This week on Book Worms Bex chats to Sam Copeland, Author of 'Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything' and Radzi Chinyanganya, author of 'Move Like a Lion' as well as giving us her book of the month!

This week on Book Worms, Bex is joined by Vick Hope author of 'Shout Out!' and Lucy Strange author if 'The Ghost of Gosswater' to talk about their books! Bex also gives us her Book of the Month for January!

Join Bex as we look back at the Best Book Club interviews and readings of 2020!

On this weeks Book Club Bex speaks to Dave Rudden, author of 'The Wintertime Paradox: Festive Stories from the World of Doctor Who' to talk all about his new book, all things Dr Who and his favourite childhood book!

Konnie Huq chats to Bex in this episode of Book Club about her new book 'Fearless Fairy Tales' as well as giving us an insight into her favourite childhood book!

This week on Book Club we are joined by Steven Butler, author of the 'Nothing to See Here Hotel Series'!

Ruth Doyle speaks to Bex and Anna Louise about her new book 'Songs for Our Sons'

In this Book Club episode Bex speaks to actor, comedian and author Ben Miller about his new book, 'The Day I Fell into a Fairytale!'.

Bex chats with Eve McDonnell, author of 'Elsetime' about the new book, crows and the Great Flood of London!

Bex chats with Loris Owen, Author of 'The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith', plus we hear a reading and find out her favourite childhood book!

This week Bex speaks to Sophie Henn, author of Pizazz! 

Bex chats to author of The Murder Most Unladylike Series, Robin Stevens about her stories and her favourite childhood book, as well as an exclusive reading!

Bex chats to author of 'Umbrella Mouse To The Rescue' Anna Fargher about her new book, her favourite childhood book, and we hear an exclusive reading!

Bex is joined by author of 'Sky Pirates', Alex English! We hear about her book, about her favourite childhood book, and a reading.

Bex is joined by author of the brand new 'The Ship of Shadows', Maria Kuzniar! Bex hears insight into the book, as well as about Maria's favourite childhood book (you'll have to listen to find out which!), and an exclusive reading.

Bex speaks to author Sophie Kirtley about her brand new book 'The Wild Way Home'. Plus, an exclusive reading and Sophie's favourite childhood book.

Elle McNicoll is a debut author! Bex chats to her about her brand new book ('A Kind Of Spark'), plus we hear a reading and find out Elle's favourite childhood book!

Derek Landy joins Bex on the Fun Kids Book Club Podcast to chat about the brand new book in the series! Plus, a reading from the original book and Derek's favourite childhood book!

On this episode, Bex is joined by debut author, Jenny Pearson. Bex hears all about 'The Miraculous Journey Of Freddie Yates', Jenny's favourite childhood book, and we hear a special reading.

Judith Eagle joined Bex to chat about her brand new book 'The Pear Affair', plus to share her favourite childhood book (and a cheeky reading!)

Welcome back to the Fun Kids Book Club 2020! In this episode, Bex chats to author Serena Patel about her brand new book 'Anisha Accidental Detective', plus she hears an exclusive reading and discusses Serena's favourite children's book (it's a good one!) Also, what happened when Bex popped down to the Laugh Out Loud awards to chat to Head Judge, Michael Rosen?

Subscribe to The Space Programme by searching for it wherever you're listening to this or by tapping here: https://podfollow.com/tsp The Space Programme is a brand new radio drama from the UK's children's radio station, Fun Kids. Listen to it wherever you get your podcasts and hear it first, 4:30pm every Friday on Fun Kids.

The Fun Kids Book Club podcast is taking a little break. We're going to be chatting to authors in a brand new way soon and we can't wait to invite you to listen. In the meantime, here's one of our favourite podcasts at the moment. It's from the USA and it's called Book Club for Kids.  Each episode, host Kitty Felde chats about a book with three readers. There's also an author interview and a reading from the book by a celebrity! Give a listen, and if you want to be on the show, find out more on their website bookclubforkids.org.

