Roman Mysteries author Caroline Lawrence is working on an exciting new series set in the American West. Orion will launch The Western Mysteries in early summer 2011 with The Case of the Counterfeit Injuns. Putnam will publish in the US. For a taster check out Caroline’s series blog

BBC Films has announced its intention to make Robert Muchamore's CHERUB its first ever movie franchise. Click here to read the story in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.

A sequel to the New York Times bestseller and Notable Book How To Be A Baby, By Me, The Big Sister (aka Sally Lloyd-Jones and Sue Heap) is now out from Schwartz & Wade at Random House. How To Get Married, By Me, The Bride will be followed next year by How To Get A Job, By Me, The Boss.

Look out for Valerie Bloom on Poetry Pie, CBeebies’ innovative poetry programme. For older fans, her extraordinary novel The Tribe is now out in paperback.