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The Big Sporting Read
The Big Sporting Read is a collaboration between The Reading Agency and BBC Arts, aiming to use the power of sport to inspire readers across the UK – highlighting the links between sporting excellence, reading, health and wellbeing. Find out more.
International Booker Prize 2024
The 2024 longlist for the International Booker Prize, the world’s most significant award for a single work of translated fiction, has been announced, featuring “books that speak of courage and kindness, of the vital importance of community, and of the effects of standing up to tyranny’”. Find out more about the books.
The Women's Prize for Fiction
Now in its 29th year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction shines a spotlight on outstanding, ambitious, original fiction written in English by women from anywhere in the world. Find out more.
The Women's Prize for Non-Fiction
In its inaugural year, The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction showcases female writers of non-fiction from across the English speaking world. Find out more.
Themed booklists
We’ve collected together some of our previous booklists on a variety of themes and topics. Take a look to find your next read.