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Like to quiz Kevin Kwan about Crazy Rich Asians? He'll be chatting with readers about it in a forthcoming programme of BBC World Book Club. Start by tweeting your question(s) BBC World Book Club or email [email protected] We'd love to hear from you. (So would Kevin.)

Jill!!! If you are the Jill who was telling me how much your son likes my books in Crosby Coffee ... there's now a signed one for him behind the counter. If you know Jill pass it on

Later this month we're recording our next episode, talking to Kevin Kwan about his novel 'Crazy Rich Asians'. Would you like to put your question about the novel to him? Send it to us at [email protected] [Kevin Kwan Photo credit: Jessica Chou]

Last week marked 1000 days since the Taliban banned Afghan girls from the classroom. Hear Afghan girls' messages to the world. ⬇️ assembly.malala.org/stories/1000-d…

Two wonderful Bookclubs this weekend First up (produced by me), on @bbcradio4 Marlon James covers sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll as he discusses A Brief History of Seven Killings Oneworld Publications 1/4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…

2/4 On BBC World Book Club , produced by Allegra McIlroy , presented by Harriett Gilbert we have Kevin Kwan on the wild ride of Crazy Rich Asians bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00…

3/4 Thank you to everyone who took part in these programmes. If you'd like to join us it's [email protected] for the Radio 4 version, and [email protected] on World Service . There's no programme without you!

Tune in, or stream online!(bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…) Thanks again Allegra McIlroy, Rebecca F. Kuang & BBC Sounds 💛

And Yellowface by Rebecca F Kuang is tonight’s Book at Bedtime 22.45 BBC Radio 4 & BBC Sounds read by Ash Haddad 🎙 VO abridged by Robin Brooks & produced by Allegra McIlroy bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

#Books Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang Episode One Rebecca F Kuang Rebecca F. Kuang's deliciously dark, witty thriller about jealousy, ambition, white privilege and the slipperiness of truth. Read by Ashleigh Haddad Ash Haddad 🎙 VO. bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

A really lovely programme to produce- the strange magic of writing and music and the gift of reading to kids - with Benjamin Myers, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Claire Kohda. Plus the gift (for me) of working with Horatio Clare again!

There is grief and pain in Lebanon as families bury their dead following Israeli strikes on the country. Secunder Kermani reports from Lebanon.

The end of an era. Raising a glass to the passion & expert brilliance of the team behind Open Book BBC Radio 4 Chris Power @johnypitts octavia bright Elizabeth Day Mariella Frostrup Kirsten Locke Nicola Holloway Allegra McIlroy Belinda Naylor Emma Wallace Rick Woska Di Speirs et al 4pm today

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Day two of the Cordiale Corkers, and it's ⁦MURIEL ZAGHA⁩ 's to express admiration of the vivid anarchic creativity of British eccentrics, and to ask if there is something in the water? podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/gar…

Time is running out in Gaza says UN, warning 14,000 babies could die in next 48 hours because Israel is blocking most aid getting in. UN’s humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher, has been speaking to the BBC’s Radio 4 Today’s programme theguardian.com/world/live/202…

They’ve received just 6 donations since they began their campaign more than 10 days ago. No amount is too small! #KeepEyesOnSudan

I honestly don’t know how I keep doing this every day. I’ve never felt this emotionally drained—not even at the beginning of the war. I’m dehydrated, barely sleeping, and my heart feels shattered into pieces. But you still hear me, no?