluth, Lexington KY, Stone Ridge VA, Wilmington NC, Vero Beach FL, Buffalo and Ithaca NY, Barre VT, Washington DC, and New York City.  Derek Kirk Kim is the award-winning author of the Tune series, Same Difference, The Eternal Smile (with Gene Luen Yang), and Good As Lily (with Jesse Hamm). He has also contributed to numerous anthologies including Flight, Volume 1, Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, and Bizarro World.  World Book Night U.S. is an ambitious campaign to give a half million free, specially-printed paperbacks to light or non-readers across America on one day. 25,000 volunteer book lovers will go out into 6,000 communities to primarily seek out those without the means or access to printed books. The volunteers go to such diverse locations as hospitals, underfunded schools, military bases, women's shelters, nursing homes, community centers, and more. World Book Night takes place on April 23, 2014 – Shakespeare's birthday – and is in its third year in the U.S., after the UK launch in 2011. We hand out 500,000 books in the U.S. every April 23.As part of World Book Night, 2,300 bookstores and libraries in all 50 states serve as community organizers for the book distribution to the volunteer givers.

In this edition of Book Talk we're discussing The Humans by adult and young adult novelist Matt Haig. When Professor Andrew Martin solves the Riemann hypothesis, one of the world's greatest mathematical problems, the inhabitants of planet Vonnadoria panic.Fearing what warmongering, greedy humans will do with this mathematical knowledge, the Vonnadorians kidnap Martin and replace him with their very own man who fell to earth - an assassin masked in the Professor's body. Tasked with destroying all evidence of his discovery, including his wife Isobel and son Gulliver, the alien assassin strays from his original mission and attempts to better understand humans.Host Danny Scott is joined by fellow Earthlings Lynsey Rogers of the Scottish Book Trust and Leith librarian Colm Linnane to discuss the novel. Is Haig able to make the tried-and-tested sci-fi trope of an alien coming to Earth work and make it readable for sci-fi refusers? Can a book that has been as well reviewed as The Humans ever meet the expectations of readers? And what does the book say about what it is to be human in the 21st century?The Humans was one of the books given away on this year's World Book Night – if you were lucky enough to receive a copy, let us know! How well do you think the novel worked? Join the discussion by tweeting us @scottishbktrust or commenting on Facebook!

Han har en självklar plats i svensk litteraturhistoria, med sin expressionistiska diktning och senare Nobelpriset i litteratur - Pär Lagerkvist. På lyssnarnas begäran ska det handla om en av Sveriges stora modernister. I år är det 80 år sedan den tunna, nazikritiska Bödeln gavs ut. Marie Lundström samtalar med litteraturprofessor Håkan Möller, författaren Cilla Naumann och artisten Bo Sundström, som sjungit Pär Lagerkvists dikter. Vi har också besökt London i veckan, där tusentals volontärer under World Book Night delade ut tusentals favoritböcker, alldeles gratis, på stan. Reporter Jon Jordås deltog i ett storslaget litterärt jippo. Och i Finland händer det stora saker med det tecknade berättandet. I landet där Tove Jansson en gång skapade det numera klassiska Mumintrollet blomstrar seriekonsten på nytt. Vi skickade reportern och serieförfattaren Sofia Olsson till vårt östra grannland för att spana på det finska serieundret. Programledare: Marie Lundström Producent: Nina Solomin Veckans litteraturlista: Pär Lagerkvist, Ångest (1916), Gäst hos verkligheten (1925), Bödeln (1933), Dvärgen (1944), Aftonland (1953), Marianne (1967) Håkan Möller: Pär Lagerkvist - ögonblickets diktare och marknaden (2012) Cilla Naumann: Springa med åror (2012) MUSIK: Bo Sundström och Frida Öhrn: Den lyckliges väg (2007) La Bande Dessinée Finlandaise 2013, red: Johanna Rojola och Kalle Hakkola Finnish Comics Annual 2011/2012, red: Reija Sann Fanzinet Naarassarjat Kaisa Leka (och Christoffer Leka): Expedition 3 (2012) On the Outside Looking in (2006), I am not these feet (2003) Katja Tukiainen, på svenska finns: Brev från Indien (2003), Russinet (2008) Tiitu Takalo, på svenska finns: I ringen (2008) Slåss som en tjej (2010) Alice Munro: Brinnande livet, övers: Rose-Marie Nielsen Anna Lisa Wärnlöf (pseudonym Claque): Boken om Agnes (1963)

This is a special mid week “Pop Up Creativity in your Community’ Love Your Creativity Podcast to keep myself and you focused on creativity. This is some clips and conversation from an event I was involved in last night for Shakespeare’s Birthday, World Book Night and Brent Libraries drive to celebrate art, literature and music […]

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With John Wilson. Last year on Front Row poetry publisher William Sieghart announced that a line from Alfred Tennyson's Ulysses would be displayed prominently on a wall in the London Olympic Village. Now the wall, which is part of the Winning Words poetry project, has been finished. John visits the Olympic Park with William Sieghart and artistic commissioner Sarah Weir as they see the completed wall for the first time. On Shakespeare's birthday, Front Row focuses on his sonnets. Now in its second year, tonight's World Book Night sees 2.5 million books given away as part of an international initiative to encourage people to make reading a part of their lives, including prisons, hospitals and homeless shelters. Each of the books in the UK will include a Shakespeare sonnet, selected by poet Don Paterson. He and writer Meg Rosoff discuss how the sonnets fit with the chosen titles. Playwright Mark Ravenhill reads his new sonnet, commissioned by the RSC, to celebrate Shakespeare's birthday and the official opening of the World Shakespeare festival. He also discusses the challenges of writing it. Naomi Alderman reviews the week's big multiplex release, Marvel Avengers Assemble, starring Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo. Producer Jerome Weatherald.

LeedsBookClub and BookElfLeeds chat about the world book night books, travelling suitcase library, Arcadia, White Swan, book swapping, buffets, buns and cakes. Giving away I Capture The Castle and The Player of Games on 23-04-12 7pm!

On March's programme we tell you all about what we got up to on World Book Night when we gave away 48 copies of One Day by David Nicholls. We also speak to Ugandan poet Grace Atuhaire, Joe Evans provides our Tea Break Story and talks about his writing, we have further nominations for our list of 101 Books To Read Before You Die, and the Reading Room Book Group will be reviewing Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Click on the player below to listen online or subscribe to our podcast using the links on the right...

Welcome to our podcast in support of the BBC's World Book Night, on 5th March 2011. Travel from war torn Nigeria to a dark night by Checkpoint Charlie, from the ice world of the armoured bears to a world ruled by prime numbers - as a selection of our readers and contributors champion their choice of books from the World Book Night list. To learn more about World Book Night, go to http://www.worldbooknight.org/.

On February's programme we launch our brand new feature 101 Books to Read Before You Die - Paul, Jonny and Joanne from thebookpond.com have picked the first three books for the list which will continue to grow each month. We also have an interview and fantastic short story from Sarah Ann Juckes, poetry from Paul Eteng and ex-football club chairman Rob Bradley talks about his new book of short stories