10 BOOK MARKS

BREAD AND BUTTER

Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is publishing a new recipe book next month entitled Gordon Ramsay Bread Street Kitchen.

SNAKES ALIVE

Comedian and children’s author David Walliams releases his latest book next month. There’s A Snake In My School has illustrations by Tony Ross.

FESTIVE FRY

Stephen Fry and Carey Mulligan will be narrating The Girl Who Saved Christmas audiobook written by Matt Haig.

PIPER’S SECRET

TV presenter Katie Piper is releasing her second self-help book. Confidence: The Secret follows on from Things Get Better and is based on Piper’s own experience.

BOOK TO FILM

Sarah Pinborough’s psychological thriller 13 Minutes will be brought to our screens by Netflix. The novel is about a teenage girl attempting to solve her own murder.

HENRY’S HOPE

Motivational speaker Henry Fraser was 17 when he lost the use of his limbs. His new book Little Big Things focuses on accepting life’s blows with positivity and hope.

BLACK AWARDS

James Shapiro’s 1606: William Shakespeare And The Year Of Lear has won the James Tait Black prize for best biography.

BOOK TRUST BOOST

Authors taking part in the Scottish Book Trust’s Live Literature programme are to be given a pay boost. The Trust is increasing the fee paid to writers from £150 to £175.

ROCK SOLID

Rock lighthouses around the UK and Ireland are to be featured in a debut book by building conservationist Tom Nancollas called Seashaken Houses.

MORE MR MEN

New characters are being introduced to the children’s books Mr Men to mark the brand’s 45th anniversary. The new additions are Mr Marvellous, Little Miss Fabulous and Little Miss Sparkle.