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items: How does Audible work? How much it costs, how to get free books and how to cancel
items: ACOTAR 6: Release date speculation and latest news
items: Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty confirms sequel book with time jump
items: Booker Prize 2024 shortlist revealed - with history-making line-up
items: Superworm Puzzle & Activity Book offer*!
items: 30+ of the best audiobooks for kids to download now
items: Why A Discovery of Witches had to make some big changes to the book for season 2
items: Star Wars’ High Republic project will scratch your Jedi itch
items: My Fantasy Bookshelf: Sandi Toksvig shares the books which influenced her life and career
items: My Fantasy Bookshelf: Ben Miller shares the books which influenced his life and career
items: My Fantasy Bookshelf: Ben Aldridge shares the books which influenced his life and career
items: The Booker Prize longlist 2020 announced - here's who made the list
items: My Fantasy Bookshelf: Richard Herring shares the books which influenced his life and career
items: Samira Wiley narrates new The Color Purple audiobook
items: Hobbit star Richard Armitage to narrate Chekhov audiobook collection
items: Doctor Who: David Tennant’s Doctor takes on death itself in new Time Lord Victorious books
items: 10 of the best David Walliams books
items: New BBC book to celebrate the women of Doctor Who
items: Books 'have played a huge role in my life': actress Emily Mortimer on the power of literature
items: "I want my books to be hopeful, because that's what life is like": author and cancer survivor Ruth Hogan on the "up lit" book trend
items: Man discovers Harry Potter book he is reading is actually adult fan fiction
items: Hilary Mantel: Why I wrote Wolf Hall
items: Why we need a weekly book show on TV
items: George R.R. Martin just released new interactive Game of Thrones books
items: The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction: the contenders

How does Audible work? How much it costs, how to get free books and how to cancel
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date: 2025-12-01T11:00:21.000Z
creator: Bethan Rose Jenkins
subject: audio
subject: Audiobooks
subject: Technology
subject: Audible
subject: Books
description: Audible is an Amazon subscription service offering audiobooks, podcasts and more. Here's how it works.
encoded: Listen up all bookworms, podcast listeners and audio fans – if you're looking for somewhere to source your favourite auditory entertainment, Audible is the perfect platform for you. Audible is an Amazon service offering a huge variety and number of titles, all wrapped up in an affordable subscription package. It's great for those who are struggling to find time to read, or for those on the lookout for a new podcast to get stuck into. Books are either read out to you by a narrator, the title’s author or a well-known celebrity, while podcasts often have famous hosts. The book fanatics at RadioTimes.com have rounded up some of the best audiobooks and best non-fiction audiobooks that you'll find on Audible. If you’ve got little ones looking for a bedtime story, we’ve got a list of the best kids' audiobooks, too. If you’re tempted to sign-up for Audible, we’ve outlined the answers to all the main questions you might have about the service and how it works below. The good news is that, at the very least, the first month will either be free or very cheap, since there's always a promotional offer around to entice potential new subscribers. Head to our piece on how to get an Audible free trial in the UK for the latest information. In our best Audible offers article, we share the top deals each month to help you bag the subscription service for free or for less, and we tell you how to get free audiobooks. And you can also head to our Audible Gift Card piece if you want to treat a loved one to the subscription service this Christmas. Start your 30-day free Audible trial undefined Quality audiobooks deserve quality audio – and if you're looking for something to play your audiobooks through at home, don't miss our best DAB radio recommendations and best Amazon Echo deals. Jump to: What is Audible? How much does Audible cost in the UK? How does Audible work? What are Audible credits? What do you need to use Audible? How to buy books on Audible How to get free books on Audible How…

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ACOTAR 6: Release date speculation and latest news
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date: 2025-07-22T13:59:50.000Z
creator: James Hibbs
subject: Books
subject: RT Book Club
description: Author Sarah J Maas just delivered an exciting update.
encoded: It's been a long time coming, but finally fans of the A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) book series got the news they've been waiting for – the first draft of the next novel has been completed. Fans have been waiting for the book, currently only known as ACOTAR 6 as there are already four novels and one novella in the series, since A Court of Silver Flames was released in 2021. Now, they can start getting excited in earnest. The romantasy novel series comes from author Sarah J Maas, who is also behind the beloved Throne of Glass and Crescent City series. There was at one time an ACOTAR TV adaptation in the works, but plans for that have seemingly been placed on hold as Disney is set to lose the rights to the books in late summer and Maas is expected to take them to a different studio and platform. But what do we know about ACOTAR 6 thus far, and when is it likely to be released? Read on for everything you need to know. When will the next A Court of Thorns and Roses book be released? We don't yet know when ACOTAR 6 will be released, but we do know it is in the works. In 2024, Maas told Today: "The next [book] I’m supposed to be writing right now… I know much more about. That’s gonna be the next Court of Thorns and Roses book." While speaking in a <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@spotify/video/7446551909537680686?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404358%2C121497414%2C121477481%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C74173097%2C121487028%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121819198%3Bnull%3Bembed_blank&refer=embed&referer_url=www.thecut.com%2Farticle%2Facotar-6-next-sarah-j-maas-book-release-date-plot-news.html&referer_video_id=7446551909537680686" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok for Spotify in December 2024, Maas then confirmed that it's going to be "a long book", before adding: "It’s too early for me to tell you who it will be about and what’s going to happen, but I hope to have more details for you soon." Most recently, in Jul…