We're rounding off 2019 and saying Merry Christmas with this jam-packed episode of the Fun Kids Book Club taking us through some of the very best bits from the podcast in 2019.  We have Greg James and Chris Smith, Harry Hill, Sam Copeland, Robin Stevens and A M Howell! Plus 5 of our favourite book recommendations from the year. 

In this episode of the Fun Kids Book Club Podcast, we’re chatting to Julian Clary all about his Christmas Cracker book, John Foley pops into the studio to chat about his 'Bear in the Fifth Floor Flat', Bex chats to Tom Fletcher about the Christmasaurus, plus a reading from Ben Miller and three festive reads for December! 

In this episode of the Fun Kids Book Club Podcast, we’re chatting to author Ben Miller about his brand new book and funnyman Julian Clary reads from The Bolds’! Plus 3 new books for your bookshelf and Bex catches up with David Walliams AND Jeff Kinney!

In this week's episode of the Fun Kids Book Club, Authors Eoin Colfer, Kaye Umansky and Laura Ellen Anderson chat to Bex about their new books, plus we're hearing from the runners up from the Wildverse Poetry competition - read by Ann-Marie Howell, PLUS more new books to add to your bookshelf!

It's another brand new episode of the Fun Kids Book Club! In this episode, Andy Stanton is back! This time talking all about his new book Paninis of Pompeii, Harry Hill comes in to chat all about the new Matt Millz book, we have an exclusive reading of the new Tracy Beaker book, read by Sheridan Smith AND we’re also sharing some of our favourite releases in the book world - including two spooky selections. 

It's a brand new episode of the Fun Kids Book Club! In this episode, we hear from brand new author Jamie Littler and he also reads us some of his book, Frostheart! We’re also sharing some of our favourite releases including a brand new book all about a penguin! 

It's a brand new episode of the Fun Kids Book Club Podcast! In this episode, we hear Conor speaking to Michael Rosen about the funniest children's books and Bex chats to Dermot O'Leary about his brand new book 'Toto The Ninja Car: the Superstar Catastrophe'. We also hear a reading from Dermot! This month, Bex and book expert Imogen have been reading Holes by Louis Sachar. They give their views on the book and set the next read for the Book Club Book Club!  You can get the Fun Kids Book Club Podcast for free on Google and Apple Podcasts or on Spotify.  Subscribe, so you get new shows delivered to your phone automatically.  

It's a brand new episode of the Fun Kids Book Club Podcast! In this episode, Bex is speaking to Sam Copeland, author of the Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex, and Kate Wiseman, who pens the Gangster School series.  We’re also hearing exclusive readings from The Bolds by Julian Clary, read by Julian! There’s also a new book that we’re reading in our real-life book club! This month, Bex and book expert Imogen want you to pick up Holes by Louis Sachar. You might even be reading it in school later this month... You can get the Fun Kids Book Club Podcast for free on Google and Apple Podcasts or on Spotify.  Subscribe, so you get new shows delivered to your phone automatically.  

In this episode, Robin Stevens is letting us know all about her brand new book in the 'Murder Most Unladylike' series - 'Top Marks For Murder'. Carlie Sorosiak is in the studio for the first time, telling Bex about her brand new book 'I, Cosmo' (a story through the eyes of a golden retriever). The Fun Kids Book Club podcast is also packed with exclusive readings and stuff you won’t hear anywhere else. There’s three book recommendations for you to enjoy and you can join our real-life book club by picking up a copy of The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman. Bex and Imo have finally finished it! What book will they set next ...? Subscribe, so you get new shows delivered to your phone every month automatically.  You can also get the Fun Kids Book Club podcast in the free Fun Kids app, online at FunKidsLive.com

