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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 11/09/2026

The 2026 BBC National Short Story Award (NSSA) has revealed an all-women shortlist. 👇

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£15k BBC short story prize reveals all-women shortlist

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🚨Shortlist revealed for this year’s BBC National Short Story Award with the University of Cambridge - the winner announced on Radio 4’s Front Row on the 29th of September! #NSSA #shortstory #BBCRadio4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC National Short Story Award - National Short Story Awards Shortlist announced!

The 2026 BBC National Short Story Awards announces its shortlist

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Shortlist revealed for this year’s BBc National Short Story Award with the University of Cambridge - the winner announced on Radio 4’s Front Row on the 29th of September!

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BBC Radio 4 - BBC National Short Story Award - National Short Story Awards Shortlist announced!

The 2026 BBC National Short Story Awards announces its shortlist

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BBC World Book Club @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Hi everyone. We’re wrapping up for 2025, but if you want something to read until we’re back here’s our 1st author of 2026! Suspense master Linwood Barclay joins us 15 Jan to talk Take Your Breath Away. Send qus by 9 Jan and be part of the show. #booksky #linwoodbarclay #thriller #wbc #bookpodcast

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Today on #TakeFourBooks on BBC R4 I'm talking to Makenna Goodman about her new @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social novel HELEN OF NOWHERE & her 3 influences: Jean Giono's "The Man Who Planted Trees", Bell Hooks' "All About Love" & the plays of Pulitzer-winner Annie Baker www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The first BBC Radio 4 Bookclub of the year was a great chat with Leonard and Hungry Paul author Ronan Hession - listen again here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @ronanhession.bsky.social

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Listen now to my BBC Radio4 #TakeFourBooks chat with Andrew Michael Hurley about new novel SALTWASH and three influences including Philip Larkin's 'Aubade', 'Free Will' by Sam Harris, and Shirley Jackson's chilling 'The Summer People' 🎧📚📻👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Listen now to my BBC R4 chat with Salman Rushdie about new work THE ELEVENTH HOUR and his 3 picks of influences, including E.M. Forster, Franz Kafka’s unfinished novel Amerika & the Pied Piper of Hamelin! #TakeFourBooks www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Salman Rushdie was the latest guest on Take Four Books - talking to @jdcrawf.bsky.social about his new short story collection - The Eleventh Hour….catch up here…. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #books

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Today on #TakeFourBooks on BBCR4 I was talking to Karl Ove Knausgaard about new novel THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT and 3 ‘Faustian’ influences incl Thomas Mann & the memoir of @willsergeant.com from @bunnymen.com! Listen now! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Loved having brill @olgaravn.bsky.social on BBCR4’s #TakeFourBooks today - talking about her new novel THE WAX CHILD & 3 influences inc M.R. James and a book of southern Italian spells! 📚📻🎧https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002m96r

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Listen again to this year’s Booker Prize winning author, David Szalay, on Take Four Books on #BBCRadio4 - talking about Flesh and the three other books that inspired its creation! @thebookerprizes.com #BookerPrize2025 #DavidSzalay

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Take Four Books - David Szalay - BBC Sounds

David Szalay talks about his new novel and the three other works that helped to shape it.

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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 10/11/2025

‘We had never read anything quite like it. It is, in many ways, a dark book but it is a joy to read’ We're delighted to announce Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the #BookerPrize2025.

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The latest #Bookclub on #BBCRadio4 was with the author Hallie Rubenhold, talking about The Five - recorded at Chatsworth House - listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Colwill Brown is the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2025. A brilliant shortlist. And some amazing stories from the Young Writers’ Award!

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The winner of the BBC National Short Story Award is announced tomorrow night. You can hear all the shortlisted stories brought to life on #BBCSounds - some brilliant writing. Have a listen if you’re interested in a good #shortstory #booksky

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BBC Sounds - BBC National Short Story Award - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of BBC National Short Story Award on BBC Sounds.

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

This week on #TakeFourBooks on BBC Radio 4 I was talking to William Boyd about his new spy novel 'The Predicament' and 3 influences Lawrence Durrell, Len Deighton and John Le Carre - also with guest @louisewelsh00.bsky.social - listen now! 👇🎧📚 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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BBC World Book Club @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Our interview with Silvia Moreno-Garcia goes out next week meanwhile, we have snippets! Mushrooms play a huge part in Mexican Gothic, we had to talk about it in the show. Now I've got vintage Japanese horror films to seek out. #wbc #worldbookclub #booksky #mexicangothic #horror #silviamorenogarcia

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BBC World Book Club @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Hi again listeners! In Oct we’re welcoming Oyinkan Braithwaite into studio to talk about 'My Sister, The Serial Killer' a dark comedic thriller where sisterly love is pushed to the brink. Send us qus by Oct 10th to be on the show worldbookclub@bbc.co.uk #booksky #mysistertheserialkiller #WBC

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dom @domhowell.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Live Radio 4 Bookclub recording in Glasgow on Friday with the legendary @nivenj1.bsky.social John Niven for his 2008 debut Kill Your Friends. If you wanna be in the audience, message me and I’ll put you on the list. Should be a cracker!

