World Book Night 2014 Books Announced

The last year has certainly passed by in a flash. It seems only a couple of weeks since I was giving out copies of The No1 Ladies Detective Agency for World Book Night 2013 and now the list of books for World Book Night 2014 has been released. It’s an interesting list…

Ron Burgundy Memoir Announced

Deary me, a “memoir” of fictional 70s newscaster Ron Burgundy will be published later this year by Random House. The thought doesn’t exactly fill me with enthusiasm. For a start I hated Anchorman. I’ve tried to watch it five times…

Richard and Judy Books – Summer 2013

The Richard & Judy Book Club choices for Summer 2013 have been announced. They are…

Calls for The Diary of Anne Frank to be banned

My idiot klaxon has been sounding loudly this morning at some book news from the US. Apparently there is a call in Michigan to have Anne Frank’s Diary (or to give it its real title The Diary of A Young Girl) banned from schools because of inappropriate content…

World Book Night 2013 Books Announced

One of the highlights of this year has been participating in World Book Night. I was lucky enough to be chosen as a “giver” and distributed 24 copies of The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It was a great feeling and I loved being able to share how much I love reading and discovering new books and authors with people I wouldn’t normally discuss books…

Man Booker Shortlist Announced

The shortlist for the 2012 Man Booker Prize has been announced this morning. The six nominated novels are:

Calls for 50 Shades Book-Burning

A charity in the North of England which helps women who have been victims of abuse is calling for copies of the hugely popular Fifty Shades trilogy to be burned in protest at what is seen as the violent and degrading treatment of the female characters…

Costa Launch Short Story Competition

Costa Coffee, sponsors of the annual Costa Book Awards, have today launched a short story competition. The competition is open to English language writers aged 18 and above….

The Casual Vacancy Front Cover Revealed

Undoubtedly the biggest book story of this year is the release of J.K. Rowling’s first non-Harry Potter book The Casual Vacancy, a novel aimed at adults. Due for release on 27 September this year we are told by publishers Little, Brown Book Group that it is “blackly comic, thought provoking and constantly surprising.” The front cover art…

Olly Murs Memoir? Really?

Hodder has announced that they will be publishing the memoirs of X-Factor finalist Olly Murs. Happy Days will be published in the autumn and will undoubtedly receive a big push around Christmas as tweens beg for information on their hero. I’ve got nothing against the hat wearing pop muppet but really?