Author Lauren Elkin takes to watery Venice thinking about renowned artist Sophie Calle. Read by Julianna Jennings. Show more
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Author Lauren Elkin treads the cobblestones of Paris with the remarkable George Sand. Read by Julianna Jennings. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Author Lauren Elkin considers distinguished women as she strolls in Paris and New York. Read by Julianna Jennings. From 2016. Show more
Lauren Elkin recalls 'Jinx Allen' and Ruth Orkin in Florence. Then it's back to New York. Concluded by Julianna Jennings. Show more
Author Lauren Elkin follows in the distinguished footsteps of Virginia Woolf in London. Read by Julianna Jennings. Show more
4 Extra Debut. Student Tom is fitted by his two aunts for a pinstripe suit, which is the armour that will protect him on various encounters. Read by Sara Kestelman. Show more
Short Works
Give Me a Buzz by Emma Healey
14 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
One of five stories originally commissioned to celebrate the 2016 BBC National Short Story Awards. In Give Me A Buzz by Emma Healey, art history and the art of telephoning connect. Show more
By Ali Shaw. A young woman decides to meet the stranger who collects shards of glass. But why? Read by Louise Brealey. Show more
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
Episode 1
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
4 Extra Debut. Tom Fort’s maritime journey contemplating the International Hydrographic Organisation – and Noel Coward. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
Episode 2
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Tom Fort’s maritime journey takes in Eastbourne, evoking memories of bladderwrack and prawn hunting. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
Episode 3
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Tom Fort’s maritime travels take in King George’s bathing machine at Weymouth - and mermaids. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
Episode 4
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Tom Fort’s maritime travels explore hunting at Slapton Ley, tumultuous sea wrecks and pilchards. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more
Tom Fort - Channel Shore
Episode 5
15 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Tom Fort’s maritime travels conclude, charmed by the Cornish Riviera but pondering his view of Lands' End. Read by Jonathan Coy. Show more
Hoodie-wearing, street-roaming Doon finds a bar, resulting in a spikey encounter and skulduggery. Read by Caolan McCarthy. Show more
By Jenn Ashworth. A prison's confident writer-in-residence always succeeds with his workshops, but one new client has a chilling effect on him. Read by Paul Hilton. Show more
Five commissioned short stories to celebrate the BBC National Short Story Award. In Synsepalum by Irenosen Okojie, a mysterious tailor makes fantastic frocks for his clients. Show more
Touching, posthumous essays written Henning Mankell during his battle with cancer. The author recalls staging a Greek drama in Mozambique. Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From March 2016. Show more
Set of posthumous essays dealing touchingly with cancer by the creator of Wallander. Mankell's spirits are raised by his childhood memories. Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From Mar 2016. Show more
Posthumous essays dealing touchingly with cancer. Henning Mankell recalls bunking off school and heading for Paris, without any French or money. From March 2016. Show more
Essays, published posthumously, by a writer dealing with cancer. Henning Mankell recalls a trip to a restaurant in Spain. Read by Tim Pigott-Smith. From March 2016. Show more