Events

World Book Night - 5 March 2011

1. A Good Read: World Book Night special

   BBC Radio 4

   In a special edition of A Good Read, guests select their favourite title from the World Book Night Top 25 titles.
   

2. A Million Books For Free: A Culture Show Special

   BBC Two

   Presented by Andrew Graham-Dixon, this half-hour film tells the story of World Book Night.
   

3. The Books We Really Read: A Culture Show Special

   BBC Two

   Sue Perkins attempts to discover the essential ingredients of a best-selling novel.
   

4. New Novelists: 12 of the Best from The Culture Show

   BBC Two

   The Culture Show examines the debut novels of British writers published in the last two years.
   

Featuring World Book Night Authors

1. Radio 4 Author Interviews Collection

   BBC Radio 4

   Listen to interviews with the authors of the 25 World Book Night titles.
   

2. Untold Stories and More Untold Stories
   

   BBC Radio 7

   Alan Bennett's poignant family memoir recalling the marriage of his parents and the revealing of a long-kept family secret.

3. Talking Heads

   BBC Radio 7

   Alan Bennett introduces five monologues including A Chip in the Sugar and A Lady of Letters.
   

4. Alan Bennett's Telling Tales

   BBC Radio 7

   Alan Bennett reminisces about growing up in Leeds.
   

5. The Complete Smiley series
   

   BBC Radio 7

   Call For The Dead; A Murder Of Quality; The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; The Looking Glass War; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley's People; and The Secret Pilgrim.

6. All Quiet on the Western Front

   BBC Radio 7

   Erich Maria Remarque's haunting, comic, lyrical and desperate tale of First World War German soldiers.
   

7. Agent Zigzag

   BBC Radio 7

   Damian Lewis reads Ben Macintyre's story about Britain's most extraordinary wartime double agent.
   

8. The Handmaid's Tale

   BBC Radio 7

   Serialisation of Margaret Atwood's novel set in a world of women under oppression.
   

Oxford Literary Festival 2011 - 2 to 10 April 2011

1. Oxford Literary Festival 2011
   

   BBC Four

   This prestigious event takes place in Oxford University's Christ Church and Corpus Christi College.

The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize For Non-Fiction 2011 - 7 July 2011

1. The BBC Samuel Johnson Prize For Non-Fiction 2011
   

   BBC Two

   Culture Show Special fronted by Andrew Graham-Dixon, with short films featuring all six of the writers on the shortlist.

The Man Booker Prize - 18 October 2011

1. Britain's Biggest Book Prize: A Village Decides
   

   BBC Two

   Presenter and film-maker Tim Samuels returns to the Scottish village of Comrie in Perthshire to ask the locals for their verdict.

BBC National Short Story Award 2011

1. BBC National Short Story Award 2011
   

   BBC Radio 4

   Announcements and features about the awards are made on Radio 4's Front Row with shortlisted stories broadcast on the Monday to Friday between the shortlist announcement and the final event.