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Coming up later today on BBC Radio 4 I'm talking to Graham Norton on #TakeFourBooks about his latest novel Frankie, along with 3 influences - Elizabeth Bowen, Armistead Maupin & Gabrielle Zevin (and bonus influence Charlie Brown!) - at 4pm 👇🎧📚 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Loved talking to Ian McEwan (& @damedenisemina.bsky.social!) on BBCRadio4 #TakeFourBooks about climate, memory & the way the past haunts the present in his new @jonathancape.bsky.social novel WHAT WE CAN KNOW with 3 influences incl the epic Footsteps by Richard Holmes www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Melissa Lucashenko was the guest on Take Four Books on Sunday. Recorded duing @edbookfest.bsky.social #BBCradio4 - she was talking about Edenglassie and her three influences. 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

We recorded some great episodes of Take Four Books at the Edinburgh International Book Festival - the first was Rachel Kushner talking about her book Creation Lake - listen again here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... @edbookfest.bsky.social #BBCRadio4

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Speed of Light by Laura Cumming is a brilliant series about five trail blazing photographers (two from Paisley) - who made history. Catch up on Sounds ⬇️

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BBC Sounds - Speed of Light by Laura Cumming - Available Episodes

Listen to the latest episodes of Speed of Light by Laura Cumming on BBC Sounds.

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

If you fancy coming along to see Take Four Books or Bookclub being recorded for #BBCRadio4 at the Edinburgh International Book Festival - all the details are here: www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Kit de Waal is talking about her debut novel, My Name Is Leon, on #Bookclub on #BBCRadio4 A lovely programme recorded with an audience of readers at Rare Birds bookshop in Edinburgh #booksky www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Catch up on Take Four Books - this week award winning writer, Denise Mina, discusses her twentieth novel, The Good Liar, and the three key influences that inspired its creation #takefourbooks #booksky #denisemina #radio4

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Take Four Books - Denise Mina - BBC Sounds

Multi-award-winning writer Denise Mina discusses her new novel, The Good Liar.

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Listen now to my chat on Radio4 with Gurnaik Johal on his debut @serpents-tail.bsky.social novel Saraswati on #TakeFourBooks: where a lost river re-emerges in contemporary India. His 3 influences include @amitav.bsky.social, Joseph Conrad and poet Natalie Diaz! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Read both of these in a couple of days before the Colm Toibin episode of Take Four Books. Flew through them. A great episode. #booksksy #takefourbooks #radio4 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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dom @domhowell.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Radio 4’s Bookclub recording of My Name Is Leon with Kit de Waal will be in Edinburgh on Tuesday (22nd) 6.15pm start. If you fancy coming along DM me and I can get you on the list. @kitdewaal.com

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

The Roman Empire is the subject of this month’s Bookclub on #BBC Radio 4. Author and historian, Tom Holland, is talking about #Rubicon and answering questions at Topping Books in Edinburgh. 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #booksky #romanempire

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Graeme Macrae Burnet is the guest on the latest episode of World Book Club. He’s answering readers questions about his critically acclaimed novel, His Bloody Project @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social #booksky

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World Book Club - Graeme Macrae Burnet - BBC Sounds

The world's great authors discuss their best-known novel.

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Listen now to my chat on Radio 4's #TakeFourBooks with Madeleine Thien about her new, time-warping @grantabooks.bsky.social novel of war, exile and refugees, 'The Book of Records' - and her three influences, including the evergreen 'Invisible Cities' by Italo Calvino... www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Author, Wendy Erskine, talks about her new novel, The Benefactors, on the most recent episode of Take Four Books, plus the three other books that inspired her writing. #BBCRadio4 @sceptrebooks.bsky.social Listen here 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

2025 marks 100 years since the National Library of Scotland was established by an Act of Parliament 🎂 Join our centenary champions, Val McDermid and Damian Barr, as they talk about the significance of libraries, and the importance of collections like ours 📚

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

‘Dear Library’ - this exhibition @natlibscot.bsky.social is lovely…including a brilliant picture of the old Paisley Library. I want a lego library. Get yourself along to the National Library of Scotland. How many times can I fit in the word LIBRARY #booksky #library

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Elif Shafak talks about the books that inspired her novel, There Are Rivers In The Sky, on Take Four Books this week. Recorded backstage at Hay with Gwyneth Lewis joining the conversation #BBCRadio4 @hayfestival.bsky.social #booksky 📻: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Congratulations to Andrew Miller on winning the Walter Scott Prize for The Land in Winter. He spoke to Take Four Books about the novel and his influences at the Hay festival on #BBCRadio4 @walterscottprize.bsky.social @hayfestival.bsky.social 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, interviewed about her new book about the past, present and future of the UK's folk culture on Front Row yesterday. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002db9r

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Front Row - Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered. - BBC Sounds

Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered.

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Women's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

We are delighted to present the 30th winner of the #WomensPrize for Fiction: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. Congratulations, Yael! Thank you to the judges and our sponsors #Audible and #Baileys. @vikingbooksuk.bsky.social

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

World Book Club this month is a brilliant discussion with author @nkjemisin.bsky.social and readers about The City We Became….catch up here 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #booksky #NKJemisin @bbcworldbookclub.bsky.social #BBCWorldService

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The latest episode of Bookclub on BBC Radio 4 is with author Joanne Harris - talking about her bestselling novel, Chocolat - in Rare Birds bookshop in Edinburgh. @joannechocolat.bsky.social 🎧: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

On latest #TakeFourBooks I’m talking to poet and memoirist Sean Hewitt about his debut novel ‘Open Heaven’ & 3 influences including E M Forster’s Maurice, LP Hartley’s The Go-Between and Edna O’Brien’s The Country Girls! Listen now 🎧📻📚 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Gillian Wheelan @gillianwheelan.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Take Four Books is at Hay! @hayfestival.bsky.social We’re talking to Andrew Miller about his novel, The Land in Winter, with Joanne Harris joining in the conversation. @jdcrawf.bsky.social

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James Crawford @jdcrawf.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I talked to Ocean Vuong on #TakeFourBooks on BBC Radio 4 about his new @vintagebooks.bsky.social novel “The Emperor of Gladness” and his three influences, including The Brothers Karamazov and Jack Kerouac - listen now! 📚🎧👇 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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