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The Reading Agency Hub

Here you can access The Reading Agency at home. You'll find ideas, activities and challenges from across our programmes to entertain and educate yourself, your family or those you are teaching remotely.

The activities will be refreshed every couple of weeks and we have The Reading Agency… read more

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On Chapel Sands - reading group guide

Waterstones Book of the Month for April 2020

A deeply moving story of family and community that is striking and unforgettable, On Chapel Sands is part-true crime narrative, part-investigation into the subjectivity of memory and part-witness to a vanishing provincial way of life.

Why not… read more

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The Farm - Book Club Kit

The Farm was chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club.

Ambitious businesswoman Mae Yu runs Golden Oaks – a luxury retreat transforming the fertility industry – where women get the very best of everything, so long as they play by the rules.

Jane is a young immigrant in search of a better future…. read more

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The Farm by Joanne Ramos - First Chapter

The Farm was chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club.

Ambitious businesswoman Mae Yu runs Golden Oaks – a luxury retreat transforming the fertility industry – where women get the very best of everything, so long as they play by the rules.

Jane is a young immigrant in search of a better future…. read more

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  • Reading Groups for Everyone

The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal - First Chapter

The Doll Factory was chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club.

London. 1850. The greatest spectacle the city has ever seen is being built in Hyde Park, and among the crowd watching two people meet. For Iris, an aspiring artist, it is the encounter of a moment – forgotten seconds later, but for… read more

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The Beekeeper of Aleppo - Reading Group questions

The Beekeeper of Aleppo was chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club.

Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo – until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are… read more

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The Beekeeper of Aleppo - First Chapter

The Beekeeper of Aleppo was chosen for the Radio 2 Book Club.

Nuri is a beekeeper; his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo – until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are… read more

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Tyll - Readers' Guide

On 27 February the International Booker Prize revealed the "longlist":https://readinggroups.org/news/international-booker-prize-2020-longlist-announced for the 2020 prize.

You can download a Readers’ Guide for longlisted title Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann, translated by Ross Benjamin by clicking… read more

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The Other Name: Septology I-II - Readers' Guide

On 27 February the International Booker Prize revealed the "longlist":https://readinggroups.org/news/international-booker-prize-2020-longlist-announced for the 2020 prize.

You can download a Readers’ Guide for longlisted title The Other Name: Septology I-II by Jon Fosse, translated by Damion… read more

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The Memory Police - Readers' Guide

On 27 February the International Booker Prize revealed the "longlist":https://readinggroups.org/news/international-booker-prize-2020-longlist-announced for the 2020 prize.

You can download a Readers’ Guide for longlisted title The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder by… read more

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The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree - Readers' Guide

On 27 February the International Booker Prize revealed the "longlist":https://readinggroups.org/news/international-booker-prize-2020-longlist-announced for the 2020 prize.

You can download a Readers’ Guide for longlisted title The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar,… read more

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