2019 Man Booker judging panel revealed

The 2019 Man Booker Prize for Fiction judges have been announced, with writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsch and Hay Festival director Peter Florence on the panel. Read more

David Nicholls to publish new novel with Hodder next summer

David Nicholls is bringing out a "poignant" and "funny" coming-of-age novel with Hodder, called Sweet Sorrow, next July... Read more

Ex-Blackwell's bookseller scoops its Book of the Year

Former Blackwell’s bookseller Daisy Johnson has won the retailer’s Book of the Year for her "outstanding" Man Booker-shortlisted novel Everything Under... Read more

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Calder and Florence join 2019 Man Booker judging panel

The 2019 Man Booker Prize for Fiction judges have been announced, with book trade heavyweights Peter Florence and Liz Calder on the panel. Read more
Three new Mark Billingham novels to Sphere

Sphere has acquired three new novels from Mark Billingham for Little, Brown, the first of which will be a new Tom Thorne novel and the... Read more
Viking to publish 'exhilarating' new le Carré novel in 2019

Viking is publishing a new novel next year by John le Carré, Agent Running in the Field. Read more
Walliams calls for better access to reading, ‘safeguarding’ of libraries

David Walliams has called for better access to reading and for libraries to be safeguarded, revealing he would introduce new laws on children’s literacy if... Read more

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Annie Grace | 'It doesn't have to be all or nothing'

Annie Grace decided to quit drinking alcohol—but only after finding out why she felt the need to drink in the first place. Read more
Kamal Ahmed | 'I hope you come to the end of my book and feel a sense of hope'

Born in Ealing, west London, half a century ago to an English mother and a Sudanese father, Kamal Ahmed explores what it means to be... Read more
Horatio Clare | 'This diary has been a lifeline'

An odyssey through the landscapes of winter became a meditation on mental health and the human condition for writer Horatio Clare. Read more
Peter James | 'Good, intelligent thrillers are not bound by genre convention'

Peter James is best known for his police procedurals featuring Roy Grace, but his latest standalone thriller tackles one of the biggest questions. Read more