Pop legend George Michael has signed with HarperCollins to write his autobiography in what the publisher said was one of the biggest book deals ever concluded in UK publishing. The deal for world rights was agreed by Belinda Budge, m.d. and publisher of Harper NonFiction UK, with Michael's manager Andy Stephens and his book agency, Grace....

Rebecca Miller reckons that it took her more than a decade to "come out of the closet" as a writer. As the daughter of literary giant Arthur Miller, arguably America's greatest playwright, her wariness was perhaps understandable. Dealing with what she calls the "weight and shadow" of her father's reputation as a...

Tindal Street Press author Catherine O’Flynn has won the Costa First Novel Award 2007 for her début work, What Was Lost, with judges pronouncing it "a formidable novel blending humour and pathos".

Joining O’Flynn in contention for the overall Costa Book of the Year prize, which is announced on 22nd...

Russell Brand is the UK's official 2007 Christmas number one thanks to a weekly sale through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market of 112,379. Brand helped lead the late Christmas rush predicted by many retail analysts, with the week-on-week revenue increase through the TCM of 26.2% much higher than the 17.1% increase recorded last...