Main content

MC Grammar, Bookshop.org, proposed changes at the V&A

MC Grammar on his song for World Book Day and getting children to love reading, what role is bookshop.org playing in online book sales, and possible changes at the V&A Museum.

As World Book Day we鈥檙e speaking to teacher turned rapper turned internet sensation MC Grammar. He's created lots of videos setting information about grammar to a rap beat. He joins us to explain why it succeeds with school children and we hear the song he's composed specially for the day.

Since the arrival of Amazon and online bookselling, independent bookshops have been facing an existential crisis, one that has only accelerated under Coronavirus. Going online to sell books feels like a natural way to boost profits and in November a new service, Bookshop.org, arrived in the UK promising to help bookshops get online and give them a bigger cut of profits. Bookshop.org has announced it has generated 拢1 million for independent bookshops - could the service be the saviour of independent bookshops and what is the future for ethical book buying online? Nicole Vanderbilt, Managing Director at Bookshop.org UK and Zool Verjee, head of marketing and publicity at Blackwells join us to discuss.

And we hear about the potential impact of proposed changes, including restructuring and cutting some posts, at the V&A in London. Guy Baxter, formerly of the V&A, joins Front Row to discuss.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Sarah Johnson

Available now

28 minutes

The World Book Day Song by MC Grammar


Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Mar 2021 19:15

麻豆官网首页入口 Arts Digital

The best of British culture live and on demand.

Inspire

Inspire

A season discovering where artists find inspiration and helping listeners get creative.

Podcast