Lynne Reid Banks

Jane settles into village life with her baby. When Dottie arrives they put their heads together and come up with a scheme to improve their lives.

Sequel to 'One More River' (617512). The murder of fourteen-year-old Glen Shelby, soon after his arrival in Israel to visit his father's family, has a dramatic effect on the lives of his relatives, the other members of their kibbutz, and the Arabs responsible for his death.

Isolated in a ramshackle parsonage on the Yorkshire moors, the Brontë children created their own fantasy worlds. Charlotte, Emily, Anne and their brother Branwell spent their childhoods absorbed in creating miniature manuscripts that preserved the stories of their imaginative dreamworlds. How did three provincial sisters become household names? And what led to the ultimately tragic fate for this Dark Quartet…?

Jan is moping in the garden when Tiki, the fairy, is accidentally 'earthed' and can now be seen by humans. Tiki wants to help Jan, who is very unhappy, but if she does, she risks the anger of the Fairy Queen because she will be breaking Fairy rules!

Dakin wants to marry a prince, meet a gargoyle, and visit the farthest-away mountain. But no-one, not even the most travelled of men has ever reached the farthest-away mountain, and however far you travel it never gets any closer.

Harry is a poisonous centipede but he’s not very brave. Harry likes to eat things that are juicy and munchy! But there are some things that a poisonous centipede must never try to eat – dangerous things like flying swoopers, belly wrigglers, furry biters and the most dangerous of all… Hoo-Mins!

When Omri is given a toy Indian and a small cupboard for his birthday, he has no idea that when he puts the Indian in the cupboard it will come alive.

The fifth title in this gripping series about Omri and his plastic North American Indian - Little Bull - who comes alive when Omri puts him in a cupboard Omri and his father travel back in time to find Little Bull and his people in deep trouble, torn between staying in the West and facing extinction or starting a long trek to a new life in Canada. Omri's final parting with Little Bull is incredibly moving yet the book is also very funny. 

When she announces that she is pregnant, 27-year-old Jane Graham is turned out by her father and rents a room in the top of a squalid boarding house in Fulham, feeling this is all she deserves. She is rescued by her neighbours: Toby, a Jewish writer, John, a jazz musician and even her landlady.

A full-cast adaptation of Lynne Reid Banks' bestselling novel, plus sequel The Backward Shadow and more

Award-winning author Lynne Reid Banks is perhaps best known for her classic children's book The Indian in the Cupboard. But it was her groundbreaking debut novel for adults, The L-Shaped Room, that made her name. First published in 1960, it was an instant success, and has been in print ever since. This collection contains both The L-Shaped Room and sequel The Backward Shadow, as well as two stories specially written for BBC radio and a bonus edition of Bookclub.

The L-Shaped Room - Jane is young, middle-class, single - and pregnant. Thrown out by her parents, she rents a squalid bedsit, where she struggles to overcome both her own prejudices and those of 1950s society. Starring Lynne Seymour as Jane, with John McAndrew as Toby.

The Backward Shadow - Living with her baby in a cottage inherited from her aunt, Jane's quiet life is shaken up by the arrival of her friend Dottie and the reappearance of Toby, the love of her life ... Lynne Seymour stars as Jane, with Rachel Atkins as Dottie.

Who Shall I Run To? - Sally recalls how she and ex-husband Jeremy celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary with a romantic trip to Paris. Read by Sian Phillips.

Lame Duck - Anne and her artist husband Lionel have three boys, and little time for going out - so they decide to take in a lodger who might be prepared to babysit occasionally. Sadly, things do not work out as planned... Starring Anne Rosenfeld as Anne and Manning Wilson as Lionel.

Bookclub: Lynne Reid Banks - Readers talk to the celebrated author about The L-Shaped Room, describing what it means to them and how it has changed their lives. Chaired by James Naughtie.

Arriving at their holiday chateau, Roger and his family find it to be in a decrepit state. The owner is unfriendly and unhelpful, so Roger sets out to befriend his daughter, the enigmatic Melusine.

When Omri and his family move to a thatched farmhouse he begins to unlock the secret of the magic cupboard and his family history.

With the death of her troubled brother followed quickly by those of her two soul-sisters - Emily and Anne - Charlotte Brontë finds a new purpose for her life in her writing. Se is now ready to pursue her writing career and experience London society. Will she ever be able to heal from the deaths of her sisters? Or is she, too, destined to have her life cut short in tragic circumstances…?

Omri longs to see his tiny blood bother again. When he opens the cupboard door he finds Little Bull unconscious, with two bullet wounds in his back.

Omri’s friend Patrick finds a way of travelling back in time to the Wild West.

Two tiger cubs are captured from the jungle and are taken to Rome. One becomes Princess Aurelia's pampered pet, but the other has to perform in Caesar's bloodthirsty circus. The princess hates her father's cruel sport, but keeps quiet because no-one dares criticise the almighty Caesar!