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Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty confirms sequel book with time jump
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date: 2024-09-26T11:43:14.000Z
creator: Morgan Cormack
subject: Books
subject: Exclusive
subject: News
description: The second Big Little Lies book is officially happening.
encoded: In the world of TV adaptations of beloved novels, it's safe to say that buzz continues to remain around Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies. Not only did the bestselling novel become an instant must-read when it was released back in 2014, but it also spawned a hit HBO series that starred the likes of Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Zoë Kravitz, Shailene Woodley and more. While rumours have continued to swirl for quite some time now about the future of the TV series, we have some major good news for fans of the original novel. Chatting exclusively to RadioTimes.com about the release of her new novel, Here One Moment, Moriarty revealed that an anticipated book sequel to her original Big Little Lies novel is currently in the works. She said: “With Big Little Lies, all I can tell you is I’m writing a sequel to my own book, following on from my own story. "Because I wrote Big Little Lies when my children were little and the children in the story are just starting kindergarten and now, of course, my children are all teenagers so they’re providing a wealth of teen material. "So, I’m writing a sequel with all the children as teenagers so now the women are the parents of teens.” So, will there be a significant time jump? “Yes, yes exactly,” she explained. As so much of the novel and the resulting TV series centred on Witherspoon's Madeline, will this new sequel novel focus on a specific character? “Not honing in on anyone in particular," Moriarty said. "It’s still early stages so I can’t really tell you anything much except that they’re parenting teens. I’ve got them [all the main women], they’re all there for sure.” When pressed on whether there will be any new additions to Big Little Lies in the novel or in a potential third season of the show, Moriarty said: “Only that in the new novel, I’d be putting in new characters.” Read more: David Tennant squares up to Aidan Turner and Alex Hassell in Rivals trailer The Wives viewers are not happy about the ending – and all the unan…

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Booker Prize 2024 shortlist revealed - with history-making line-up
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date: 2024-09-17T16:32:20.000Z
creator: Helen Daly
subject: Books
subject: TV
description: The shortlist has been revealed.
encoded: The Booker Prize 2024 has confirmed its shortlist this year, and it contains the most female authors represented since the competition launched. Five of the shortlisted titles were written by women, while one was penned by a man. The list also includes the first ever Dutch writer to be shortlisted and the first Australian author in 10 years. To be eligible for the prize, the books must be written in English and published in the UK or Ireland. The six shortlisted Booker Prize 2024 books are: James by Percival Everett Orbital by Samantha Harvey Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner Held by Anne Michaels The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood Get to know the six books below, and find out more about the judges' comments by visiting the Booker Prize website. Booker Prize 2024 shortlist revealed - with history-making line-up James by Percival Everett What is James about? James retells the story of Huckleberry Finn, this time from the perspective of Jim. What did the judges say about James? "Through lyrical, richly textured prose, Everett crafts a captivating response to Mark Twain's classic, Huckleberry Finn, that is both a bold exploration of a dark chapter in history and a testament to the resilience of the human spirit." Find out more about the judges' comments by visiting the Booker Prize website. Buy James by Percival Everett now Orbital by Samantha Harvey What is Orbital about? Six astronauts are on board the International Space Station, and though they have the privilege of seeing Earth as so few have, dreadful news from home prompts them to see the planet in a different light. What did the judges say about Orbital? "Orbital offers us a love letter to our planet as well as a deeply moving acknowledgement of the individual and collective value of every human life." Find out more about the judges' comments by visiting the Booker Prize website. Buy Orbital by Samantha Harvey now Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner What is Creation Lake about…

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Superworm Puzzle & Activity Book offer*!
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date: 2021-12-03T13:35:30.000Z
creator: Francesca Wilson
subject: Books
subject: Offers
subject: Promotions
subject: TV
subject: Christmas
description: Claim a copy of this Superworm Puzzle & Activity Book, with the 2021 Radio Times Christmas issue (p&p applies).
encoded: Superworm Puzzle and Activity Book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler - this year's Radio Times Christmas issue book offer*! In anticipation of the Superworm animation coming to our screens this Christmas, we’re offering our Radio Times readers the opportunity to claim a copy of this Superworm Puzzle and Activity Book - full of striking illustrations and fun activities and puzzles inspired by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s book. This A4-sized glossy special edition is exclusive to RT and includes wordsearches, colouring in, dot-to-dots, a craft project to make a bug hotel, a butterfly cake recipe and even a two-page board game with cut out counters! Share photos of your Superworm book with us on social media using #ChristmasRadioTimes — we will post our favourites! HOW TO CLAIM THE BOOK Complete the coupon on page 47 of the Radio Times Christmas double issue (listings dated 18 - 31 December 2021), including payment details to cover £2.65 p&p*, and send to Radio Times Zog Book Offer, PO Box 12635, Colchester, CO7 5AN. Coupon must be received by Friday 17 December 2021 for the best chance of delivery by Christmas. Please note, there may be localised postal delays. *£2.65 p&p applies. Final closing date 31 January 2022. Terms and conditions The book is subject to availability and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis by postal redemption. Coupons must be received by 31 January 2022. Only one free book per coupon. Photocopied coupons are not accepted. Coupons are only redeemable against the promotional Superworm Puzzle and Activity Book as described in RT. Postal applications that arrive without a completed coupon will not be processed. Allow 28 days from the closing date for delivery. We cannot guarantee delivery in time for Christmas. Offer only available in the UK. Promoter Immediate Media Company London Ltd. Your personal information will be used as set out in our Privacy Policy, which can be viewed here.

