Cathy Rentzenbrink, Director of Quick Reads, author of the critically acclaimed memoir The Last Act of Love and contributing editor at The Bookseller will chair an eminent panel of judges featuring authors, critics and leading lights from across the book industry for the newly expanded Books of the Year category at the revamped British Book Industry awards. 

Ruby Wax, the American comedian, mental health campaigner and author of recent Sunday Times number 1 bestseller A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled, was awarded her OBE yesterday at the Priory Hospital in south-west London.

Hay Festival 2016 is coming... Running 26 May – 5 June, the festival is one of the literary highlights of the UK’s cultural calendar, bringing together the greatest writers, thinkers and performers of the moment in a vibrant exchange of ideas for all ages.

This morning internationally bestselling novelist, Strictly and Bake Off obsessive and Twitterer extraordinaire, Marian Keyes, joined the sofa BBC Breakfast to talk about her new collection of essays, Making It Up As I Go Along, published yesterday by Penguin Books.

International bestselling novelist Marian Keyes knows more than most the dizzy highs and unexpected lows of a life that depends on making everything up. Which is why in 2016 Penguin Books is delighted to be publishing her third collection of essays – Making It Up As I Go Along – sharing some of Marian’s thoughts as well as experiences on the tricky, tricky business of being a woman in today’s demanding modern world.

Wellcome Book Prize, the annual £30,000 prize for literature that engages with the human experience of medicine and medical science, has unveiled this year’s winner trophy: a bespoke creation inspired by the nerve cells of the mind, from London-based artist, Kyle Bean.

Submissions are now open for The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award 2016 with organisers issuing a broad call for entries from young writers across Britain and Ireland.

Today Puffin revealed the much anticipated cover of Knights of the Borrowed Dark by Dave Rudden, to be published 7th April 2016. 

A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled by Ruby Wax will top the Sunday Times hardback non-fiction chart in its second week of sales.

Six of the biggest writers in the world today are set to be spotlighted at The London Book Fair (12-14 April 2016) this year, following the unveiling of an extra special Authors of the Day line-up including global bestsellers Professor Nick Bostrom, Judith Kerr, and Marian Keyes. Departing from tradition in the fair’s 45th year, one day will be dedicated to one of the greatest writers of all time, William Shakespeare, commemorating the 400 year anniversary.