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Download reading group questions for Kala by Colin Walsh

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023
'Unforgettable' Observer
'Masterful' Irish Times
'Explosive' The Telegraph

For those of you wanting a captivating and compelling read for your book group this summer, look no further than Kala by Colin… read more

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My Teeth in Your Heart by Joanna Nadin - Discussion Notes

2024, Cambridge, England

Billy’s got problems. A Levels, a mum who checked out of parenting a while ago, and then… there’s what Billy’s done to Cass, her person. Some secrets are too toxic to keep, but there’s no way Billy can let this one loose.

1974, Famagusta, Cyprus

Anna’s a good… read more

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Happiness Falls by Angie Kim - Book Club Kit

We didn't call the police right away. Later, I would blame myself, wonder if things might have turned out differently if I hadn't shrugged it off, insisting Dad wasn't missing missing but just delayed, probably still in the woods looking for Eugene.

Mia Parkson's life is turned upside down… read more

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The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable - Reading Group Guide

Venice. 1704. In this city of glittering splendour, desperation and destitution are never far away. At the Ospedale della Pietà, abandoned orphan girls are posted every through a tiny gap in the wall every day.

Eight-year-old Anna Maria is just one of the three hundred girls growing up within… read more

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Garden of her Heart by Zoe Richards - Discussion Notes

A story of healing and recovery that will warm your soul…and get you into the garden.

Garden of Her Heart is the story of one loner, two secrets, and three weeks at the Pinewoods Retreat.

When Holly Bush (yes, she still hasn’t forgiven her mother for that combination) is made redundant… read more

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Radio 2 Book Club extract of The Mars House by Natasha Pulley

In the wake of environmental catastrophe, January, once a principal in London's Royal Ballet, has become a refugee on Tharsis, the terraformed colony on Mars. In Tharsis, January's life is dictated by his status as an Earthstronger – a person whose body is not adjusted to Mars's lower gravity and… read more

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Radio 2 Book Club extract of Where the Heart Should Be by Sarah Crossan

Ireland, 1846 Nell is working as a scullery maid in the kitchen of the Big House. Once she loved school and books and dreaming. But there's not much choice of work when the land grows food that rots in the earth. Now she is scrubbing, peeling, washing, sweeping for Sir Philip Wicken, the man who… read more

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The Reading Agency’s April booklist - Nature and Conservation

Earth Day 2024 will take place on 22 April. To support any activity you may want to run, we have collated a booklist with a mix of poetry, fiction and non-fiction books with strong themes of nature and conservation.

We would love to hear what books you’d recommend on social media using… read more

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The Secret Hours by Mick Herron - digital resources

<b>Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Crime & Thriller Book of the Year 2024</b>

<b>About the book</b>

Two years ago, the Monochrome inquiry was set up to investigate the British secret service. Monochrome's mission was to ferret out misconduct, allowing the civil servants seconded to… read more

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