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Read the Booker Prize 2021 winner

On 3 November, The Promise by Damon Galgut won the 2021 Booker Prize.

The Promise, set in South Africa during the country’s transition out of apartheid, explores the interconnected relationships between the members of a diminishing white family through the sequential lens of four funerals.

We have a very exciting opportunity for three reading groups to receive 10 copies of The Promise to read and review. You’ll also have the opportunity to meet Clara Farmer, Publishing Director of Chatto & Windus (Vintage Books) and editor of The Promise. In this exclusive meeting (held via Zoom) you’ll be able to ask questions about the publication process.

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Radio 2 Book Club - Winter titles

The Winter season of the Radio 2 Book Club is out now, with brilliant brand-new fiction titles to discover. The BBC Radio 2 Book Club is on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. It features a wide range of titles and authors, recommending great reads from both new and much-loved writers, encouraging listeners to perhaps try out a genre they might not have read before, and share their opinions and insights on the titles and great reads they’re enjoying right now.

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How to start a reading group

Interested in joining a reading group or starting one of your own? Download our quick guide to getting started. You can also download icebreaker questions to help get your discussion started, and a social media guide to show how you can share your reading with others online.

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Discussion guides

We know how useful a discussion guide is for your book club meeting, so here you’ll find some recent guides provided by publishers. Free to download, you can use them to help choose your next book and guide your discussion.

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