Jessie Burton, 31, landed a six-figure book deal after her novel - The Miniaturist - became the subject of a frantic bidding war.

The longlist for the Man Booker Prize is set to be unveiled, with titles from around the world eligible for contention for the first time in its history.

JK Rowling's crime novels written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith will eventually outnumber her Harry Potter books, she reveals.

A 540-year-old book - the first to be printed in the English language - sells for over £1m in Sotheby's auction

Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer, about a student with Asperger's syndrome who investigates a murder, wins a top award for crime novel of the year.

South African Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer dies in Johannesburg aged 90.

Infinite Sky, a story about travellers and prejudice, is awarded the Branford Boase prize for debut children's writers.

Celebrated children's author Allan Ahlberg turns down a lifetime achievement award after discovering it is sponsored by Amazon.

Wolf Hall, Anna Karenina (pictured) and War And Peace are among the best-sellers that send Jeremy Vine, Jenni Murray and Amanda Craig to sleep.

As Elmer the Patchwork Elephant turns 25, author David McKee illustrates the evolution of the children's character