LBSW Ambassador Jojo Moyes champions week of events featuring Fiona Sampson, Nick Harkaway and Helen Pankhurst.

From the Number one bestselling author of Sane New World and A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled, RUBY WAX, comes a major new book.

Helen Garner is one of Australia’s most beloved authors. In a prolific career spanning decades, she has produced an extraordinary range of fiction and non-fiction, cementing her status as a national treasure.

A heartwarming and humorous debut novel from a former teacher about absurd social climbing, the enduring ties of family and friendship, and the importance of being true to oneself.

Published 25 January by Text Publishing in PB, priced at £9.99.

A memoir of mothers and daughters, traced through four generations, from Paris to New York and back again.

The writer, critic and broadcaster Bidisha is to chair the jury of the 2018 Forward Prizes for Poetry, which will be awarded at the Southbank Centre on 18 September 2018.

London Book & Screen Week 2018 Ambassador Jojo Moyes, who was shortlisted in 2017, will present the 2018 CAMEO awards. Entries close 5th February 2018.

The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, has further expanded its definitive celebration of the
UK’s leading creative industry with the introduction of three new categories this year. Two new
awards – Author of the Year and Illustrator of the Year – will put the spotlight on individuals, 
and a new category has been introduced to celebrate audiobooks.

Sally Rooney has been awarded The 2017 Sunday Times/Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, in association with the University of Warwick for her fearless, sensual novel Conversations With Friends (Faber & Faber), at a special ceremony in The London Library on the evening of Thursday, 7th December.