30/01/2012

Helen Dunmore on breaking new ground as a writer: the author of the Leningrad-set books The Siege and The Betrayal talks about her excitement at being asked to write her first horror novel, under the new Hammer fiction imprint.

The Herald's Rosemary Goring gets to grips with the dark secrets of a big Highlands family as she reviews The White Lie, the first novel from award-winning non-fiction writer Andrea Gillies.

We discover the art of book-binding thanks to an international competition hosted by the National Library of Scotland.

And- we've read all the headlines about the uncertain future faced by some libraries, but as we look ahead to National Libraries Day we ask how the librarians of the future are being equipped to take up their roles in the age of e-books and multiple online resources. Crime writer and ex-library reader in residence Ann Cleeves and Professor of Librarianship Peter Reid join Clare to explain why the road ahead for librarians is no terrain for the stereotypical shrinking violets.

Producer: Serena Field.