It has become synonymous with daring escapes by stiff upper-lipped British soldiers. But that's only part of the story. Samuel West reads the incredible true story of the most infamous prison in history.

Ross King is joining us on BBC Radio 4 Bookclub to talk #Brunelleschi's Dome. Email [email protected] to ask a question. All very welcome, virtual or in person. And thank you to my library Idea Store for getting this copy for me. I ❤ libraries. Libraries are brilliant. 📚

Calling all 💙💛❤️💚#LessonsInChemistry fans! @BonnieGarmus’ brilliant, smart, hilarious novel is coming to BBC Radio 4 📻 🎉 10 exquisitely curated episodes starting January 2nd. Details here: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Ross King takes us to #Florence in this edition of BBC Radio 4 Bookclub. He reveals the ingenuity, determination, feuding and rivalry that created #Brunelleschi'sDome bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

In need of something funny and life-affirming? Head to BBC Radio 4 at 22.45 for Bonnie Garmus' brilliant debut Lessons in Chemistry, featuring the gloriously idiosyncratic feminist heroine, Elizabeth Zott. Also on BBC Sounds. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Meet Elizabeth Zott. Listen to Elizabeth Zott. Pretty soon, we're fairly convinced, you'll want to be Elizabeth Zott.

Entries for the BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University are now open! ✏️ Our excellent 2023 judging panel will be chaired by Reeta Chakrabarti, with Roddy Doyle, Okechukwu Nzelu, Jessie Burton & Di Speirs For more details, visit bbc.co.uk/nssa #BBCNSSA #ShortStories

Saba Sams is the winner of the 16th Edge Hill Prize for her wonderful collection Send Nudes! Bloomsbury Books UK A big congratulations and to Wendy Erskine for winning the Readers Prize!

Magpie, Elizabeth Day's exhilarating psychological tale of jealousy, motherhood and power, is now available on BBC Sounds.

Great fun working with nick grimshaw on his reading of Soft Lad - stories of his eventful life so far. You'll laugh. You'll cry. On BBC Sounds now. bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/…

'...we wanted to win, more than anything in this world.' Faye Marsay reads the highly anticipated memoir of Lionesses star and BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022 Beth Mead MBE.

Where does a novel begin? For Eleanor Catton it began with the desire to write something with a high body count. Listen to our conversation about her new book, Birnam Wood, on Open Book this Sunday afternoon, BBC Radio 4 @ 4pm

A big day for your ears on Sunday: at 4 o’clock on BBC Radio 4, an Open Book special on the work of Javier Marías: from Tomás Nevinson back to the The Man of Feeling & several points in between. With his incredible translator Margaret Jull Costa, Valerie Miles & Boyd Tonkin

Radio 4’s Book of the week is Red Memory - from Monday. Buy it here: linktr.ee/redmemory bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

📖 It is a truth universally acknowledged, that we might just have found your next listen...

'Edward changed it all. My summer. My sleep. My life.' nick grimshaw reads from his collection of witty, warm and fearlessly frank stories charting his eventful life so far. Listen on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3m2vsSl

Fun night at the Arias, and chuffed that Andrew Michael Hurley's Voices in the Valley won Bronze. Also thanks to great cast, including Siobhan Finneran, Maxine Peake, Reece Shearsmith and Toby Jones. Still available on BBC Sounds, of course!

This thoroughly entertaining Book at Bedtime starting tonight. Top work from 🕷️ Bertie Carvel and justine willett #martinamis

I wrote some stories where absolutely literally nothing happens, mostly to stick it to all the Dramatic Arc Dudes. It'll probably be just a bit too quiet for you. Starting tonight at 10.45pm on BBC Radio 4, dragging on all week. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

If you thought the story about the bowl of fruit was uneventful, wait until you hear this thing about a coffee pot. Light glinting, etc etc. Tonight, BBC Radio 4, 10.45pm. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…