Janklow & Nesbit author Adam Rutherford has won the Children's Book of the Year: STEM for WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM? alongside his co-writer Em Norry and illustrator Adam Ming. The book was published by Hachette Children's in September 2023.  The category, in association with The Week Junior Science + Nature, celebrates excellence in engaging children with STEM subjects. The criteria specified that the winner would be a book that explains big ideas clearly, engagingly and accessibly, encouraging readers’ curiosity, sparking their imaginations, inspiring further inquiry and prompting them to share their newfound knowledge. WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM? is a book that “blew my mind” said one of the judges of the winner, which takes readers on a fascinating scientific trip through human history. All four judges agreed that it’s not only a very good read, but also accessible, funny and important. The Week Junior Book Awards were established to celebrate the brilliant world of children’s books and the talented people who create them — the awards honour the authors, illustrators and publishers who inspire children to read for pleasure. The emphasis is on original ideas, outstanding illustration and smart storytelling, as well as new and diverse talent. Big congratulations to Adam, Em and Adam! 🎊

Congratulations to Helen Czerski's BLUE MACHINE on winning the Wainwright Prize's Conservation Category for 2024!   Helen Czerski, a physicist and oceanographer, explores the vital role of the ocean in sustaining life on the rest of the planet. BLUE MACHINE: How The Ocean Shapes Our World, was published by Penguin in October last year.  Judging the conservation category was chair Joycelyn Longdon, an environmental justice researcher and founder of education platform Climate in Colour. In the book, "readers are immersed into the world of the ocean with spectacular detail, from the minuscule to the macroscopic, guided through the ocean's anatomy and introduced to the people who live in intimate relationships with it." A £7,500 prize will be shared between the three winners, who were announced at a ceremony at Camley Street Natural Park, an urban nature reserve in London on the evening of September 11th, 2024. Previous Wainwright prize winners include James Rebanks, Merlin Sheldrake, Robert Macfarlane and Amy Liptrot. In 2023, Amy-Jane Beer won the nature writing category with The Flow, while Guy Shrubsole won the conservation category for The Lost Rainforests of Britain.

Gillian Anderson hotly-anticipated book WANT: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous is out now and straight to Number 1 on Amazon Bestsellers! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Want-...'Want makes for addictive reading . . . compelling' GuardianWhat do you want when no one is watching?Who do you fantasise about when the lights are off?When you think about sex, what do you really want?When we talk about sex, we talk about womanhood and motherhood, infidelity and exploitation, consent and respect, fairness and egalitarianism, love and hate, pleasure and pain. And yet so many of us don't talk about it at all.In this groundbreaking book, Gillian Anderson collects and introduces the anonymous sexual fantasies of women from around the world (along with her own anonymous submission). They are all extraordinary: full of desire, fear, intimacy, shame, satisfaction and, ultimately, liberation. From dreaming about someone off-limits to conjuring a scene with multiple partners, from sex that is gentle and tender to passionate and playful, from women who have never had sex to women who have had more sex than they can remember, these fantasies provide a window into the most secret part of our minds.

Janklow & Nesbit author Professor Hannah Fry has been awarded the Royal Society David Attenborough Award and Lecture! Professor Fry was chosen 'for her prolific science communication activity as the foremost populariser of maths in the country who continues to inspire young people to pursue maths and physics in fun and exciting ways.'  The Royal Society David Attenborough Award and Lecture is awarded annually to an individual for outstanding public engagement with science. The award, open to everyone, recognises high quality public engagement activities and complements the Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture. The award is named after the United Kingdom’s best-loved naturalist and broadcaster, and honorary Fellow of the Royal Society, David Attenborough. The medal is of silver gilt, is awarded annually and is accompanied by a gift of £2,500. Huge congratulations to Hannah! 🥇

It's fantastic to see Helen Czerski's BLUE MACHINE: How The Ocean Shapes Our World, published by Penguin in October last year, on the Wainwright Prize's Conservation Shortlist 2024! The organisers said of the six-strong shortlist: 'While confronting the realities of a world in crisis – from wildfires, the global waste industry and climate change anxiety – the shortlisted books offer solutions to fight environmental destruction, as well as a rallying cry to find peace and connection in the pockets of nature on all of our doorsteps.'  The winners will be announced on Wednesday 11th September at a ceremony at Camley Street Natural Park, near Kings Cross in London, where a £7,500 prize fund will be shared. You can see details of all the Wainwright Prize shortlists here.  Best of luck to Helen! 🏆