Our Director of Research, Debbie Hicks, will be giving a talk about Reading Well Books on Prescription on Friday 27 June at the Royal College of Nursing Library and Heritage Centre.

Our Ambassador Adele Parks will be visiting three libraries in the North East to talk about her life as a writer and her 14th novel, Spare Brides, the story of four extraordinary women left to pick up the pieces of their lives in the damaged yet glamorous era after World War I.

On World Book Night flagship events will take place in London and Birmingham as well as in libraries around the UK.

To celebrate World Book Night the second Letters Live event will take place on 23 April at London's Southbank Centre. Sign up to be a World Book Night Community Book Giver by 31 March for a chance to win a pairs of tickets.

A star-studded event in praise of letters was held at the Tabernacle in London on 10 December organised by Canongate Books.

Susan Cooper is author of some of the most influential and loved children's books of today including the fantasy series The Dark is Rising. She is on a rare visit to the UK to promote her new book, Ghost Hawk.

We have recently joined forces with the Historical Writers Association to organise events in public libraries and other venues across the country to celebrate Historical Writing Month in November.

Throughout October, libraries across the country will be marking World Mental Health Day on 10 October with a wide range of activities to promote health and well-being in their local communities.

William Sieghart, National Poetry Day founder and the brains behind Poetry on Prescription, stars in a mini-series of special library events brokered by The Reading Agency and publishers Faber and Faber.

We are delighted to have partnered with Culture24 to broker appearances by leading writers to talk about their work at prominent cultural venues, as part of the 2013 Museums at Night Festival (16-18 May 2013).

Cathedrals across the UK will welcome bestselling author Salley Vickers as she promotes the new paperback edition of her latest book, The Cleaner of Chartres. See the full list of dates here.

Librarians and publishers will be coming together on Thursday 17 January at Southwark's Canada Water Library when, with The Publishers' Association, we will be hosting the Digital Skills Sharing wrap event.