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30+ of the best audiobooks for kids to download now
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date: 2021-03-30T17:01:07.000Z
creator: Radio Times Staff
subject: audio
subject: Audiobooks
subject: News
subject: Audible
subject: Books
subject: On demand
description: Kids' favourite titles brought to life.
encoded: Keeping the kids entertained is no mean feat - especially if they're stuck indoors. And if you find it hard to get them opening up a book, another way to introduce them to the magic of literature is via the audiobook. The best source of spoken-word storytelling is, of course, Audible, a service that puts literally thousands of children's classics, old and new, at your disposal. You can both pay for Audible titles as a one-off purchase, or else subscribe on a monthly basis (and you'll find there's a 30-day trial to take advantage of, too). To find out more about subscription costs, make sure you read our how does Audible work explainer. We've put together a list of our favourite kids audiobooks that you'll find on Audible. Many of these have even been narrated by the authors themselves - who better to tell a story that the person who wrote it? Others have been read by actors and other high-profile figures. Read on for our pick of the best audiobooks for kids on Audible - from Roald Dahl to Rudyard Kipling. For adult titles, you may also want to check out our articles on the best Audible audiobooks and best free Audible podcasts. Listen for less – Audible deals in the Prime Early Access sale From the 10th October until 18th December, you can get Audible for just £2.99 a month! For your money, you’ll get one monthly credit to spend on an audiobook of your choice, plus access to countless free audiobooks and podcasts. Whether you want classic literature, cracking comedy or true crime – there’s something for everyone. Get Audible for £2.99 per month — then £7.99 (auto renews) 30 of the best audiobooks for kids From Roald Dahl to Philip Pullman and Beatrix Potter to David Walliams, there's a story for every child or young adult. Here's our pick of the best books on Audible for kids. 1. The Restless Girls By: Jessie Burton Narrated by: Thandie Newton Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins Read by actress Thandie Newton, this feminist retelling of a well-known fairytale follows twelve p…

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Why A Discovery of Witches had to make some big changes to the book for season 2
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date: 2021-01-07T11:00:07.000Z
creator: Huw Fullerton
subject: Fantasy
subject: News
subject: TV
subject: Books
description: The second season of the Deborah Harkness adaptation goes in a few new directions – but they had the author’s blessing, says star Matthew Goode.
encoded: Sky original drama A Discovery of Witches has found success in bringing the smash-hit novels of author Deborah Harkness to the small screen, with the team at Bad Wolf Studios working closely with Harkness to help her tale of warring vampires, daemons and witches come to life. However, despite this close relationship the stars of the series have now revealed that some big changes from the text are in store for season two – with Harkness happily on board when it comes to the alterations. “They’re incredibly difficult books to adapt, so there are going to be people who are huge fans of the book that might be like I am, where you’re not disappointed but you’re like, ‘Why isn’t that in there?’” series star Matthew Goode, who plays vampire Matthew de Clairmont, told RadioTimes.com on the set of season two, when we visited in late 2019. “Obviously you have to make those changes and they can be occasionally quite broad. But we think we’ve made something so far that’s going to appease both sides. “It can be a difficult story to follow. So we’ve had to change the order of events. We now go to see my father first and then head on to see the emperor, as opposed to coming back and then… you know.” The biggest change, however, comes from the inclusion of a second timeline. As in Harkness’ book Shadow of Night, the story shifts in season two to 1590s England as Matthew and Diana “time-walk” into the past – but in a change to the text, season two also continues the present-day storylines alongside Matthew and Diana’s story. “We have massive modern threads,” Goode told us. “In the original – in the second book, it doesn’t go back to modern times. So we wanted people to know what was going on with those characters too.” Such a change could have been controversial – but to Harkness, it was an easy request to say yes to. After all, in her mind it was really just an extension of what she’d been planning to do anyway. “There’s definitely a contemporary storyline in the book too,” Harknes…

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Star Wars’ High Republic project will scratch your Jedi itch
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date: 2021-01-05T18:01:58.000Z
creator: Huw Fullerton
subject: Books
subject: News
subject: Star Wars (franchise)
description: The new spin-off books and comics kick off with Charles Soule’s Light of the Jedi, which offers a compelling look at the galaxy’s great protectors.
encoded: While the Star Wars prequels may have had a bit of a critical reappraisal in recent years, it’s hard to argue that their depiction of the Jedi isn’t still pretty disappointing. After decades of teases and hints, the prequels were supposed to show us what the Jedi Order was really capable of, revealing the platonic ideal that Mark Hamill’s Luke Skywalker was trying to revive – but instead fans were greeted by a band of chin-stroking, officious monks whose only real role in the story was to foreshadow their own demise. Not quite the heroic pacifists most were hoping for – and as the sequel movies showed Luke’s plans to restore the Jedi crumble, fans would be forgiven for giving up on seeing “real” Jedi after all. Still, in recent years projects like the Clone Wars animated series and various video games have filled in the blanks a little more for what the Order was and could be again – and now a new multimedia project from LucasFilm, dubbed The High Republic, finally threads the needle to give us the version of the Jedi Knights fans had been hoping for. Or at least it does based on Charles Soule’s first book for the spin-off project, titled Light of the Jedi. Set hundreds of years before the events of The Phantom Menace when the Jedi were at the height of their powers and the Sith were all but eradicated, the book creates a more positive, forward-thinking universe – almost Star Trek like – where the needs of the many definitely outweigh the needs of the few. And from the start, Soule’s book really leans into the idealised vision of the Jedi plenty of fans would have once imagined. After a series of chapters filled with death and destruction (this book has quite a lot of death, be warned) the Jedi burst onto the scene characterised explicitly as “hope”, wearing stunning white robes (a ceremonial uniform they happened to be wearing at a nearby event) that presents them as an even more romanticised version of themselves. Heroic and self-sacrificial, these Jedi save lives…

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My Fantasy Bookshelf: Sandi Toksvig shares the books which influenced her life and career
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date: 2020-11-22T12:00:13.000Z
creator: Bethan Rose Jenkins
subject: Books
subject: News
description: The writer and presenter shares her top reads as her latest book hits the shelves.
encoded: Sandi Toksvig is a comedian, novelist, actor, broadcaster, activist and, of course, bonafide national treasure. You’ve likely seen her presenting QI or, until the current series, in the famous Bake Off tent alongside Noel Fielding. Her latest book, Toksvig’s Almanac 2021, is a collection of remarkable women of history, from pirate nuns to astronauts. She is also preparing for a tour of her one-woman show The National Trevor, in Spring next year. Here, Sandi Toksvig shares some of the books which have inspired her varied career and chooses the top titles to line up on her Fantasy Bookshelf. She shares the next book on her reading list, how her father’s work inspired her own writing and a career highlight voicing Winnie the Pooh’s Tigger. What was your favourite book growing up? Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh. At last here was a girl in literature who I could identify with. Determined, independent and given to observing the world. It gave me hope that I was not alone. If you could give one book to every child to read, what would it be? There are so many but definitely The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch. It is the most wonderful princess and dragon story with complete role reversal. Also, I quite fancy wearing a paper bag. Who has inspired your own writing? My father inspired me. He wrote books but also journalism which is how I learned to write to a deadline. He wrote a book called Edited Reality about how hard it is to distil what is happening in the world into bite-sized chunks. He was concerned about the duty of the honest journalist to inform without trying to persuade. Is there anything you’ve read which has influenced your outlook on your career? Emily Dickinson’s poem I am Nobody had a huge effect on how I view being in the public eye. It is about the absurdity of fame and has been a guiding light in a celebrity obsessed world. If you could go back in time and convince the author of a book to change one event in their story, what would it be? Why oh wh…