In this episode, Konnie Huq is telling us all about her brand new book, Cookie and The Most Annoying Boy in The World. John Dougherty also spills the beans on his latest story, chatting to Bex all about his brand new book, Mark and Shark: Detectiving and Stuff! The Fun Kids Book Club podcast is also packed with exclusive readings and stuff you won’t hear anywhere else. There’s two book recommendations for you to enjoy and you can join our real-life book club by picking up a copy of The Northern Lights by Philip Pullman.  Imogen gives us the low-down on how far she's gotten and what she thinks of the book so far. You still have two weeks to read it if you've not yet started! Subscribe, so you get new shows delivered to your phone every month automatically.  You can also get the Fun Kids Book Club podcast in the free Fun Kids app, online at FunKidsLive.com

Bex is back and is telling us about her favourite books and authors ever!  In this episode, we hear from the author of 'My Parents cancelled by birthday', Jo Simmons! There’s also an exclusive interview with Matt Haig about the brand new Truth Pixie book and a reading from it!  The Fun Kids Book Club podcast is also packed with exclusive readings and stuff you won’t hear anywhere else. There’s also two book recommendations for you and you can join our book club by reading The Northern Lights by Phillip Pulman.  Subscribe, so you get new shows delivered to your phone every month automatically.  You can also get the Fun Kids Book Club podcast in the free Fun Kids app, online at FunKidsLive.com

Bex is back and is telling us about her favourite books and authors ever!  In this episode, we hear from the new Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell. Cressida’s the author of How to Train Your Dragon and the Wizards of Once series. The job of Children’s Laureate is to get children excited about books, reading and writing!  There’s also an exclusive interview you won’t hear anywhere else with author Matt Haig about his book, Evie and The Animals, plus a reading from him! The Fun Kids Book Club podcast is also packed with exclusive readings and stuff you won’t hear anywhere else. There’s also five books you should put on your reading list and loads more. Subscribe, so you get new shows delivered to your phone every month automatically.  You can also get the Fun Kids Book Club podcast in the free Fun Kids app, online at FunKidsLive.com

In this episode, we hear from authors David Solomons, Christopher Edge and Ann Marie Howell about their new books. David Solomons is the author of My Cousin is a Time Traveller and My Toaster is Taking Over The World. Christopher Edge is chatting about his book, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon, a tale all about secrets, spies and maybe even a monster! A.M. Howell is the author of The Garden of Lost Secrets, a book set in the middle of the First World War. Plus Imogen’s here to run through books that must be on your reading list – check out the list below! Top 5 July Reads The House of Light by Julia Green Warrior Monkeys and The Volcano Adventure by M.C. Stevens What’s That in Dog Years? by Ben Davis The Lost Tide Warriors by Catherine Doyle The Flat Stanley Collection by Jeff Brown. The Fun Kids Book Club podcast is also packed with exclusive readings and stuff you won’t hear anywhere else. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode!

Every month, Bex tells us about her favourite books and authors ever! It all happens in the Fun Kids Book Club podcast. June’s episode is out right now! In this month’s episode, Ed Clarke is chatting about his brand new book The Secret Dragon! In The Secret Dragon, Mari Jones is desperate to be a real scientist, even though she’s only eleven. So when she discovers a tiny dragon while fossil hunting on the beach, she’s sure she can find a good scientific explanation – as long as she can keep it hidden long enough to study it. Click here to find out more about The Secret Dragon! June’s Fun Kids Book Club Podcast also features exclusive bits from Matt Haig’s brand new book, Evie and The Animals. The book focuses on eleven-year-old Evie who has a talent – a super-talent! A talent that can let her hear the thoughts of an elephant, and make friends with a dog and a sparrow! The only problem is, this talent is dangerous. At least, that’s what her dad says… Click here to find out more about Evie and The Animals! Abi Elphinstone pops into the studio to tell us about her book Rumblestar… In that story, eleven-year-old Casper Tock hates risks, is allergic to adventures and shudders at the thought of unpredictable events. So, it comes as a nasty shock to him when he accidentally stumbles into Rumblestar, an Unmapped Kingdom full of magical beasts! Click here to find out more about Rumblestar! And we’re also hearing from Skulduggery Pleasant author Derek Landy! The next book in the series, Bedlam, came out recently. In Bedlam, Valkyrie is sucked into a desperate, lawless quest – he has no choice but to become the hero he never really wanted to be… Click here to find out more about Bedlam! In the podcast there’s also tonnes of book recommendations and more. Find out more in the Fun Kids Book Club podcast with Bex, out now! You can get the Fun Kids Book Club Podcast for free on Google and Apple Podcasts or on Spotify. Subscribe, so you get new shows delivered to your phone every month automatically. You can also get the Fun Kids Book Club podcast in the free Fun Kids app, online at FunKidsLive.com

