Pictures of the week

Clare Balding celebrated the publication of her first children’s book The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop (Puffin) with young riders from Ebony Horse Club in Brixton on Thursday 22nd September.

 

E J Clarke launched his book Rowan Oakwing (Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers) at Waterstones Notting Hill Gate, which was decorated with fairy lights, ivy and maps of London in theme with the book, on Wednesday 21st September.

 

Victoria Hislop launched her new book, Cartes Postales from Greece (Headline), on Thursday 22nd September.

 

Two hundred people attended the Cartes Postales launch, which was held at The Hellenic Centre in London's Marylebone.

 

John A. Marley celebrated the launch of his debut thriller Standstill (Avocado Books) at Belgravia Books on Tuesday 20th September with Eamonn Holmes.

 

Author Jonathan Stroud launched the fourth book in his Lockwood & Co series, The Creeping Shadow (Corgi Children's), on Friday 16th September with a ‘virtual launch event’, which saw him release never-before-seen content through social media, and a signing at the new Harpenden Bookshop in Hertfordshire.

 

Laurence King gave a speech a party for Laurence King Publishing's 25th anniversary, held at the V&A Museum in London on Tueday 20th September.

 

Navaz Batliwalla, Rosanna Falconer and Kathryn Colwell were among the guests as Laurence King Publishing's 25th anniversary party.

 

Michael Palin (right) popped in to the Penguin Random House offices on Tueday 20th September to sign copies of his forthcoming book A Sackful of Limericks (Random House Books). He is pictured with Nigel Wilcockson, Cornerstone publishing director and Susan Sandon, Cornerstone managing director.

 

Marie-José Gransard launched her book Venice: A Literary Guide for Travellers (IB Tauris) at Fondazione Ugo ed Olga Levi in Venice.

 

Polish author Zygmunt Miloszewski and his translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones, were at The Balcon restaurant in Waterloo Place, London, on Monday 19th September for the launch of Rage, which Amazon Crossing has signed world rights for.

 

 Brian Cox OBE (left) and Bill Bryson presented Andrea Wulf with the £25,000 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize on 19th September.

 

Chorleywood Bookshop hosted Victoria Hislop (centre) on Tuesday 20th September, who was interviewed by local author Antonia Honeywell (left) about Cartes Postales. They are pictured with Chorleywood Bookshop owner Sheryl Shurville.

 

Penguin Random House threw a party to celebrate 21 years since Marian Keyes' first novel was published on the rooftop of the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho, London on Thursday 22nd September. Guests included Lorraine Kelly (right), pictured with Keyes.