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18 Jul 2024

Meet the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2024 Shadow Book Clubs

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Find out more about the six reading groups reading and reviewing the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2024 shortlist. Read more »

20 Jun 2024

Society of Authors Announces 2024 Awards Winners

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‘Spanning genres, showing outstanding depths’ – The 2024 Society of Authors Awards’ winners have been announced. Read more »

17 Jun 2024

UK’s Best Book Festivals of 2024

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The UK is full of book festivals, and as we head into the summer, they’re popping up all over the country and are perfect for your book club to have a day, weekend or even week out. Book festivals are a brilliant opportunity to hear from your favourite writers, discover new ones, and meet other like-minded booklovers. You’ll be sure to walk away with a bag full of new books to enjoy! We’ve put together a list of some of our team’s favourite festivals. Can’t see one near you? You can watch... Read more »

14 Jun 2024

Naomi Klein Wins Inaugural Women’s Prize For Non-Fiction

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The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction was awarded to Canadian bestselling writer, global activist and film-maker, Naomi Klein, for Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World; her urgent, illuminating examination of our polarised society. Read more »

14 Jun 2024

V. V. Ganeshananthan Wins Women’s Prize For Fiction

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The Women’s Prize for Fiction was won by American author, V. V. Ganeshananthan, for her deeply moving, powerful second novel, Brotherless Night, which depicts a family fractured by the Sri Lankan civil war. Read more »

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