ICYMI - Lady Glenconner was on ITV's Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh this morning with Alfie Boe, Petula Clarke and drinks expert Andy Clarke She was discussing her new memoir, #MannersAndMischief published by @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social

ICYMI – Bestselling author Lesley Pearse was on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live this morning! Catch up below to hear her talk about the incredible true story from her memoir #TheLongAndWindingRoad 📚

Catch the inimitable Lady Glenconner on Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh this Sunday, 9th November (9.30–11.30am) on ITV! 📺 She’ll be chatting about her new memoir, #MannersAndMischief , an A–Z of a life lived well, published by @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social

Don’t miss the lovely Lesley Pearse on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live tomorrow morning from 9am. She will be talking about her remarkable story, more incredible even than her bestselling fiction, told in her memoir #TheLongAndWindingRoad www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Happy publication day to Lady Glenconner, whose latest sparkling memoir #MannersAndMischief is out today from @bedsqpublishers.bsky.social! From ‘Men’ to ‘Mustique’, this A-Z of memories reminds us that life, at any age, should be faced with humour, heart and mischief 😀

Catch Milly Johnson on BBC Radio across the West Midlands this evening with Arun Verma, talking about her new novel, #LetTheBellsRingOut "A festive delight brimming with warmth and charm" - Woman & Home

Join @themillyjohnson.bsky.social at Waterstones Doncaster on Saturday the 15th November from 4.30pm where she’ll be signing her new festive novel, #LetTheBellsRingOut! It’s also Doncaster’s light switch on that evening so lots going on! 🎄 ✨ buff.ly/q5oXGls

Congratulations to all the talented authors & illustrators who have been nominated for the #Carnegies2026! You can view the full list via the link below: carnegies.co.uk/about-the-aw...

I don't know how long this hardback deal is lasting for so grab it if you want it on Amazon...https://amzn.to/3LguPRy - DO TELL YOUR FRIENDS! X

Join Mary Portas at Bookbar on Monday 3 November! Mary will be discussing ‘I shop, Therefore I am,’ her candid and funny memoir of her time at Harvey Nicks in the 90s published by @canongate.co.uk. Snap up the last few tickets for what should be a fabulous evening! www.bookbaruk.com/event-detail...

Teachers & librarians! There's still time to book your class on to @amdassu.bsky.social 's FREE virtual school event with Seven Stories on Thursday 6th November at 11am @zephyrbooks.bsky.social Reserve your space here 👇 sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...

A fascinating interconnected group of short stories, Wild Journey fuses empathy, resilience & hope (Az’s speciality!). An absolute triumph! Thanks Zephyr @edpr.bsky.social 🐦 @amdassu.bsky.social Out 6/11/25 for 7+ #kidlituk checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/10/25/w...

ICYMI: The incredible Mary Portas joined @theothersambaker.bsky.social for a very special episode of The Shift, recorded live from Cheltenham Literature Festival as they speak all about Harvey Nicks, Ab Fab and how Mary's childhood shaped her 📚 Listen now👇

'There she collects fluoro paper in Soho art shops, goes surreal with model penguins, hires Boy George as a live exhibit.' Libby Purves on Mary Portas at ‘Harvey Nicks’

I love the #WoodlandExplorersClub series by Ewa Jozefkowicz, illustrated by Gillian Flint, and am delighted to have been sent a copy of Fujiko and the Fox. Out 06/11 for 6+ readers, huge thanks go to @zephyrbooks.bsky.social and Katey @edpr.bsky.social 🦊 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Seven people, four days and a snowy Christmas on board a luxury sleeper train. This festive season, getting away from it all takes on a whole new meaning... Happy publication day @themillyjohnson.bsky.social #LetTheBellsRingOut is out now! @simonschusteruk.bsky.social

Wimbledon BookFest is now in full swing and next weekend is the exciting Table Talk strand of events, new for 2025 🍽️ Join Thomasina Miers, Olly Smith, Bee Wilson, Clodagh McKenna, Sam Holland & Pizza Pilgrims for food, drink & big ideas www.wimbledonbookfest.org/table-talk/ #WimbledonBookFest

Calling all teachers & librarians! The brilliant @amdassu.bsky.social is running a FREE virtual school event with Seven Stories on Thursday 6th November at 11am @zephyrbooks.bsky.social Reserve your space here 👇 sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...

