成人快手

E books are changing the way many adults read but can we expect the same to happen for children? Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian's Children's Books Editor will be giving us her prediction, and she'll also run through the best books to keep children entertained over the holidays.

We'll be hearing about a publishing collective that embraces both the advantages of the social network age and the virtuous and old-fashioned notion of subscription to bring us translations of the foreign fiction we should be reading.

Charles Dickens got the idea for him while squinting at a gravestone in the twilight in Edinburgh's Canongate churchyard. He misread the inscription and one of the most popular Christmas stories, A Christmas Carol, was born. Scotland on Sunday's Stuart Kelly reveals the origins of Ebenezer Scrooge.

And coming to a Christmas stocking near you: celebrity memoirs. Love them or hate them?

Produced by Serena Field.