Martin Rowson

The political cartoonist will be talking at the London Review of Books bookshop at 7:oo pm on 24 November. He will be tracing the history of cartoons from the satire of Gillray and argue the case for the role of cartoonist not just as artisan but as bona fide political journalist. Tickets cost £4 - phone 020 7269 9030 or email books@lrbshop.co.uk

Mythology

Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson and Karen Armstrong will be talking about their newly-published retellings of Greek myths at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, SBC, at 7:30 pm on November 2. Tickets £9/£4.50, from 08703 800400, or online at www.rfh.org.uk

Rose Tremain

Join the author on November 1 at the Guardian Newsroom, 60 Farringdon Road, at 6:30 pm to discuss her novel Music and Silence. The discussion, part of the Guardian Review Book Club, will be chaired by John Mullan. Entry is £7 including a glass of wine. To book call 020 7886 9281 or email book.club@guardian.co.uk

British Library Events, November 2005

A panel, including authors Linda Grant and Howard Jacobson, will discuss the comic novel Tristram Shandy on November 7 at 18:30. [The next in this Classic Book series of events will take place on 14 December: Beloved, by Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison. ]

On 30 November Alexander McCall Smith, author of the bestselling No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, will be talking at 18:30.

Tickets for both events are £6 (concessions £4).You can either book online or by phoning 020 7412 7222.

Fantasy and fiction

Bloomsbury are hosting a YLS/SLG event on 17 November at 6:00 pm at the Ewart Room, CILIP (7 Ridgmount Street, W1E 7AE). It is billed as "a unique opportunity to meet three highly-acclaimed authors who have approached the fantasy genre in different ways": N M Browne, Anna Dale and Mary Hoffman. To register for the event, which is free, email ian_lamb@bloomsbury.com. Books will be available for sale and refreshments provided!

Michael Wood on Henry James

One of a number of exciting forthcoming literary events at the London Review Bookshop, this discussion of James' short stories is on 2 November at 7 pm. email books@lrbshop.co.uk or phone 020 72699030 to book a place - tickets are £3 each.

Nobel Prize for Literature

I'm sure nobody's missed the fact that Harold Pinter has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. We have a great many of his works in the library, including DVDs and videos of films which he has either directed or written the screenplay for. There is a display just inside the inner room. LIST

Booker Prize Winner

I am delighted that John Banville was announced as the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize for Fiction last night with his wonderful novel The Sea.

So far the winner of the People's Prize is Kazuo Ishiguro with my other favourite, Never Let Me Go.

You can still cast your vote at http://www.themanbookerprize.com/peoples/.

Guardian Children's Book Prize

The winner, announced October 1st, is The New Policeman, by Kate Thompson. [report]

Other shortlisted titles were: The Merrybegot by Julie Hearn, The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones, The Hunted by Alex Shearer.

Book events this week

From Metro:

Thursday 10th: Julian Barnes at Waterstone's Hampstead, 7 pm
Sunday 9th: Alice Walker at the Hackney Empire, 4:30 pm www.hackneyempire.co.uk
Monday 10th: Bret Easton Ellis at Queen Elizabeth Hall, 7:30 pm www.sbc.org.uk
Tuesday 11th: John McGahern at the Purcell Room, South Bank, 7:45 pm www.sbc.org.uk