During the HiVis fortnight - taking place across the first two weeks of June - #libraries across the UK highlight their services and support for blind and partially sighted readers. #HiVis2025 #LoveLibraries

Give newborns automatic library cards, authors urge

Our friends @TripFiction recommend Circus of Mirrors, the dazzlingly glamorous and emotional historical novel about an impossible choice set in 1920s Berlin. It's written by Julie Owen Moylan and read by Kristin Atherton. @PenguinUKBooks

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1 ‘The village’ Artist: SR Badmin

Very exciting news!

28th NOVEMBER DOORS CLOSE The award which amplifies outstanding new talent *and* recognises the editor’s role.

CHILDREN'S FICTION 💙My Soul, A Shining Tree by Jamila Gavin 💙People Like Stars by Patrice Lawrence 💙Dragonborn by Struan Murray 💙Shrapnel Boys by Jenny Pearson

The Unknown Warrior was buried in Westminster Abbey #onthisday in 1920, representing the many thousands who had died on the battlegrounds of the First World War. His funeral in the Abbey was attended by King George V; the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George; government, military

On this day in 1918 the parents of the poet Wilfred Owen were just listening to the church bells ringing to announce the Armistice when a telegram boy arrived with the message that their son had died.

THURSDAY 11thDECEMBER 12:00-1:30pm Join us for a Festive Workshop, create a stunning fresh foliage decoration. Perfect as a table centrepiece or anywhere you'd like to add a touch of Christmas. All materials provided £20 pp £5 deposit Refreshments available for £1 CASH ONLY

We agree. He is gorgeous!

Very sad news. 😥

Our friends @TripFiction highly recommend Midnight at Malabar House, written by award-winning author @VaseemKhanUK. This atmospheric historical crime novel is available to borrow from the @RNIB Talking Book Library and we have three further titles in the Malabar House series!

A first official signing event yest. for QUANTUM OF MENACE at the beautiful @Dauntbooks Summertown. Ever supportive Mick Herron showed up to heckle. And so we both ended up in this prison cell made of books. At least we won't run out of stuff to read. Order your copy now!

I was lucky enough to get up close to the exquisite gold heart pendant associated with Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII that has just been unveiled by @britishmuseum It’s an extraordinary piece of Tudor history and the craftsmanship is incredible. A moment I’ll never forget 🤩

This is so beautiful. ♥️

It's going to be an amazing night! X

We are hiring! Join our Editorial team and be part of the UK's largest book publisher. We’re looking for an ambitious, proactive, and creative Editorial Assistant to join our dynamic team, supporting one of Penguin Random House’s most exciting imprints, Del Rey! If you're

A question I’ve been asked a few times on the book tour is “will you write more?” I’ve fallen in love with writing and the publishing industry. Everyone I’ve met from readers, booksellers, publishers, authors have all been so lovely and welcoming So, yes you will see more from

Today you can explore the medieval Lindisfarne Priory, but there has been a monastery here since AD 635. 🍂 The priory became the home of St Cuthbert’s cult and the Lindisfarne Gospels, before suffering the first Viking raid on Christian Europe in 793.

By the late 1980s, Bletchley Park’s wartime role was still largely unknown, and the closed site faced demolition to make way for housing and a supermarket. In 1991, the Bletchley Archaeological and Historical Society formed a committee to save the Park. In 1992, the committee