Kate Mosse  

Biography: Kate is the author of two non-fiction books and three novels, including the multi-million selling international No 1 bestseller, Labyrinth . Translated into 37 languages and published in 40 countries, it won 'Richard & Judy's Best Read' at the 2006 British Book Awards and was chosen as one of Waterstone's Top 100 novels of the past twenty five years. A guest presenter for BBC Radios 4's Saturday Review and Open Book , Kate is also a book reviewer for BBC Breakfast News and for Simon Mayo on Radio Five Live. The Co-Founder & Honorary Director of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction , Kate is also on the Board of Arts & Business in the South West Sussex Arts Group. In 2006 she was awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Chichester . Kate lives with her family in West Sussex and Carcassonne . Kate's new novel Sepulchre (Orion £18.99 is published on 31st October.

Abstract: Back on Track - Libraries and Reading

Where is it all going and how will the National Year of Reading Help?

Kate Mosse , best selling author, looks at authors' attitudes to libraries and talks about how they can work with libraries to build reading audiences. Most novelists are more interested in extending and developing both their readership, and those of others, so the fact that libraries lend books - rather than sell - is not important. Libraries offer a much better way to engage with local community and of really getting word of mouth going.