With 2017 coming to an end, we get a sneak peek at Beyond the Book's year-end episodes that explore issues, trends and interesting projects from the last 12 months.

 

In its four-year bid to benefit 310 public primary schools in Africa, Book Aid International reports reaching almost 99,000 students' classrooms this year.

 

German self-publishing platform Neobooks opens its prize to crime and thriller, and Joanna Penn looks at writers' health issues from her own painful experience.