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People are flocking to Ghastly-Gorm Hall to compete in Lord Goth's Literary Dog Show. The judges are in place and the contestants are all ready to win. But there's something strange going on at Ghastly-Gorm - mysterious footprints, howls in the night and some suspiciously chewed shoes. Can Ada...

The crew of an oceanic research vessel goes missing in the Pacific along with their mini-submarine. An evangelical media star holds a rally next door to a cinematic convention in LA. The cops know there's going to be trouble – but what they didn't foresee was the presence was a Glaswegian...

Sam and Lizzie are freezing and hungry on the streets of Victorian London. When Sam asks a wealthy man for some coins, he is rudely turned away, and Sam resolves to kill the man. Huddling in a graveyard, Sam and Lizzie are horrified to see the earth around one of the tombs begin to shift. A...

For fans of Ann Patchett's Bel Canto, Annie Proulx's Accordion Crimes, Amanda Coplin's The Orchardist A tour-de-force about two women and the piano that inexorably ties their lives together through time and across continents, for better and for worse. In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old...

The exceptional talents behind some of the nation’s best-loved books – from The Gruffalo to The BFG, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt to the Charlie and Lola series – the Children’s Laureates are the perfect ambassadors for children’s literature. It’s been twenty wonderful years of the...

Martin Scarsden returns in the sequel to the bestselling Scrublands. For half a lifetime, journalist Martin Scarsden has run from his past. But now there is no escaping. He'd vowed never to return to his hometown, Port Silver, and its traumatic memories. But now his new partner, Mandy Blonde...

Like a lot of people, Chris Wilson didn’t have an easy start in life. But, unlike many, he has managed to overcome severe setbacks to achieve a life defined by material success and personal meaning. How did he do it? When he committed a fatal crime at the age of 17 and received a devastating...

Michael has completed two missions for UNICORNE, but he still hasn’t found his missing father. When asked to investigate a scale of a dragon, the very same artefact his father was researching before he disappeared, Michael realises he’s closer than ever to unlocking the truth. Soon, he...

Will Rhodes is an award-winning correspondent for The Travelers, on assignment at a luxury Argentinian resort. But Will's life is about to be turned upside down when a new flirtation turns into something far more dangerous; realizing only too late. It turns out he's been targeted; little does he...

When lost red squirrel Lucky finds himself in Albion Park, the native squirrels all around him are bigger, tougher, and much more... grey. He needs all the luck he can find to fit in, and even more to pass the Squirrel Trial that will give him a permanent place in the park. But when Lucky...

Michael Malone's life has not been the same since his father disappeared three years ago. Determined to find him, Michael gets unwittingly drawn into supernatural organisation UNICORNE, who claim to have vital information for his quest. But they want something in return. Something that is hidden...

When Ben Harvester meets Mr October in Highgate Cemetery, nothing could have prepared him for the dramatic turn his life is about to take. Soon Mr October is leading him towards his true calling - at the Ministry of Pandemonium, helping to guide the dead to the afterlife. But Ben quickly...

On a trip to Dublin, Australian Chris Harrison falls head over heels in love with Daniela, an Italian girl with eyes the colour of Guinness- and he follows her home. He abandons his previous life for LA DOLCE VITA, with its luscious foods and sun-drenched vistas. Among olive groves and...

We like to think we know the story of how Britain went to war with Germany in 1939, but there is one part of the story that has never been told. It features a group of MPs who repeatedly spoke out against their party and their government's policy of appeasing Hitler and Mussolini. Remarkably...

Narrated by a 13,000-year-old extinct mammoth, this is the (mostly) true story of how a collection of prehistoric creatures came to be on sale at a natural history auction in New York in 2007. By tracing how and when these fossils were unearthed, Mammoth leads us on a funny and fascinating...

The impact of Generative AI on our daily lives is far more significant than just being productive and performing our tasks. In this series, Chris Lukianenko speaks with industry experts and explores the new ideas in Generative AI and how industries embrace it and combine it with existing technologies to shape the modern workplace and our working lives. Join Chris on the NextWave Conversations podcast, powered by InnovateGPT Group.

You might not expect a white, nerdy, British guy to be one of the world's best Freestyle Rappers, but it's true! Chris Turner's jaw-dropping improvisational talent for conjuring up some of the most hilarious bars you'll ever hear made him the first comedian to ever perform with Cirque Du Soleil, while his appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earned him a rapturous standing ovation. Binge his finest and funniest freestyle raps in this quick-fire, bitesize format.

Rough Sketch is a Podcast that is designed to explore creativity. We talk to creative people about their processes and set up an improvised drawing challenge. Scheduled to release one episode a month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alice Pendelbury believes everything in her life is pretty much in order - from her good friends to her burgeoning career. But even Alice has to admit it’s been an odd week. Not only has her belligerent neighbor, Mr. Daldry, suddenly become a surprisingly agreeable confidant, but he’s encouraging her to take seriously the fortune-teller who told her that only by traveling to Turkey can Alice meet the most important person in her life. What’s more, the peculiarly insistent Mr. Daldry has even agreed to finance Alice’s trip - one that against all reason seems to be predestined.

Two kids meet on a street. "Yo!" says one. "Yes?" says the other. And so begins a conversation that turns strangers into friends. Chris Raschka's rhythmic read-aloud is a celebration of differences — and how it just takes a few words to overcome them. More relevant than ever in our divided world.