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News: Category shortlists announced for 2013 Romantic Novelists' Association Awards. Judy Finnigan and Richard Madeley will announce the winners from a shortlist of thirty authors vying to be named the winner of their category in the Romantic Novel Awards (RoNA) 2013 presented by the Romantic Novelists' Association (RNA). They will also reveal the winner of the RoNA Rose Award. These announcements will be made on 26 February at 6.00 p.m. during a glittering reception to be held at the RAF Club, 128 Piccadilly, London, W1.

News: E.L. James, Hilary Mantel, Clare Balding and Miranda Hart make it a great night for women at The Specsavers National Book Awards.

London, Tuesday 4th December—The winners of the Specsavers National Book Awards 2012, a celebration of the best of British publishing, were tonight revealed at a star-studded awards ceremony at London’s prestigious Mandarin Oriental. The public will now vote for the Best of the Best in the run up to Christmas.

News: Olympic star Katie Taylor, Edna O’ Brien, John Banville, Mary O’Rourke, children’s writer Eoin Colfer and the late Maeve Binchy were named as winners at the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2012 this evening.

Esteemed novelist and playwright Jennifer Johnston was presented with the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award by Joseph O’ Connor for her contribution to Irish literature.

News: The Nation’s favourite writers go head-to-head as the Specsavers National Book Awards shortlist, recognising the most popular books of the year, is announced.

In a year that has seen books dominating headlines thanks to blockbuster titles such as E.L. James’ 50 Shades of Grey and J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy, the awards acknowledge popular authors, established and new in ten categories.

News: Cactus TV and ITV3, in partnership with the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA), are pleased to announce the winners of the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards 2012, a showcase of the UK’s most wanted crime fiction and drama, hosted by Bradley Walsh.

News: HIGH street retailer Specsavers will replace Galaxy as the new headline sponsor of the National Book Awards.

Dubbed the ‘Oscars of the publishing industry’ the National Book Awards showcase the best of British writing and publishing, celebrating books with wide popular appeal, critical acclaim and commercial success.

The two-year sponsorship extends Specsavers’ long-term affliation with reading, which has seen them partner with Cactus TV on the Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards and TV Book Club.

News: Masterminding enough horrific crimes between them to give even hardened pros like Sherlock and Morse the collywobbles, this year’s Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards shortlist showcases the UK’s most wanted crime fiction and drama.

The Specsavers Crime Thriller Awards will take place on Thursday 18 October at the Grosvenor House Hotel. The awards include the CWA Gold Dagger for the Best Crime Novel of the Year, the CWA Steel Dagger for the Best Thriller of the Year, and the CWA New Blood dagger for the Best New Crime Writer of the Year, alongside the Specsavers Bestseller Dagger and Film and TV-based Daggers.

News: Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson by Paul Kimmage published by Simon & Schuster has been announced as the British Sports Book Awards 'Sports Book of the Year' as a result of a public online vote at www.britishsportsbookawards.co.uk

The winning titles in each category from the British Sports Book Awards made up a shortlist to find the best overall sports book of the year - the public have been voting on the official website since 22nd May to select a winner.

News: The winners of the 10th Anniversary British Sports Book Awards were announced at a glittering awards ceremony at The Savoy Hotel in London. Paul Kimmage won the best biography of the year award for 'Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson' in a strong field that included Ronald Reng's 'A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke' and David Millar's 'Racing Through The Dark'.

News: Jane Lovering’s Please Don’t Stop the Music has won the Romantic Novel of the Year award, presented at the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual summer party by Sky News anchor and novelist Kay Burley.

Published by Choc Lit, who had two titles on the shortlist, Please Don’t Stop the Music was awarded the prize by a panel of judges from the industry: Matt Bates, WHSmith; Sarah Broadhurst, The Bookseller; Alison Flood, Guardian.co.uk; Jane Mays, The Daily Mail; and Jonathan Ruppin, Foyles. The judges said: