Radio Five Live and The Reading Agency have announced a partnership between libraries and BBC Radio Five Live's Book of the Month on the Simon Mayo programme .As part of this partnership Askews are offering a 'blind' standing order for the book of the month. The details of each book will be strictly embargoed until before the programme but you can preorder the titles by e-mailing your requirements to hannahf@askews.co.uk
The Simon Mayo Show's Book Programme has an audience of 2 million listeners as well as a huge on-line listenership so we anticipate a great deal of interest in the Book of the Month from library borrowers.
BBC Radio Five Live's Book Panel on the Simon Mayo Programme is a unique format on national radio. Two books are reviewed and explored with their authors and critics in a lively round table discussion. It features the latest popular and literary fiction and is broadcast live every Thursday afternoon as well as being made available as a podcast.
Each month it will highlight a novel by an unknown or lesser known author writing. The books will be hardbacks, by new writers (the authors may have written non fiction before or have written for other publications) and be published in the last 6 months. They will also be topical and relevant to the BBC Radio Five Live audience, have an engaging story and characters and have intriguing and compelling themes.

9780224082044 A Case of Exploding Mangoes - Muhammed Hanif

9780230531505 Out of a Clear Sky by Sally Hinchcliffe - May

9780385613064 A Mile of River by Judith Allnatt - April

9781847371263 Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith - March

No book of the month in February

9780571228065 Crusaders by Richard Kelly - January

No book of the month in December

9780751540420 The Russian Concubine by Kate Furnivall - November

9781854114549 Blue Sky July by Nia Wyn - October

9781852424992 The Pools by Bethan Roberts - September

9780340933633 The illumination of Merton Browne by J.M. Shaw - August

9780385613460 Before I die by Jenny Downham - July