10 BOOK MARKS

YES MAN’S NEW BOOK

The man who wrote the book behind the movie Yes Man, which starred starring Jim Carrey, is publishing a new work on rudeness. Danny Wallace’s Can’t Believe You Just Said That is out in June.

KEY TO HAPPINESS?

Little Ways To Lead A Big Life is a new series of guides to leading a fun-filled life, including how to play the piano in six weeks.

ON THE MEND

Maylis de Kerangal’s Mend The Living exploring organ donation has won the 2017 Wellcome Book Prize plus £30,000. It is only the second novel to win the award.

CRIMEFEST

Lee Child and Anthony Horowitz are up for awards at this year’s CrimeFest Gala on May 21, along with Katherine Woodfine, Fiona Barton and Simon Mayo.

STAND UP FOR LEON

Comedian Lenny Henry’s production company is to turn Kit de Waal’s My Name Is Leon into a TV movie. It features a mixed-race child growing up in care.

GREGORY’S THE GIRL

Historical writer Philippa Gregory is turning away from the Tudor period in a new series. The Fairmile books will follow one family over three centuries.

RUNAWAY SUCCESS

Sunjeev Sahota, author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Year Of The Runaways is being honoured in the 2017 European Union Prize for Literature.

TRUMP’S TWEETS

Journalist Peter Oborne’s new book, How Trump Thinks, explores the US president’s use of Twitter and is out next week.

JUST WILLIAM? APPARENTLY NOT

Pan Macmillan is to publish eight of Richmal Compton’s “forgotten” adult novels. She is best known for the Just William children’s books.

BERNARD’S BREAK

Bernard Cornwell is taking a break from his Last Kingdom Saxons and Danes series. His new work Fools And Mortals is set in the Elizabethan era.