Every month, Bex tells us about her favourite books and authors in the Fun Kids Book Club podcast. Here's May's episode and it's packed with interviews, exclusive readings, and more. In this episode, the guys from Football School pop in to chat all about the beautiful game and our friend Danny Wallace is back to tell us all about his new book, Hamish and The Monster Patrol. In Hamish and The Monster Patrol, things are afoot in Starkley… again! Out in the ocean, something’s on the move. Something BIG. Something that might change everything! While most of Starkley’s inhabitants have fled or gone into lockdown, Hamish and his pals in the PDF are coming up with a plan, because if they don’t save the world then who will?! - If that wasn't enough, John Boyne talks to Bex all about his new book My Brother's Name is Jessica. That story follows a character called Sam Waver who idolises his older brother, Jason. Sam Waver’s life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible. Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him. But then one evening Jason calls his family together to tell them that he’s been struggling with a secret for a long time. A secret which quickly threatens to tear them all apart. His parents don’t want to know and Sam simply doesn’t understand. Because what do you do when your brother says he’s not your brother at all? That he’s actually… your sister? -  Plus, there are readings from comedian and author of The Bolds, Julian Clary. He's reading from his new book, The Bolds in Trouble. And as if all of that wasn't enough, we tell you the five books that should be on your reading list this May – check them out below. Five Books For Your May Reading List The Secret Starling by Judith Eagle My Brothers Name is Jessica by John Boyne Taylor & Rose Secret Agents by Katherine Woodfine Theodore Boone The Accomplice by John Grisham Starfell: Willow Moss and the Lost Day by Dominique Valente Don't forget to subscribe, so you get new shows delivered to your phone every month automatically. You can also get the Fun Kids Book Club podcast in the free Fun Kids app, online at FunKidsLive.com

Here's a brand new episode of the Fun Kids Book Club podcast! In it, Greg James and Chris Smith chat about their latest book, Kid Normal and The Shadow Machine. Steven Butler also pops up. He's chatting about The Nothing to See Here Hotel: Sea-ing is Believing!

In the February edition of The Book Club Podcast, author of 'Charlie changes into a chicken', Sam Copeland pops into the studio, Harriet Muncaster comes in to chat to Bex all about the brand new book in the Isadora Moon series, in which Isadora goes to her first human sleepover (which can be very confusing for a half-vampire, half-fairy girl!), and finally Alex Milway comes in to chat about his hilarious new book, 'Hotel Flamingo', which follows the story of Anna who renovates a once-grand hotel left to her by her Great Aunt Mathilde. But all the guests are staff are animals, which will surely make things a bit more difficult! Plus 5 more brilliant books to add to your reading list! Find out more about everything featured on the Book Club podcast on the Fun Kids website at: http://www.funkidslive.com

In the first Book Club of 2019, Amber Lee Dodd joins Bex to chat all about her new book 'Lightning chase me home', the winner of the Costa Children's Book Award, Hilary Mackay, talks about her book 'The Skylark's War', and finally Celia Rees joined Bex to chat about her fantasy book 'Glass town wars', and to give us a reading! Plus 5 books to kick off your 2019 reading list. Find out more about everything featured on the Book Club podcast on the Fun Kids website at: http://www.funkidslive.com

Merry Christmas! We have 5 especially festive books to read over the holidays, plus Steven Butler is in talking about the latest in the Dog Diaries series, Danny Wallace is back to chat to Bex about his new book and gets inducted into Fun Kids, and Ben Miller comes in for a chat and a reading from his book 'The Night I Met Father Christmas'.  Find out more about everything featured on the Book Club podcast on the Fun Kids website at: http://www.funkidslive.com

Jacqueline Wilson joins us in the Book Club to chat all about her book 'My Mum Tracy Beaker'. Also in the club is David Solomons, who has written a book all about the brand new Doctor Who! And finally Matt Haig chats to Bex all about his book 'The Truth Pixie', and gives us a little introduction to the book.  Book expert Imogen is also back with 5 more reads to potentially pop on your Christmas list!

