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Costa Book Awards Best Biography 2011

The 2011 Costa Biography Prize-winner is Matthew Hollis with Now All Roads Lead to France, his magisterial account of the final years of poet Edward Thomas. 'Dramatic and engrossing' said the judges, one of so many plaudits. Now in paperback, you can read an extract via Telegraph online here.

Matthew Hollis: In Pursuit of Thomas

Edward Thomas was perhaps the most beguiling and influential of First World War poets, witness to an astonishingly creative period in English literature, and friend to Robert Frost. He's the subject of Matthew Hollis's Costa-winning biography, Now All Roads Lead to France. Here's an interview. More

Mystery & Deception in Gillespie and I

Set in Victorian Glasgow and pre-war London, Gillespie and I is the powerful and haunting second novel from one of today’s most striking new voices, Jane Harris. You'll be intrigued - make Gillespie and I your first read of 2012!

February's Faber Social: With Jane Harris, Lucy Caldwell, Alex Preston et al

The Faber Social returns with a stunning line-up of spring fiction and non-fiction. Join Jon McGregor, Alex Preston, Lucy Caldwell and Jane Harris for a fun evening of readings, conversation and cocktails at the usual Little Portland Street venue. Entry still only £5. More

Authors on Tour: John Lanchester

John Lanchester's Capital, the first post-economic crash novel, and a 'state of the nation' epic, will be one of this year's most talked-about books once it's published in March. To support publication John will be appearing at events in Glasgow, Oxford and London. More

Book of the Week: The Revelations

'Preston writes with black-edged wit about the kind of spoilt, confused young adults bred during the boom years ... [The Revelations is a] mature, tightly written exploration of the way spiritual yearning can become indistinguishable from the more destructive aspects of capitalism.' (Prospect) More

Featured Author: Keija Parssinen

Set in Saudi Arabia in 2005, Keija Parssinen's The Ruins of Us is the story of an American woman who discovers her Saudi husband of 25 years has a second wife, triggering her struggle to retain her place as a wife, a mother and a woman in a culture that she can never be fully accepted in. More

Setting Poetry to Music: Larkin in Creative Review

Available now in hardback The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin, edited by Archie Burnett, includes all of Larkin's published work, and some never before seen. Equally noteworthy is the book's striking jazz-influenced cover designed by Mark Swan, aka Kid-ethic, the subject of a great feature in Creative Review. More

On the Thought Fox Blog: The 'Dutch' Approves

After the acclaimed thrillers Quiver, Trust Me and All He Saw Was the Girl, Peter Leonard returns with a cat-and-mouse thriller - a real humdinger moving from 1970s Detroit to Munich. But what does his father think? He’s a natural, reckons Elmore. Read his endorsement on the Faber blog. More

Words Words Words!: In-Store at Selfridges

Selfridges in London is kicking off 2012 in fine literary style! Words Words Words touches on every aspect of the store and celebrates the written word. The UltraLounge space has been transformed into a 15,000-book library, and will also host some great events daily, including the Faber Social. More