Penguin and BBC Studios team up to find new commercial fiction writers through WriteNow. Submissions are open until 8 January.

Amari and the Great Game is the second book in an enchanting series combining fantasy adventure, magic, monsters, and friendships that will warm your heart. 

Singer/songwriter, producer, director, and social activist Freddie Fiction has decided to start 2022 with an unbelievable take-off. Releasing his first new single of the year, ‘Lie To Me’, matched with an electrifying new music video.

The report displays a fourfold increase in the amount of diversity found in children’s literature, when compared to four years ago.

New literary magazine edited by immigrants and refugees, 'the other side of hope' has opened submissions for writers from the same community.  

This Mozilla Festival session explored the hybrid nature of events, using a groundbreaking festival as an example of what can be achieved when art and technology come together.

The list features a diverse range of titles, from examinations of contemporary life to retellings of myths and legends

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, Jessie Greengrass's Sight has been lauded as a poetic meditation on the experience of motherhood.

Books to watch out for this month

A beautifully written novel, which has been highly anticipated by fans for two decades.

A Man Booker Shortlist nominee, Shamsie's incredible retelling of the myth of Antigone has now been nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction. 

Prominent Turkish writer Elif Shafak discusses her new novel, the political situation in Turkey and how it has influenced her writing.