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My Fantasy Bookshelf: Ben Miller shares the books which influenced his life and career
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date: 2020-11-08T12:00:23.000Z
creator: Bethan Rose Jenkins
subject: Books
subject: News
subject: Audible
description: The Bridgerton actor shares his top reads ahead of the release of his new book and latest Netflix series.
encoded: You might know actor, comedian and author Ben Miller as Agent Bough, the long-suffering side-kick to Rowan Atkinson’s Johnny English, as one half of comedy duo Armstrong and Miller (with Alexander Armstrong) or as the original lead detective on Death in Paradise. His latest role is in Bridgerton, the Netflix period drama which has been binge-watched across the nation, and his new book for children, The Day I Fell into a Fairytale, recently hit the shelves. Below, Miller discusses the titles which have influenced his own writing and comedic career, selecting the books he’d line up on his Fantasy Bookshelf. Miller shares the childhood book he reads to his own children, his dream role as an unhelpful caterpillar and explains why he’s more like Huckleberry Finn (with ill-fitting swimming shorts) than master detective Sherlock Holmes. Which books inspired your career in comedy acting? I read a lot of Dickens growing up, and it's had a huge influence on me. The idea that names alone can be funny: that language and character and situation can have you in stitches, before you even add so much as a gag. I love the later, socially-conscious novels, but for pure fun you can’t do much better than The Pickwick Papers. If you could star as a character from any book, which would it be? My daughter Lana’s favourite book is Alice in Wonderland, so I’d like to be in that, please. The caterpillar would be my first choice. Sitting on a mushroom, smoking a hookah, and being of no help to Alice whatsoever is safely ‘in my wheelhouse,’ as they say in Hollywood. Which character do you see yourself in? Huckleberry Finn. In real life I’m a bit of a daydreamer, and Huck was the character I really identified with in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. When Huck ran away and had an adventure of his own in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn I felt like it was happening to me. But then that’s the brilliance of Mark Twain; it’s all so natural it doesn’t feel like writing at all. Which character do you w…

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My Fantasy Bookshelf: Ben Aldridge shares the books which influenced his life and career
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date: 2020-08-09T11:00:54.000Z
creator: Bethan Rose Jenkins
subject: Books
subject: News
subject: Audible
description: The Fleabag and Our Girl actor opens up about his favourite reads.
encoded: Ben Aldridge is an actor known for his roles in BBC One’s army series Our Girl and Phoebe-Waller Bridge’s Fleabag. He now stars in the Batman prequel Pennyworth, playing Thomas Wayne, the man who will one day become Bruce Wayne’s father. Below, the actor discusses the much loved books he’d choose to line up on his Fantasy Bookshelf. Aldridge shares the title he can’t wait to read next, the character he’d most like to play on screen and explains how he tried to get out of reading at school. What's the best reading recommendation you've ever been given? A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. That was recommended to me and it's one of my favourite books. Is there a book which stands out in your memory from your childhood? I didn't really read when I was younger, I pretended to read all the time. We had to read for 10 minutes every day at school and I used to act as if I was reading really convincingly. I remember my mum reading a book called The Very Worried Sparrow a lot and that was about a sparrow that was basically scared to do everything. I think it's because she had to give me a little bit of an extra push to do things. In The Very Worried Sparrow he eventually plucks up the courage to fly. If you could tell everyone in the world to read just one book, which would you choose? The Examined Life by Stephen Grosz. He's a therapist and each chapter is a client of his. It was the first time I'd really read about the benefits and intricacies of therapy. It's really satisfying to read because each chapter opens with the client and their issue. Then by the end of the chapter [Grosz] has cracked the problem and the person's life has improved. It’s an interesting insight into that world inside a therapist's room. If you could narrate the voice of any character in an audiobook, who would it be? I wanted to do the audiobook for Lie with Me by Philippe Besson but it was already taken. It’s this queer love story between two teenage boys in France. One of them is an adult, reflecti…

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The Booker Prize longlist 2020 announced - here's who made the list
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date: 2020-07-28T10:09:59.000Z
creator: Bethan Rose Jenkins
subject: Books
subject: News
description: 13 books have been longlisted for the prestigious award.
encoded: One of the most prestigious awards in the literary world, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction has announced its longlist for 2020. Known as the “Booker Dozen”, the list of 13 titles was selected by an expert panel of judges, chaired by Margaret Busby. Later in the year a shortlist will be drawn up from the total 13 before an overall winner is selected. Last year’s prize was awarded jointly to Margaret Atwood for her The Handmaid’s Tale sequel, The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other. To be considered for the prize, a novel must be written in English and published in the UK or Ireland, although the author can be any nationality. This year’s candidates were chosen from 162 titles published between 1st October 2019 and 20th September 2020. The 2020 longlist includes historical fiction writer Dame Hilary Mantel, who previously won the Booker Prize twice, for Wolf Hall in 2009 and Bring Up the Bodies in 2012. Man Booker Prize longlist 2020 The New Wilderness - Diane Cook Buy now This Mournable Body - Tsitsi Dangarembga Buy now Burnt Sugar - Avni Doshi Buy now Who They Was - Gabriel Krauze Buy now The Mirror & The Light - Hilary Mantel Buy now Apeirogon - Colum McCann Buy now The Shadow King - Maaza Mengiste Buy now Such a Fun Age - Kiley Reid Buy now Real Life - Brandon Taylor Buy now Redhead by The Side of The Road - Anne Tyler Buy now Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart Buy now Love and Other Thought Experiments - Sophie Ward Buy now How Much of These Hills is Gold - C Pam Zhang Buy now If you're looking for more reading inspiration, we've got a list of the best audiobooks, best non-fiction audiobooks and best audiobooks for kids.

