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Welcome to the Leeds Reads blog
Welcome to the first post on Leeds Reads. We’ll be using this blog to share news and information about books, reading, events and activities in Leeds Libraries and beyond. There’s a fair bit of...
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The Radio 2 Book Club
Simon Mayo used to host an excellent book discussion and review strand as part of his afternoon show on Radio 5 Live, and we’re pleased that the book club concept has moved with him over to Radio 2....
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“Blokey Book Club” takes to the airwaves
The Men’s Hour show returned to BBC Radio 5 Live this weekend, bringing with it the “Blokey Book Club”, which aims to encourage men to read more fiction. The club will ask listeners to recommend and...
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Radio 2 Book Club
The next book to be discussed on the Radio 2 Book Club will be Bitter Water by Gordon Ferris. It’s a crime novel set in Glasgow, and to give you an idea of what to expect, Ferris has been likened to...
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Book programmes on TV and radio
Robert Harris, author and chair of the Costa Book Awards judging panel, has said that the BBC should show more programmes about books. What do you think? He said. “In the 1970s, when this prize was...
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Radio 2 Book Club – Emma Hooper
It must be great minds think alike, because we posted a review about Emma Hooper’s debut novel Etta and Otto and Russell and James this week and it’s Simon Mayo’s next Radio 2 Drive Time Book Club...
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