The Daily Mail publishes their interview with Basia Briggs here and there's an extract from Mother Anguish in today's Daily Mail which you can read here.

Mother of Darkness by Venetia Welby is nominated for the Literary Review Bad Sex Awards, but as the Guardian admits this year's submissions are quite good. Read the Guardian piece here and get your copy of Mother of Darkness and read the quote in its dream sequence context here.

We celebrated the forthcoming publication of Dynasty by Christina Oxenberg at Claridges Hotel on Tuesday. We drunk tea with Christina and the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Serbia and our Chairman Naim Attallah. After tea, we headed upstairs to room 212 where the Crown Prince was born. It was quite the evening! Dynasty by Christina Oxenberg will be out in February.

'With the latest dramatic political changes taking place in Saudi Arabia, a book published by Quartet in 2010 about Ibn Saud , The Desert Warrior and his Legacy , considered by most to be the definitive volume on the evolution of the Kingdom as the most commanding nation in the region, is certainly a compulsive read in view of recents events. As the book is still available and is historically fascinating, it is worth a flutter. At £25,00 it is a bargain!' Our Chairman Naim Attallah on 2010 publication Ibn Saud: The Desert Warrior and his Legacy. Get your copy of the book here today.

The Evening Standard’s Londoner’s Diary on the tea at Claridges with the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Serbia and Christina Oxenberg, celebrating the forthcoming publication of Dynasty by Christina Oxenberg. Read the piece here.

I turned on my heels and ran. I found an open window and climbed out into the playground. Cathy squealed with delight as I ran off in triumph. My mother had abandoned me to Sue. Now I was prepared to abandon her back. The second and final extract from Unaccompanied Minor by Alexander Newley is in the Mail on Sunday which you can view here. You can get your copy of the book here today.

Sally Emerson shares her toolkit with Off the Shelf Blog. You can read the piece here and get Sally Emerson's books here.

The first extract of Unaccompanied Minor by Alexander Newley is published in the Mail on Sunday, which you can read here. You can get your copy of Unaccompanied Minor here.

The Evening Standard talks to Basia Briggs about the forthcoming publication of her memoir Mother Anguish. You can read the diary piece here.