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My Fantasy Bookshelf: Richard Herring shares the books which influenced his life and career
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date: 2020-07-26T11:00:47.000Z
creator: Bethan Rose Jenkins
subject: Books
subject: News
subject: Audible
description: The comedian shares his favourite and most significant reads.
encoded: Richard Herring is a comedian, writer and podcaster and the creator of BBC Radio 4's comedy drama Relativity. Here, Herring shares the significant books which have influenced his life and career and earn a place on his Fantasy Bookshelf. The comedian explains his parents’ disappointment in his early literary choices, the characters he most identifies with and why he should never be trusted with a chocolate factory. If you could only save one book in the world, which would it be? The Complete Far Side by Gary Larson. We might as well let the future aliens know we were funny. As a child, which character would you say you were most similar to? I think there was a little bit of Piggy from Lord of the Flies in there. Luckily I didn’t get stuck on an island with a load of public school boys, so I survived. Your comedy drama Relativity draws on your own family. Was there anything you were inspired to read because of their influence? My parents had lots of books and always wanted me to read as much as possible. They were disappointed when I bought Peanuts books with my book tokens. My dad always wanted to read Swallows and Amazons to me and my siblings, but we didn’t like it as much as him. I was a reluctant reader and pretended to have read every Doctor Doolittle book when I’d maybe made it through three. My parents still battled to get books into my hands though. Which book has taught you the most? Kurt Vonnegut’s books are so full of wit and wisdom and a disregard for the conventions of the novel. I think he is the greatest writer of all time and his jokes are top rate. His love of and fears for humanity despite our evils and faults are wonderful. What was the last book you couldn’t put down? The Real Great Escape by Guy Walters is a fabulous and fascinating, honest appraisal of the story we think we know so well. What’s the next audiobook you can't wait to listen to? Adam Buxton’s Ramble Book. He’s one of the funniest men in the world and also one of the nicest. His com…

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Samira Wiley narrates new The Color Purple audiobook
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date: 2020-05-21T14:58:40.000Z
creator: Bethan Rose Jenkins
subject: audio
subject: Audiobooks
subject: News
subject: Radio
subject: TV
subject: Audible
subject: Books
description: The Handmaid's Tale star narrates the classic novel for Audible
encoded: Samira Wiley, Emmy Award-winning actress of The Handmaid’s Tale and Orange is the New Black, is narrating The Color Purple by Alice Walker for Amazon’s Audible audiobook service. The Pulitzer Prize winning novel has sold millions of copies worldwide and been adapted into an Oscar-nominated film (starring Whoopi Goldberg) and a Tony-nominated Broadway musical. Now, Samira Wiley has narrated an audiobook release of the title which is available to stream and download now on Audible. Sign up to Audible 30 day free trial The acclaimed novel primarily follows Celie, a young African-American woman in the early 1900s as she encounters abuse and oppression in Georgia, United States. The story is told via a series of letters which Celie writes to God throughout her life. Samira Wiley brings the words from the page in her narration of the story, which includes an author’s introduction, written in honour of the book’s 25th anniversary. To listen to the The Color Purple, you can access the audiobook from your Audible account. If you don’t have one, you can sign up for a free 30 day trial. Wiley is no stranger to the narration world as she previously narrated the Netflix documentary Night on Earth and was nominated for Best Female Lead Vocal performance for her part in The Walking Dead video game. Sign up to Audible 30 day free trial You can also read the original novel, The Color Purple which is available to buy on Amazon. Find something to watch tonight with our TV Guide

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Hobbit star Richard Armitage to narrate Chekhov audiobook collection
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date: 2020-05-21T14:55:01.000Z
creator: Bethan Rose Jenkins
subject: audio
subject: Audiobooks
subject: News
subject: Radio
subject: TV
subject: Audible
subject: Books
description: The actor will narrate a collection of six stories for Audible.
encoded: Richard Armitage, star of the The Hobbit and Neflix’s The Stranger, will narrate The Chekhov Collection of Short Stories for Amazon’s audiobook service, Audible, released on 11th June. The collection will include six short stories written by the celebrated Russian writer Anton Chekhov, best known for writing plays such as The Seagull and Uncle Vanya. Due to the lockdown, Armitage was unable to record the audiobook in a studio, as would normally be the case. Instead, the actor set himself up to record from home, as he explains in the below video: View Green Video on the source website While preparing to perform in Uncle Vanya at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London this year, Richard Armitage read some of Chekhov’s short stories for the first time. “In his short stories Chekhov really exposes something in himself; he lets you into his heart and his mind a little bit more,” said Armitage. The actor helped select six of the stories for the Audible collection which will be available to stream and download from the service from 11th June this year. “We picked a selection of stories that I felt was quite relevant to who he was, what I was looking for, and the times we’re living in right now,” Armitage said. Which stories are included in the Chekhov collection? Ward 6 - a patient in an asylum comes into conflict with a director of the institution. The Kiss - a man becomes infatuated by a woman who accidentally kisses him in the dark during a party. Betrothed - a young woman strives to asset her independence by choosing education over an arranged marriage. The Black Monk - an ageing scholar experiences strange hallucinations, but is her a genius or is he losing his mind? Neighbours - a beautiful young woman subverts society expectations by going to live with her neighbour, an older married man. The Student - a depressed young student has his spirits lifted by recounting a religious story to two strangers. Also included in the collection, is an introduction from Richard Armitag…

