Michael Moorcock

... will be reading from, talking about and signing copies of his new book, The Vengeance of Rome, at the Vanbrugh Theatre, RADA, Malet Street, London WC1 on Wednesday Jan 18th. Tickets £6/£4 from 0845 45699876/

Children's Literature Festival

13-16 Feb, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room at the South Bank. Celebrating the best in writing for children, visiting authors and illustrators include Morris Gleitzman, Geraldine McCaughrean and Roger McGough. Tickets on 0870 3828000 or at www.rfh.org/imagine.

Whitbread Book Awards

The winners for the 5 main categories were announced on 4 January. Ali Smith won the Whitbread Novel Award for The Accidental, "about an enigmatic woman who infiltrates a family on holiday, seduces the teenage son and disrupts and enriches each of their lives" (The Guardian, 4 Jan 2006). The overall winner will be announced on January 24.

Adapting Children's Novels to Stage

20 January, 6pm (45mins), Olivier Theatre: Anthony Clark, Vicky Ireland and Adrian Mitchell discuss the particular challenges and rewards of adapting children’s literature into plays.

The sell-out production of 'Coram Boy', adapted from Jamila Gavin's Whitbread Award winning novel, returns to the National from 29 Nov 2006 to 20 January 2007. Tickets on sale from Saturday 7th January 2006.
‘As moving and thrilling as one could ever hope to experience in the theatre.’ Time Out