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Mostly Book Talk — 75 episodes
Fidan Meikle talks about her award winning middle grade book, My Name is Samim
A feast of middle grade books! Interviews with Kristina Rahim and Cath Howe
The Othernauts with Clare Pollard
The Klaus Flugge Prize 2026 - the year's most exciting newcomers to children's book illustration
National Year of Reading - Canterbury Children's Literature Festival
National Year of Reading - What on Earth! - Scientists Making a Difference
Fairy Tales at the British Library - a Family Adventure through Enchanted Stories
Kid Rex to the Rescue with Mayo Agard-Olubo
The Carnegie Medal for Illustration Shortlist
Dead Straight Line with Malcolm Duffy
The Carnegie Medal for Writing Shortlist
Home is a Hug with Cindy Hume
National Year of Reading - Royal National Institute of Blind People
Musical - and other - Truth(s) with Jeffrey Boakye
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award with poet Nicola Davies
National Year of Reading - Learning with Parents
National Year of Reading - Inclusive Books for Children
Recharging our batteries with Molly Harris' new book Whirby
National Year of Reading - The Federation of Children's Book Groups
Ultimate Superstar: Rashmi Sirdeshpande on her new books Hari Kumar and Super Uma
National Year of Reading - EmpathyLab
National Year of Reading - Chapter One
National Year of Reading - Coram Beanstalk
Part 6 - The Reading Crisis - Why children aren't reading and what we can do about it
National Year of Reading - Books for Keeps
Rock the Vote! with Nadia Shireen
I Want Everything! with author and illustrator Sophy Henn
Part 5 - The Reading Crisis - Why children aren't reading and what we can do about it.
Author Sarah Crossan talks about her new thriller, Gone for Good
Part 4 - The Reading Crisis - Why children aren't reading and what we can do about it
National Year of Reading - Youth Libraries Group
Badgers are Go! with Susannah Lloyd - Revenge of the Claw
Part 3: The Reading Crisis - Why children aren't reading and what we can do about it
National Year of Reading - Stepping into Stories Kids' Lit Fest
The Reading Crisis - Why children aren't reading and what we can do about it - Part 2
The Reading Crisis - Why children aren't reading and what we can do about it - Part 1
Wild Journey: an interview with AM Dassu about her latest book
The Reading Crisis - Why Children aren't reading and what we can do about it
Libraries are a very good thing!
Nathanael Lessore, author of Steady for This and King of Nothing
Poetry by Heart, an interview with Dr Julie Blake
Author Ashley Thorpe on his new middle grade book, Spirit Warriors, and his debut success, The Boy to Beat the Gods
Maisie Chan talking about her latest book, Nate Yu's Blast from the Past
Pirate adventures with Justin Somper and his latest book, Pirate Academy - Sword Echoes
Tom McLaughlin and his graphic novel, Alan, King of the Universe
Jasbinder Bilan talking about her new book, Naeli and the Secret Song
Carnegie Medal Chat and Predictions
Cath Howe on Early Readers and the Call of the Puffins
Teresa Cremin - what the research says about children's reading for pleasure
Lisa Thompson talking about her new book The Boy in the Tree
An interview with Tom Percival, author of The Wrong Shoes
Interview with Brogen Murphy about their debut book Wildlands
Interview with Darrell Wakelam about his book Art Shaped
Beyond the Secret Garden - interview with Darren Chetty and Karen Sands O'Connor
Interviews with Rachel Fuller about her picture book Bee and with Tanya Goodin about The Teenage Guide to Digital Wellbeing
Author Susan Brownrigg and Publisher, Hazel Holmes from UCLan
Interview with Lucy Ann Unwin, New Year’s reading resolutions and book reviews
A feast of middle grade books - interviews with Dev Kothari and Louie Stowell
An interview with Rashmi Sirdeshpande about her new book Amazing Asia: An Encyclopedia of an Epic Continent
An interview with David Litchfield about his new book The Dinosaur Next Door
Diverse Book Awards Picture Book Winners
Diverse Book Awards YA Winners Interviews
Interviews with J P Rose and Anthony McGowan
'Help Create a Reader' Coram Beanstalk and the role of volunteers in supporting reading for pleasure
Picture book edition, including an interview with Jacob Sager Weinstein
Interviews with YA authors Diana Anyakwo and Denise Brown
An interview with author, Tom Palmer and a chat with Deborah Maclaren, Managing Director of Love Reading
Film Clubs and books with Into Film Ambassador, Charlotte Harrison and an interview with author Ross Montgomery
Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlist
An interview with the author Tia Fisher about her Carnegie shortlisted book Crossing the Line.
Elle McNicoll talking about her new book Keedie
Dungeons and Dragons and Graphic Novels
Abiola Bello, The Diverse Book Awards and FCBG Children's Book Award
Science Book Club
Dr Alexia Casale, author and Senior Lecturer and Course Leader on MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University