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Doctor Who: David Tennant’s Doctor takes on death itself in new Time Lord Victorious books
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date: 2020-05-12T14:02:21.000Z
creator: Huw Fullerton
subject: Books
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
description: The first steps in the multi-platform story have been revealed.
encoded: The first entries in Doctor Who’s mysterious multi-platform Time Lord Victorious project have been revealed, with BBC Books announcing two new novels which will star David Tennant’s Doctor, playing off themes explored in the actor's last year in the role. In the first book, titled Doctor Who: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead and written by Steve Cole, the Tenth Doctor travels back to the Dark Times of the universe to try and prevent death from ever becoming part of life. In the second, called All Flesh is Grass (and written by Una McCormack) the story deals with the fallout from his actions, with the Doctor coming into contact with his past selves (specifically Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor and Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth) as people around him keep dying. The two books are set to be released on the 1st of October and 10th of December respectively, and you can read short plot summaries of each below. Doctor Who: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead by Steve Cole “We live forever, barring accidents. Just like everyone else in the universe.” The Doctor travels back to the Dark Times, an era where life flourishes and death is barely known... Then come the Kotturuh – creatures who spread through the cosmos dispensing mortality. They judge each and every species and decree its allotted time to live. For the first time, living things know the fear of ending. And they will go to any lengths to escape this grim new spectre, death. The Doctor is an old hand at cheating death. Now, at last, he can stop it at source. He is coming for the Kotturuh, ready to change everything so that life wins from the start. Not just the last of the Time Lords. The Time Lord Victorious. Doctor Who: All Flesh is Grass by Una McCormack “Even a Time Lord can’t change the past.” A wasteland. A dead world… No, there is a biodome rising from the ashes. Here, life teems and flourishes, with strange, lush plants and many-winged insects with bright carapaces – and one solitary sentient creature, who spends…

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10 of the best David Walliams books
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date: 2020-02-28T14:59:34.000Z
creator: Bethan Rose Jenkins
subject: Books
subject: News
subject: Family
description: The author's most popular books for every age
encoded: Although most adults will associate David Walliams with his comedy sketch show Little Britain or as a judge on ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, most kids will know him as one of their favourite children's authors. Walliams' first novel was the heart-warming story of Dennis, aka The Boy in The Dress, and he has since gone on to write a long list of other children’s books over the past decade. The author’s inventive and charming characters have won over both kids and parents with touching stories; Jack goes on adventures with his usually forgetful Grandpa, Ben takes on a jewel heist with his Granny and Joe is a boy who has all the money in the world but doesn't have any friends... What age are David Walliams' books suitable for? The majority of David Walliams’ children's books are written for kids aged eight and older. The author has also penned picture books such as The First Hippo on the Moon and Boogie Bear which are suitable for children from age three. 10 of the best David Walliams books We’ve pulled together a selection of some of David Walliams’ most popular books and characters below, from tales of terrible children to stories of evil dentists. 1. Gansta Granny Ben thinks his grandma is really boring but what he doesn’t know is that she used to be a jewel thief. With Ben’s help, she wants to return to her life of crime and plot to steal the Crown Jewels. Buy Gangsta Granny on Amazon 2. Ratburger Zoe thought it was bad enough to having to put up with a lazy step-mum at home and a mean bully picking on her at school. Now, evil Burt from Burt’s Burgers has decided to come after Zoe’s pet rat and make him into a burger. Buy Ratburger on Amazon 3. The Boy in the Dress This was David Walliams’ much-loved first book which originally came out in 2008. The Boy in the Dress has since been adapted into a TV film and musical. The story follows Dennis who decides to wear a dress, even though he’s a boy. Buy The Boy in the Dress on Amazon 4. The World’s Worst Children The first …

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New BBC book to celebrate the women of Doctor Who
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date: 2018-07-23T10:39:52.000Z
creator: Ben Allen
subject: News
subject: Sci-fi
subject: TV
subject: Books
description: Featuring illustrated, inspirational tales about inspirational women from the show - and beyond...
encoded: Ahead of the launch of the first female-led series of Doctor Who, the BBC is to release a book celebrating the women of the show across its 50+ year run. 7 secrets and surprises we noticed in the new Doctor Who trailer Doctor Who: Everything we know about Jodie Whittaker’s new Doctor When is Doctor Who back on TV? Doctor Who: The Women Who Lived, an illustrated collection of inspirational tales about the show's female characters and historical figures, will be the first official book released to accompany the series, and it is set to arrive in September. It is written by Christel Dee, a former presenter of Doctor Who: The Fan Show, and Simon Guerrier (author of previous DW books The Time Travellers, The Pirate Loop and The Slitheen Excursion). View oEmbed on the source website According to a release from the BBC, it will feature 75 tales about the women of the Whoniverse. "From historical figures such as Agatha Christie and Queen Victoria to fan favourites like Bill Potts and River Song, each woman has made a unique contribution to the world of Doctor Who," the statement reads. "Whether they’re facing down Daleks or thwarting a Nestene invasion, these women don’t hang around waiting to be rescued – they roll their sleeves up and get stuck in." Check out a picture from the book, featuring Billie Piper's Rose Tyler, below. Doctor Who: The Women Who Lived: Amazing Tales for Future Time Lords is published on 27th September in hardback, priced £16.99 by BBC Books Sign up for the free RadioTimes.com newsletter

