Who desperately wants to go To The Lighthouse?
Charles
Jim
Lily
James
Thanks to the AI, you can now take a full writing BBC Maestro course with a best-selling author who died in 1973. Can you guess who?
J.R.R. Tolkien
Roald Dahl
Agatha Christie
Virginia Woolf
Which American author and illustrator born in 1925 (100 years ago) was popular for unsettling stories often featuring children?
Tim Burton
Agatha Christie
Charles Addams
Edward Gorey
What’s the name of the dog in Lessons in Chemistry?
Sixty-three
Three-sixty
Six thirty
Thirty-six
In The Talented Mr Ripley, what’s the name of the Italian village where Ripley meets Dickie and Marge?
Positano
Amalfi
Atrani
Mongibello
Which book was published 100 years ago this year?
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. LeGuin
Mrs Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
Strangers on a train, by Patricia Highsmith
What is the name of the muse of epic poetry?
Cassandra
Creusa
Chryseis
Calliope
Who are the Odonians in The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin?
The university professors in Urras
Shevek’s supporters
The inhabitants of Urras (the bigger planet)
The inhabitants of Anarres (the moon planet)
Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature becoming the 18th woman winner out of its 119 laureates?
Olga Tokarczuk
Louise Glück
Annie Ernaux
Han Kang
Which famous children’s literature character is set to return in 2026 with the first book in 20 years?
Mr Potato
Matilda
Harry Potter
The Gruffalo
Which renowned American author has won the coveted 2024 National Book Award for 'James' a dramatic retelling of Mark Twain’s "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" told from the perspective of the original lead’s friend Jim, an escaped slave?
Samantha Harvey
Miranda July
Percival Everett
Kaveh Akbar
Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the USA. Can you guess which of these hasn’t?
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Heartopper, Alice Oseman
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
Which author who was born and bred in Barcelona will soon be awarded the Princesa de Asturias award for literature?
Llúcia Ram
Eva Baltasar
Sergi Pàmies
Eduardo Mendoza
What is the title of the latest novel published by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?
Purple Hibiscus
Half of a Yellow Sun
Americanah
Dream Count
Which famous Gothic novel is being made into a film that will be released in 2026 starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi?
Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen
Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë
The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe
The Italian, Ann Radcliffe