The International OCD Foundation publishes a firsthand account of living with OCD each week on the OCD Story page of its website, and welcomes submissions of 1,000 word accounts from people living with OCD, their family and friends, researchers and medical professionals. Website: https://iocdf.org/ocdstories/
Philip Pullman has revealed that he has already completed the second in his new trilogy The Book of Dust. The first volume, La Belle Sauvage, launched at midnight on 19 October, with bookshop events taking place around the UK.
The Folio Society’s Book Illustration Competition is inviting entrants to submit three illustrations and a binding design for a collection of Sherlock Holmes’ short stories by 17 January. The winner will receive £5,000 and a Folio Society commission. It is 125 years since the first Sherlock Holmes short story was published. Website: www.foliosociety.com