Books & Stories

Revealing portraits of the challenges ordinary people face in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.

A magically surreal story about history, identity and redemption.

Original stories by Ireland's most exciting female writers, retelling ancient Irish myths.

A specially commissioned story from American author Lionel Shriver.

Harry McEntire reads Sue Townsend's hilarious diaries of Adrian Mole.

A writer's journey through the experience of otherness.

Listen to Jane Austen’s classic tales, narrated by Julie Andrews.

Dominic Gregory charts the experience of being part of the Dungeness lifeboat crew.

Astrophysicist Emma Chapman's love letter to radio astronomy.

James Joyce's autobiographical modernist masterpiece. Read by Andrew Scott.

Benjamin Wood's quietly profound story is set on the Lancashire coast in the early 1960s.

Special readings from Orwell's dystopian classic, now celebrating its 75th anniversary.

Rebecca F Kuang’s deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator

Julie Hesmondhalgh narrates a new ghost story, set on the shifting sands of Morecambe Bay.

Dramatisation of Maya Angelou's debut memoir, which charts her childhood.

The story of a young woman finding her own voice, and her own place in the world.

Writer Cal Flyn explores the profound power of mystery and the provocation of the unknown.

A specially commissioned five-part serial by best-selling novelist Rachel Joyce.

A fascinating scientific guide to why looking on the bright side really is good for you.

Listen to Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, narrated by Hugh Bonneville.

A whodunnit and a portrait of a very ordinary life which suddenly becomes extraordinary.

A selection of the great author’s most chilling short works, read by Sir David Suchet.

On retirement from her Hebridean school, Miss Macdonald plans the adventure of a lifetime.