It's Halloween!  We have 5 spooky pics to read on this Hallows eve, plus Laura Ellen Anderson is in talking about Amelia Fang, Olivia Lomenech Gill and Jim Kay, Illustrators of Harry Potter and the Fantastic Beasts books chat to Frankie, and we have some spooky readings for you as well!  Find out more about everything featured on the Book Club podcast on the Fun Kids website at: http://www.funkidslive.com

It's time for an October book club!  Cornelia Funke chats to Dan all about her new book 'The Glass of Lead and Gold', Robin Stevens pops into the studio to tell Bex all about what Hazel and Daisy are getting up to in the seventh in the 'murder most unladylike' series, and finally Vashti Harrison tells us all about her book 'Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History' - a collection of true stories about 40 black women who shaped history.  Book expert Imogen is also back with 5 more reads to add to your book wish-list!

Two author interviews and two author readings to sink your teeth into this month! First up, it's Emma Shevah, chatting all about her fab new book 'What Lexie Did' and her greek-cypriot family, then Kate Wiseman pops in to chat all about the latest in her 'Gangster School' series! We also have two brilliant readings from David Baddiel's 'Head Kid' and Julian Clary's 'The Bolds in Trouble'! Find out more about everything featured on the Book Club podcast on the Fun Kids website at: http://www.funkidslive.com

This month's Book Club is the perfect companion for the summer holidays.  David Solomons joins Bex to chat his book 'My arch enemy is a brain in a jar',  then it's Adrian Edmondson talking about his book 'Junkyard Jack and the Horse that Talked', and finally, Matt Brown comes into Fun Kids to shout about his book 'Aliens invaded my Talent Show', and to read us a bit from it.  Plus we have 5 new books to read this summer holidays!

This month's Book Club is another stonker!  Dr Janina Ramirez comes into the studio to chat to Bex all about her book "Riddle of the Runes" and her fascination with all things Viking. Then Nicki Thornton pops by to talk about 'The Last Chance Hotel', and finally, Steven Butler joins Bex in the studio to tell her all about his 'Dog Diaries' and telling the story from a dog's perspective.  Plus we have 5 new books to add to your reading list! 

This month's Book Club is another stonker!  Christopher Edge comes in to chat to Bex about his book 'The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day', and his fascination with science. Then Julian Clary and David Roberts pop by to talk about the brand new book in the Bolds series and how they come up with their hilarious ideas. And, finally, Sophie Anderson joins Bex in the studio to tell her all about her brand new debut novel 'The House with Chicken Legs', how it's inspired by folk tales and why chicken legs?! Sophie also sticks around to give us a reading from The House with Chicken Legs and book expert Imogen rounds-up the 5 best books to around right now! Find out more about everything featured on the Book Club podcast on the Fun Kids website at: http://www.funkidslive.com

This month's Book Club is jam packed with book goodness! First up, Helena Duggan, chatting all about her brilliant book 'A Place called Perfect', and what inspired her vision for the story. Then Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo, the authors of the 'Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls' books pop into the studio to chat all about the second book and their favourite inspiring women, and finally friend of the show, Danny Wallace joins Bex to chat about babies, peeing and of course, his new book 'Hamish and the Baby Boom'.  Danny also sneaks in a reading from Hamish, we round-up the 5 best books to around right now and Conor chats to two listeners about their all time favourite books! Find out more about everything featured on the Book Club podcast on the Fun Kids website at: http://www.funkidslive.com