Books

King's School pupil is published under UNESCO 'Voices of Future Generations' imprint

A children’s author from Cambridge has been nominated for a major award for her story about a boy and his pet dragon.

Bestselling author Sophie Hannah will be leading a new crime and thriller creative writing course for Cambridge University

The world-renowned Kindersley Workshop in Cambridge launches two new books about their work in gardens and wild spaces

Cambridge Literary Festival launched its spring programme with an event featuring local authors Bee Wilson and Jill Dawson

Written by Adrian Barlow, the subject of Espying Heaven is the Victorian stained-glass window artist and the team he led and inspired

Psychology lecturer Mick Finlay is returning to the dangerous streets of Victorian London for the follow-up to his hit novel Arrowood.

When her depression became overwhelming, the Cambridgeshire nature writer discovered the curative power of walking in wild places to lift her mood

A panel of ‘killer women’ crime writers are discussing the the secrets of the genre’s success

A local novelist has been awarded a grant to document the history of a former barracks before its possible development into a new town

A one day festival advising aspiring writers how to pen a bestseller looks set to answer all those burning questions.

Lucy Cavendish College is launching its first ever Fiction Prize Festival – and we have a ticket to give away to the whole event.

As the wind whips through the frosty streets, a gathering of some of the country’s most murderous imaginations is about to chill the blood further.

Britain's only ESA astronaut delights hundreds of fans at Cambridge Waterstones

The Strictly Come Dancing judge headed to Ely in celebration of her book, Darcey Bussell: Evolved.

Hard-drinking and hard-living, Marie Colvin was the eye-patch-wearing war reporter who went where others feared to tread and lived life at full tilt. She was killed in 2012 in Syria whilst covering the war for the Sunday Times.

Literary stars descended on Cambridge at the weekend for a three day festival of bookish delights.

The Cambridge Literary Festival kicks off this weekend with a feast of bookish delights on offer for Cambridge audiences. If you haven't bought a ticket yet, there is still time.

Ben White in conversation with Dr Priyamvada Gopal at Heffers

Around half a million people take part every year worldwide and there are groups in most major towns in the UK who attempt the task each November.