Powerful stories, fascinating interviews & classic books. Written by female authors.
Sara Cox celebrates the best new fiction, with author interviews and reviews.
The diary of a group of women writers in Afghanistan as the Taliban return to power.
Rebecca F Kuang鈥檚 deliciously dark, witty thriller with a deeply flawed narrator
Dramatisation of Maya Angelou's debut memoir, which charts her childhood.
Read by Clare Corbett. Produced by Justine Willett
Yomi Adegoke's fast-paced and addictive novel tackling the moral dilemmas of social media
Venice 1486. Orsola Rosso flouts convention, honing her craft to save her family from ruin
2019 Booker Prize-winning novel that follows the lives of twelve extraordinary characters.
Read by Shaun Mason. Produced by Martha Littlehailes
Grace is on a mission: to kill off her relatives. Bella Mackie鈥檚 darkly comic novel.
A.L. Kennedy on the journeys that await readers when they open the covers of a book.
The story of Dimple Pennington, wannabe lifestyle influencer, and her four half siblings
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront毛. Read by Katherine Press. Produced by Anne Bunting.
Dr Lucy Maddox shares ideas from the therapy room to help you live better.
Read by Susan Jameson. Produced by Ross Burman.
Book of the Week. Five original essays on the power and politics of children鈥檚 fiction.
Virginia Woolf鈥檚 comic biography of a time-travelling hero who transforms into a heroine.
A frank, funny and fabulously filthy lesbian coming-of-age adventure, read by Ell Potter.
An honest, unflinching account of life for South Asian women and girls in the UK today.
Naomi Alderman argues we are living through the third great information crisis.
The story of a young woman finding her own voice, and her own place in the world.
A new novel from the author of The Power set in a future we could be heading to very soon.
A glittering, gothic and surreal coming-of-age story with a deadly twist.
Soon to be divorced Maggie is completely fine. Really Good, Actually.
