Frank Cottrell-Boyce says that his tenure as the Waterstones Children's Laureate 'will have happiness at its heart, but will be about urgency.'

The Audio Publishers Association, based in the United States, hosts a first 'International Summit of Audio Publishers' in September.

This year's recipient of the Liber Prize is the Galician reading promotion organization, Espazo Lectura in Gondomar, Spain.