Books in the news and media...
Dan Brown's Inferno
Dan Brown's Inferno was published on Tuesday 14th May with all the fanfare we've come to expect.
As Dan Brown fever increases, Penguin Classics have published a beautiful version of Dante's Inferno.
Nicholas Lezard also reminded Guardian readers of the 10 best reasons to give Dante's original a go...
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
The release of the latest big-screen adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's tale of decadence, idealism and excess, The Great Gatsby, directed by Baz Luhrmann.
The Great Gatsby (Paperback) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Official Film Edition including interview with Baz...
The Great Gatsby (Hardback) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This title deals with a new introduction by Geoff...
The Chelsea Garden Show
The Chelsea Flower Show celebrates its centenary this week and we're all looking forward to the coverage those beautiful show gardens will be given country-wide.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show (Hardback) by Brent Elliott
Chelsea Flower Show is an annual, world famous and...
RHS Take Chelsea Home (Hardback) by Chris Young, et al.
This inspirational sourcebook identifies the most...
Books on film and DVD
This week on the radio
Richard Holmes' Falling Upwards is BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week whilst A Delicate Truth by John le Carré continues as this week's Book at Bedtime, Louise Erdrich was the main interviewee on Sunday's Open Book and Alice Walker was this week's castaway on Desert Island Discs.
Radio 4 Book of the Week
Falling Upwards (Hardback) by Richard Holmes
Radio 4's Book of the Week tells the story of...
Radio 4 Book at Bedtime
Case Histories - Kate Atkinson on BBC1
Jason Isaacs has returned to our screens as Jackson Brodie in the second series of Case Histories. The first episode, which aired on Sunday 19th May, is adapted from Kate Atkinson's novel Started Early, Took My Dog.
Started Early, Took My Dog (Paperback) by Kate Atkinson
A day like any other for security chief Tracy...
