The longlist of 13 books was announced this afternoon, and the titles were chosen by a panel of five judges chaired by author and former Director-General of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington. A total of 138 books were considered for the ‘Man Booker Dozen' longlist. 

We've teamed up with Foyles to make a Picador Poem of the Month. The very first Poem of the Month is 'The Hum' from Rachael Boast's dazzling debut collection Sidereal.

Room by Emma Donoghue has been shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011.

Gerard Woodward has been shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2011 for his story The Family Whistle.

To highlight the brightest new talent in British literary fiction, The BBC’s The Culture Show formed a panel chaired by professor of English John Mullan to examine the debut novels of writers published in the last two years and to identify the most important new voices in British literary fiction right now. 

Robin Robertson has been shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Poetry Award for his collection The Wrecking Light.

Chair of judges, Anne Stevenson said 'The judges have found this an exceptional year for poetry, with a record number of entries, and have agreed on a strong shortlist which is unusually eclectic in form and theme.'

Jacob Polley, winner of the Somerset Maugham award, has written a piece for Creative Review...

Three Picador authors are celebrating after their recent success in the 2010 Authors' Awards...

The Music Room by William Fiennes has made the shortlist for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize 2010.

Shalom Auslander will be reading from his new novel, Hope: A Tragedy.

Naomi Wood discusses The Godless Boys at Dark Societies