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Books 'have played a huge role in my life': actress Emily Mortimer on the power of literature
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date: 2018-06-29T09:55:27.000Z
creator: Hannah Shaddock
subject: Movies
subject: News
subject: Books
description: Emily Mortimer, star of upcoming film The Bookshop alongside Bill Nighy, discusses her love of all things literary
encoded: Emily Mortimer has something to confess. “I’ve been talking so glowingly about the role of books in my life, but my biggest treat is to read crappy, terrible magazines... but then I feel disgusted by myself!” It’s an unlikely revelation from Mortimer, considering her latest role is playing Florence Green in The Bookshop (in cinemas from Friday 29th June). The film is based on the 1978 novel by Penelope Fitzgerald, in which a woman’s decision to open a bookshop stirs up tensions in a coastal town in 1950s England. When is Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald released? "I want my books to be hopeful, because that's what life is like": author and cancer survivor Ruth Hogan on the "up lit" book trend Sign for the free RadioTimes.com newsletter View oEmbed on the source website But Mortimer clearly has much in common with Florence – her admission comes in the midst of an enthusiastic near-sermon about books, which, she says, “have played a huge role in my life... the times when they’ve been more present I think of as the happy times”. If anything, Mortimer’s done a little too much reading; she grew up in a bookish household (her father was Rumpole of the Bailey author John Mortimer) and went on to study English and Russian literature at Oxford. “Reading still sometimes feels a bit like homework,” she says. Watch the trailer for The Bookshop, starring Emily Mortimer and Bill Nighy View oEmbed on the source website Like Florence, Mortimer is emphatic about the power of books: “There’s this moral certainty right now that I find really scary,” she says. “But books are where the grey areas of life are examined, which is so important.” Mortimer calls books “the spoils of your life”, and hers are to be found in the Brooklyn home she shares with her husband, actor Alessandro Nivola, and their two children, Samuel and May. Has she ever pictured her own book on those shelves? After all, she co-wrote Doll & Em, the comedy TV series she devised and starred in with her childho…

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"I want my books to be hopeful, because that's what life is like": author and cancer survivor Ruth Hogan on the "up lit" book trend
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date: 2018-04-30T14:40:28.000Z
creator: Liz Hoggard
subject: Books
subject: Going Out
subject: News
description: "I don’t want to be the author who had cancer, but I did have cancer. The kindness I had from people was amazing”
encoded: Ruth Hogan is showing me around the cemetery in her home town of Bedford. She points out memorials to soldiers and missionaries, and the statue she has nicknamed “Angel Cate” – an image of which adorns the cover of her new novel, The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes. This walk could be slightly morbid, but Hogan, tall, vivacious, with a blonde quiff, is one of the most life-enhancing people you could meet. She often solves “knotty problems” in her novels while walking her two rescue dogs in the cemetery. “If you confront death openly, I think you enjoy your life more,” she says. View oEmbed on the source website Sign up for the free RadioTimes.com newsletter What do we know about the real-life Durrells and their adventures in Corfu? The Durrells: Who was the real Great Aunt Hermione? Hogan, whose first novel, The Keeper of Lost Things, won the 2017 Richard and Judy Autumn Book Club Readers’ Award, is one of the new stars of “up lit” – the book trend with kindness at its core, where everyday acts of heroism, human connection and love are celebrated. In a year that has already seen a lot of political upheaval, it’s perhaps not surprising that readers are drawn to stories with an unashamedly optimistic message. But “up lit” isn’t slushy or sentimental. Hogan’s novels tackle depression, loneliness and dementia – but you will also find in them resilience and redemption. Other “up lit” bestsellers include Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, about a young woman who learns to survive, and Joanna Cannon’s Three Things about Elsie, where the 84-year-old heroine was inspired by patients Cannon met as an NHS psychiatrist. In Hogan’s new novel, the lead character, Masha, spends her life in graveyards and swimming in a freezing cold lido, punishing herself for the death of her son. But as she meets a cast of eccentrics – including Sally, a 70-something opera singer – she begins to live again. It is, Hogan explains, about “finding joy in the smallest things”. Sign up for…

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Man discovers Harry Potter book he is reading is actually adult fan fiction
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date: 2017-07-11T14:00:00.000Z
creator: Ben Allen
subject: Movies
subject: News
subject: Books
subject: Harry Potter (franchise)
description: Somehow it wasn't the sex scene between Harry and Hermione that gave it away...
encoded: A woman in the US has had to break the news to her friend, an incredibly late-comer to Harry Potter, that he had been reading a bizarre adult fan fiction version of Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix instead of the real deal. In a series of tweets, Shelley Zhang shared the story about her pal Chris Chappel, who had come to her to confirm whether or not the murder of Harry's cousin Dudley had actually happened. View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website View oEmbed on the source website While we must take every iPhone screenshot tweet we read with a pinch of salt, we really do hope this one is true. Could the lesser known Harry Potter & the Psychic Serpent be the next My Dad Wrote a Porno? The work of art is available in its entirety online.

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Hilary Mantel: Why I wrote Wolf Hall
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date: 2017-04-03T01:00:00.000Z
creator: Hilary Mantel
subject: Drama
subject: News
subject: TV
subject: Books
description: The author explains what first drew her to the curious figure of Thomas Cromwell
encoded: In the City of London, behind the Bank of England, there is a little street called Austin Friars. Sober and narrow, it offers a glimpse of a city garden, something sweetly natural at the granite heart of the establishment. The garden belongs to Drapers’ Hall, which stands on the site of one of the great powerhouses of Tudor London. In the 1530s, Austin Friars was the home of Thomas Cromwell, who was, except for the king, the most powerful man in England. Rich, cultured, multilingual, a friend and patron of artists and scholars, he was a master of the political arts. The house was a bustling ministerial headquarters, where petitioners from all over Europe pursued the royal secretary for favours and begged for a glimpse, a word. Thomas Cromwell was a man of property. He had apartments at court, and the Rolls House in Chancery Lane went with his job. London was small then, and his Hackney and Stepney houses stood in the fields. He had a hunting lodge in Canonbury where in summer, in his rare quiet moments, he could sit in one of the garden towers and look down on London’s tree-tops, contemplating the daily challenges thrown up by his master, the exacting, clever, capricious Henry VIII. Who was he? Where did he come from? To find the answer you had to cross the bandit country west of London, to Putney, where he was born on a date unknown. The year 1485 seems to fit. It was the year of the battle of Bosworth, the year that Henry Tudor (according to legend) picked the crown of England out of a thorn bush. It’s where, for convenience, the historians begin “modern history”, sloughing off the Plantagenets, the Middle Ages, the old world of candlelit, Roman Catholic England, and inaugurating a new era of hard-eyed moneymen, with Thomas Cromwell leading from the front. View oEmbed on the source website It wasn’t that simple, of course. The people in Putney had no idea a new era had begun. To them the triumph of the new regime must have looked like another incident in the civil…

