10 BOOK MARKS
TOP TEN
David Walliams is marking a decade of book chart success with the release of new editions of his first two novels. The new-look Mr Stin and Gangsta Granny hit the shops this week.
PERIOD PIECE
Emma Barnett has penned a funny feminist manifesto on the topic of menstruation. Period tackles the stigma and myths surrounding the topic.
SIR WALTER’S WRITERS
Helen Dunmore, who lost her life to cancer in June, is among the writers who are up for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
CRESSIDA CROWNED
Cressida Cowell, the children’s author inspired by her holidays on a remote Hebridean island, has landed a major prize. The Wizzards Of Once won best story prize at the Blue Peter Book Awards.
WHERE THERE’S A WILL…
The will of To Kill A Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee has been unsealed two years after her death aged 89. It shows the bulk of her assets were transferred to a trust controlled by her lawyer.
jAMIE MIA!
Jamie Oliver is releasing Jamie Cooks Italy in July. It comes after Jamie noticed a decline in the passing down of family recipes which he fears will be lost.
POTTER-NET
The British Library’s Harry Potter History Of Magic exhibition is to go on line when the physical show closes its doors.
IT’S ALL IN THE MIND
A new book on meditation. Strength In Stillness: The Power Of Transcendental Meditation by Bob Roth was unveiled at in London’s Hyde Park.
THE LUCK OF THE IRISH
Oh My God, What A Complete Aisling – written by Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen and dubbed The Irish Bridget Jones – the popular book about an Irish country girl – is to be adapted for film.
WOLF THIS DOWN
Kate Spice is penning a memoir. Lost Dog: A Love Story tells how the author was saved by her rescue dog Wolfy and how her life changed when he went missing.