The nominations for the 2007 Carnegie medal - the UK's most prestigious children's literary award - have been unveiled, and titles range from Jeanette Winterson's ideas-fuelled novel of time and space, Tanglewreck, to Conn and Hal Iggulden's attempt to get boys climbing trees and building go-carts, The Dangerous Book for Boys full list here
Pope Benedict has finished the first volume of a book on the life of Jesus Christ and has decided to publish what he has written so far because he doesn't know "how much time and strength" he has left.
The first book to be published by the 79-year-old Benedict since he became Pope in April 2005 will be distributed by Italian publisher Rizzoli, a unit of RCS Mediagroup, in cooperation with the Vatican's own publishing house.
Following the summer's children's book party extravaganza at Buckingham Palace, the Treasury is now getting in on the act. Gordon Brown has asked the book charity Booktrust to host his annual children's Christmas party at number 11 Downing Street
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