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Radio 2 Book Club Extract of A Splintering by Dur e Aziz Amna

In a village in rural Pakistan, Tara is waiting and watching. The smell of dung and dust hangs over her world. She is desperate to leave the petty life of the village and escape the iron grip of her violent, unpredictable brother. Marrying a middle-class accountant allows her to escape to the… read more

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We Grew a Dragon Activity Pack

Tom has an amazing secret – hidden under his bed is an egg. An egg that's cracking, ready to hatch. An egg that contains . . . a dragon! We Grew a Dragon is a heartfelt and uplifting picture book from an exciting new talent featuring special blended family relationships and fiery dragon… read more

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Laurie Gilmore - The Gingerbread Bakery digital assets

Downloadable assets include:

- Poster for The Gingerbread Bakery
- Reading group questions for all 5 books in Laurie Gilmore's Dream Harbor series
- Colouring pages from The Pumpkin Spice Café Coloring Book read more

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Seven Deadly Thorns Book Club Notes

Download these free book club notes for Seven Deadly Thorns – perfect for guiding a conversation around this dark academia, enemies-to-lovers romantasy by Amber Hamilton.

These book club notes can be used as part of school discussion classes or in book clubs.

In the cursed Kingdom of… read more

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The Fate of Finnegan Quick activity pack

The perfect activity pack for Halloween fun! This companion activity pack for The Fate of Finnegan Quick by Larry Hayes is full of fun games and activities, because ghouls just wanna have fun! read more

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Radio 2 Book Club Extract of The Two Roberts by Damian Barr

He will stay like this forever, Robert's arm draped round him. They will be forever twenty.

Scotland, 1933. Bobby MacBryde is on his way. After years grafting at Lees Boot Factory, he's off to the Glasgow School of Art, to his future. On his first day he will meet another Robert, a quiet… read more

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Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

Katabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.

Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick.

But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell…. read more

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Radio 2 Book Club Extract of Dead Lucky by Connor Hutchinson

Jamie Fletcher loves his job as an embalmer at a busy funeral home in working-class Manchester. Taking responsibility for how mourners remember their loved ones is not something he takes lightly, but Jamie has big enough problems in his own life to dwell too much on the gruesome realities he… read more

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Uncle Zeedie by Colm Field - Book Club Resources

Get your reluctant readers talking all things horror and Uncle Zeedie by Colm Field with these reading group resources.

Dare you brave THE BLOOD TEXTS? Uncle Zeedie is the second in this spine-tingling YA short horror fiction anthology series. Thrillingly spooky, full of creeping suspense… read more

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Running My Own Race - Book Club Resources

About the book
Kofi’s mum is determined he’s going to be ‘somebody’. But when Kofi is given a place at a prestigious private school because of his athletic ability, everything changes. Kofi dreams of being a professional athlete – but he soon finds following your heart isn’t an easy… read more

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