You can usually tell within five minutes whether a TV show is your cup of tea. The same can be true of books – we’ve all put down a hefty tome within the first 50 pages, mildly offended by our ...

Escape into this exclusive extract from Julia Kelly’s The Fisherman’s Gift - an exquisite love story that delves into the griefs and hopes that can lie behind village gossip. Joseph knows the storm is ...

The prestigious Booker Prize has been celebrating outstanding fiction for over half a century. Take a look at some of the Vintage winners from previous years. What do you usually prefer: the book or ...

Click the button below to listen or continue scrolling to explore all of the books mentioned in this episode. From bonnets to Valspeak, Jane Austen has been interpreted countless ways on screen. But ...

It’s hard to believe Ted was once a skinny, unwanted pup who was dumped outside an animal shelter, before he found fame and fortune alongside Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse on the hit BBC series ...

We’re giving one lucky winner the chance to win the ULTIMATE Percy Jackson and the Olympians reading bundle. You could be set to win the digital audiobook downloads ...

This prize draw is open to UK residents aged 18 years or over, with the exception of employees of the Promoter, their families, agents and anyone else connected with this promotion. Entries must be ...

We are so excited to be giving you the chance to win all five of the books from our Penguin Weird Fiction Series. Blending horror, fantasy and science fiction, weird fiction is in a category of its ...

It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with ...

To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies - The ...

Throughout her lifetime, Jane Austen wrote countless letters to her sister. But why did Cassandra burn them all? 1840: twenty three years after the death of her famous sister Jane, Cassandra Austen ...

With the days getting colder, the nights getting longer, and the festive season upon us, now is the best time to add new titles to your TBR pile (or Christmas wishlist...) From hotly anticipated ...