There's still time to book onto tomorrow's event with @bexhogan.bsky.social to talk all things fantasy at Waterstones Cambridge, so book your spot here: www.waterstones.com/events/ya-fa...

What an incredible week on the road with Mary Portas, celebrating her new book #IShop,ThereforeIAm at bookshops and festivals up and down the country - and we’re not done yet! Don’t miss Mary at Cheltenham, Wimbledon, Stroud, Hay and more 👉 buythebook.online/maryportas

A very happy publication day to @bexhogan.bsky.social and her new book #OwlKing 😍 A hauntingly beautiful new faery tale, full of romance and magic, deception, and survival! Out today, published by @zephyrbooks.bsky.social

ICYMI: Queen of Shops, Mary Portas joined the BBC Breakfast sofa this morning talking about transforming Harvey Nichols into Harvey Nicks daaaarling, and her brand-new book #IShop,ThereforeIAm 🛍️ www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Don’t miss the iconic Mary Portas on BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning from 7.45am Mary joins the Breakfast sofa to talk all about her new book #IShop,ThereforeIAm, a no-holds-barred account of her time as creative director of Harvey Nicks! Tune in 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I am so looking forward to this FREE online event on Oct 9th with Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children's Books. If you know any secondary schools who might be interested, please do pass along. I will be talking about my favourite things - fairytales and folklore! #UKKidLit #BookSky 💙📚

#WimbledonBookFest kicks off in less than 2 weeks and there’s still time to book tickets to see the stellar lineup of authors📚👏 Check out the full programme of events, running 16th - 26th October 👉 www.wimbledonbookfest.org

It’s the '90s. British fashion is ripe for reinvention. Leading the charge is twenty-something Mary Portas whose instincts and bold creative risks reinvented Harvey Nicks. #IShopThereforeIAm is the story of how she did it – it’s out now, published by @canongate.co.uk Happy publication day Mary🛍️

Huge thanks again to @abirfellows.bsky.social for seeing the future when this book was embryonic 💗💗 And thanks to the dream-team-in-one-person who is #KirstenCozens @edpr.bsky.social www.roundtablebooks.co.uk/knights-of/u...

A very happy publication day to @clareweze.bsky.social and her new book #UpAboveTheCity, where young Jake finds himself on an unexpected journey when notices a mysterious figure in the attic room across the road🌙 A beautiful story of courage and kindness published by @knightsofbooks.bsky.social

November is Empathy Action Month and what better way to celebrate in school than by joining @amdassu.bsky.social for a FREE virtual event on Thurs 6th Nov who will whisk you on a mesmerising journey across the world with her new book, #WildJourney Register here sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...

Announced tonight on Radio 4’s Front Row, the winner of the #BBCNSSA is Colwill Brown with ‘You Cannot Thead a Moving Needle’, and for the #BBCYWA Rebecca Smith with ‘Scouse’s Run’ Catch up on the ceremony here 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We’re here at BBC Broadcasting House for the winners’ ceremony of the BBC Short Story Awards with Cambridge University Tune in to Radio 4’s Front Row from 7:15pm to hear who has won the 20th anniversary #BBCNSSA and the 2025 #BBCYWA www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We can’t wait for the BBC Short Story Awards with Cambridge University this evening👏 The winners of #BBCNSSA and #BBCYWA will be announced live on Radio 4’s Front Row from the ceremony at Broadcasting House. Tune in from 7:15pm 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 tomorrow morning to hear Mary Portas speaking with Adrian Chiles on Saturday Live about her new book #IShopThereforeIAm, a no-holds-barred account of her time as Creative Director at Harvey Nicks! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Join us on Saturday 11th October for a very special signing event with MARY PORTAS at the New Cathedral St branch of Harvey Nichols in Manchester to celebrate the publication of her new book I Shop, Therefore I Am: The ‘90s, Harvey Nicks and Me.  Detail and tickets below👇🏻 💙📚

Calling all secondary school teachers & librarians! Join @bexhogan.bsky.social on 9th Oct for a FREE virtual event where students will learn about fascinating folktales and uncover the lesser-told history of faery tales and their forgotten origins. Book now 👉 sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...

