Simon & Schuster's Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson by Paul Kimmage has been named best autobiography/biography at this year's British Sports Book Awards, with Waterstones named the best sports book retailer of the year.

The prize ceremony took place last night [21st May] at the Savoy in London, with each...

Author Nick Hornby wants to establish a national network of story centres for children, following a successful first year for the Ministry of Stories in Hoxton, London, which Hornby co-founded with Lucy Macnab and Ben Payne.

Hornby said: "The Ministry of Stories has had a happy, healthy and exciting first year, and there has...

Publication of new books by writers such as Nick Hornby, Sebastian Faulks and William Trevor have been brought forward to give them a chance of reaching the bestseller lists before Brown's new novel hits the shelves on 15th September, reports the Telegraph.

A senior executive at Penguin, which is publishing Trevor's new novel...

Eighteen months ago, Nick Hornby could not have foreseen that the latter half of 2009 would be so busy. Over the next six months Hornby will be working on a musical collaboration with American musician Ben Folds, his film adaptation of the Lynn Barber memoir An Adaptation will be released and a radio comedy series which he co-wrote...