Penguin has announced it will be publishing the sequel to Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy, titled a A Suitable Girl, in 2013. The event is planned to coincide with the 20th anniversary of A Suitable Boy. The sequel is set in the present day, with Lata now being a grandmother, and this time has her grandson looking for a woman to match up with.

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction to J D Salinger for the publication of 60 Years Later in the USA. The book has been touted as a sequel to The Catcher in the Rye and the judge has said that Salinger's case is 'likely to succeed on the merits of its copyright case'.

Congratulations to Philip Hoare who has won this years BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for his book, Leviathan, or the Whale. The award comes with a 10,000 booty.

Mma Ramotswe, the heroine of of Alexander McCall Smith's 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series, is releasing her own cookbook later this year called Mma Ramotswe's Cookbook. Although purported to be written by Precious Ramotswe we have a sneaking suspicion it is actually by Stuart Brown, a charity worker and former BBC journalist.

The 2009 Frank O'Connor award shortlist, which recognises excellence in short stories writing, has been announced with six books in the running. The shortlist is as follows: An Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower Ripples and Other Stories by Shih-Li Kow Love Begins in Winter by Simon Van Booy The Pleasant Light of Day by Philip O Ceallaigh Singularity by Charlotte Grimshaw The winner will be announced in September.

Borders in the UK has released a new and more affordable ebook reader. Called the 'Elonex ebook', retails for 189 which is a cheaper option than the iRex iLiad and the Sony Reader. The device comes already loaded with 100 titles and can store up to 1,000 books (but on a separate memory card).

It's great to see Mandla Langa and Marina Endicott, novelists from South Africa and Canada, who were two of the eight regional winners of this years Commonwealth Writers Prize out and about in New Zealand meeting and greeting readers.

Crime buffs will be looking forward to adding another Scottish crime writer to their shelves. Chris Longmuir, who has won the 2009 Dundee International Book Prize for her novel, Dead Wood, has had a lifelong ambition to write crime novels.

Sci-fi veteran Ursula Le Guin's newest novel Lavinia has won Best Fantasy Novel from the sci-fi magazine Locus.

CWA International Dagger award shortlist has been announced. The books have been chosen from crime, thriller, suspense or spy novels which have been translated into English from their original language, for UK publication. The CWA Dagger Awards are the longest established literary awards in the UK and are internationally recognised as a mark of excellence and achievement.