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Why we need a weekly book show on TV
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date: 2016-11-13T10:00:00.000Z
creator: Alison Graham
subject: Documentaries
subject: News
subject: TV
subject: Books
description: Readers are being underserved, says Alison Graham
encoded: I always want to pat the BBC’s head when it presents themed seasons. Not in thanks but as one patronising gesture acknowledging another patronising gesture. Take the current #LovetoRead (with its modish and indeed possibly required-by-law hashtag) season of documentaries. It feels as if the BBC has only just discovered that, yes, people do love to read, and what’s more, this is a discovery all of its own; no one else knows this. So look what we are giving you, viewers! Aren’t you lucky? Because did you know that people love to read? I know! Isn’t it amazing? Who had any idea? Every single one of us who’s loved to read (or #lovedtoread) without the BBC’s help since, oh I don’t know, we were five years old, can be forgiven for sighing as we open the latest of the paperbacks we have piled on our bedside table. Though I’m currently reading Alan Bennett’s latest diary-drop, Keeping On Keeping On, which is so enormous it’s like balancing a breeze block on my stomach. None of us needs the BBC to tell us this, and we don’t particularly need one-off documentaries about writers or regional programmes focusing on books and writers heavily identified with a particular town. (On Sunday BBC4, The Books That Made Britain visits Whitby, so we get Dracula again. As if there’s no one left in the world who doesn’t know the story.) What we do need, however, is a weekly books programme on a major channel reviewing new releases and books on the bestseller lists. Radio listeners who read are well served by Open Book (Sunday Radio 4) and its monthly Bookclub. But on telly? Nothing, apart from the occasional author interview on a Saturday afternoon on the BBC News channel. Come on, readers aren’t being looked after properly. The BBC throws enormous resources at Glastonbury every year (and surely the whole point about Glastonbury is that you have to be there?). Yet up and down the country there are book festivals in towns and cities attended by huge, engaged, interested audiences. I hosted e…

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George R.R. Martin just released new interactive Game of Thrones books
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date: 2016-09-30T10:59:00.000Z
subject: Fantasy
subject: News
subject: TV
subject: Books
description: Although we’re not really sure if we Westeros to be more lifelike
encoded: Ever since season six of Game of Thrones moved away from George R. R. Martin’s source material into the (very bloody) unknown, book fans haven’t had much to be smug about. Until now. The Thrones author has teamed up with Apple to create a series of A Song of Ice and Fire enhanced editions for the 20th anniversary of the release of A Game of Thrones, the first novel in the saga. “Enhanced editions?” They’re essentially iPad/Phone versions of the novels with added features, such as in-depth illustrated character maps at the start of each chapter that show a) where the point-of-view character is, and b) details of nearby castles and important landmarks. But it’s not just going to make following the sprawling plot easier. Quite the opposite. Throughout the text you’ll find small crown icons that, when pressed, will reveal annotations approved by Martin that offer more trivia about the world of Westeros and beyond. Plus, the appendix at the end of each novel contains a feast for crows of yet more Ice and Fire details. With extra trivia and family trees of the great houses of Westeros, it contains even more insights into the original text. Because what the series really needs is more depth. The new editions will also contain … drum roll, please ... a sneak peak at Martin’s ever-upcoming sixth instalment to the story: The Winds of Winter. Still not persuaded you to become a book fan? Well, you’ll have to wait until HBO’s Game of Thrones returns to screens Summer 2017.

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The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction: the contenders
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date: 2011-07-06T15:02:39.000Z
creator: radiotimesteam
subject: News
subject: TV
subject: Books
description: Ben Macintyre, chairman of the judging panel, assesses the books vying for a top literary prize
encoded: Truth is stranger than fiction. It is also, in many cases, a lot more interesting: witness the staggering array of non-fiction titles submitted for the Samuel Johnson Prize this year. As judges we had to consider more books than ever before – 208 in all – covering the widest range of subject matter. Winnowing down the contenders to a longlist of 18 was hard enough; cutting that down to six finalists was even harder. How far the definition of non-fiction has expanded. Alongside the traditional, scholarly and fascinating lives of the great and good (and bad) in the books submitted, there were also an extraordinary number of what might be called cross-genre works, combining history, travel, anthropology, art, memoir, science, psychology, polemic and humour. Each of the six books that made it onto the shortlist combines profound inquiry with superb writing, but above all each is highly original, inviting the reader to look at the world in a strikingly new and different way. Choosing a winner will be the most demanding task of all. Samuel Johnson himself once observed that “books, like friends, should be few and well chosen”. The prize judges have had to choose just a few books from the vast trove of non-fiction published over the past year. We invite you to make the acquaintance of these great books, in the certainty that they will become your friends. Bismarck: A Life tells the amazing story of the 19th-century political genius and deeply flawed man who forged Germany, but never ruled it. Jonathan Steinberg reveals the character contours of this extraordinary, contradictory man, the “Iron Chancellor”, as never before: witty, malicious, generous, destructive, offensive and brilliant. (Jonathan Steinberg, Oxford University Press) Caravaggio: a Life Sacred and Profane Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and his vivid world burst from the pages of this breathtaking masterpiece of biography. Here are the rough streets of Milan and Rome, frequented by an artist of pure inspira…

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