Very excited to have been sent a copy of new middle grade Up Above the City by @clareweze.bsky.social. Out 02/10, huge thanks go to @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 🥰 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

1 of a book’s special gifts is the empathetic skills it helps nurture in a reader & you won’t find one better than Role Model - my fav @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social story so far!Thanks @knightsofbooks.bsky.social @edpr.bsky.social 📖 #kidlituk checkemoutbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/r...

Join @kelechnekoff.bsky.social at The Candid Book Club Festival next weekend for an unmissable conversation on voice, visibility and the industry alongside June Sarpong and Nikesh Shukla! Book now 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-candid...

Calling teachers and librarians! Seven Stories is bringing you a fantastic and FREE online event with @bengarrod.bsky.social and his real-life rescue dog Jack-Jack. Sign your class up below to learn just how incredible working dogs are Book here 👉 sevenstories.org.uk/event/author...

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 11:30pm to hear Colwill Brown’s #BBCNSSA shortlisted story 'You Cannot Thread a Moving Needle' – a powerful, heart-breaking tale of teenage vulnerability and its lasting impact 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #ShortStories

Edward Hogan’s 'Little Green Man' airs on BBC Radio 4 at 3:30pm today 📻 Tender and humorous, this warm portrait of a gardener and summer temp is shortlisted for the 20th Anniversary BBC Short Story Award www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #BBCNSSA #ShortStories

Hear Caoilinn Hughes’ #BBCNSSA shortlisted story 'Two Hands' on BBC Radio 4 at 3:30pm today 📻 Funny and accomplished, this moving tale explores love, tension and recovery after a car accident www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #ShortStories

#Discoveries2026 entries are now open! The @womensprize.bsky.social's free programme and award that supports unagented and unpublished women🖋And we’re delighted to share that global bestselling author @dorothykoomson.bsky.social has joined the 2026 panel of judges👏 womensprize.com/discoveries-...

Don't miss 'Yair' by Emily Adbeni-Holman on BBC Radio 4 at 3:30 PM today 📻 An atmospheric, lyrical story, this is the second of five stories shortlisted for the 20th Anniversary BBC Short Story Award being broadcast this week www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #BBCNSSA #ShortStories

Congratulations to the 2025 Creative Future Writers’ Award Winners! The UKs only national awards for all underrepresented writers, this year's theme was WILD The winning entries can be read in an anthology available from Creative Future: bit.ly/3EJJ1uy #CFWA #DiverseVoices #UnderrepresentedWriters

📻 Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 3:30 PM today to hear 'Rain' by Booker Prize 2025 longlisted author Andrew Miller A tender, brilliantly vivid story this is the first of five stories shortlisted for the 20th Anniversary BBC Short Story Award being broadcast this week! #BBCNSSA #ShortStories

ICYMI: @chloedalton.bsky.social joined Carole Walker on Times Radio yesterday evening to speak about her 2025 #WainwrightPrize Book of the Year winning memoir #RaisingHare Catch up (2:35:16) 🎧 www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...

Congratulations to the shortlist for the BBC Young Writers' Award 2025 announced this evening on Radio 1's Life Hacks! ICYMI: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... This year's young writers are Holly Dye, Anoushka Patel, Edith Taussig, Anna Tuchinda and Rebecca Smith 🎉 #ShortStories #BBCYWA

It's #RoaldDahlDay and what better way to celebrate than by reminiscing on the extraordinary #Carnegies2025 winners' ceremony – hosted at the Cambridge Theatre, home to RSC's Matilda-the-Musical 📚 Watch the full highlights here!

Don't miss BBC Radio 1's Life Hacks this Sunday to hear which young talent has made the BBC Young Writers' Award with Cambridge University shortlist for their incredible #ShortStories #BBCYWA ✒️ Tune in from 5pm 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...