We're delighted to announce that Jo Nesbo's first Harry Hole thriller The Bat is now available in hardback and ebook in the UK - you can find out more and buy The Bat here! The book opens with Harry being sent to Australia to help with the investigation of a young Norwegian girl found murdered in Sydney... and Harry is determined to discover what really happened. BBC Radio 4 interviewed Jo yesterday evening about the book on Front Row, click here to listen again. You can also listen online here to Jo's sold out headliner event from this year's Harrogate Festival too.

Jo Nesbo will celebrate the UK release of his first Harry Hole thriller The Bat with an exclusive London signing at Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London, on Friday 19th October. The event is free - for more information and to enter a competition to win copies of all Jo's Harry Hole thrillers please visit the Foyles website here. Jo Nesbo's The Bat will be published on Thursday 11th October - you can pre-order your copy now to make sure you're one of the first to read about Harry's first case.

We've got some exciting news for UK Jo Nesbo fans this week! This Friday 28th September at 9pm, Jo will feature on ITV3's Crime Connections series - don't miss his exclusive video interview filmed at this year's Harrogate festival.

And don't forget that Jo is on the shortlist for the Specsavers Bestseller Dagger shortlist, voted for by the public! If you haven't already, click here to visit the website and vote now for Jo to win! The winner will be presented with the Dagger at the awards ceremony and all five authors will also be inducted into the Crime Thriller Hall of Fame. Voters will also be entered into a prize draw to win signed copies of all the winning books.

It's now only a month to go until we publish Jo Nesbo's The Bat, his first Harry Hole thriller, in the UK! This weekend there was a fantastic interview with Jo in the Independent on Sunday, where he discusses The Bat, his father, his time as a footballer, Norway’s reaction to Anders Breivik and why he writes - to read it now please click here. Make sure you pre-order your copy of The Bat now so you're the first to start reading about Harry's first case on October 11th.

his month Jo Nesbo features on the Vintage Books podcast - a free monthly books podcast produced by his UK publisher and hosted by Alex Clark with author interviews, book news and discussions on subjects ranging from literary fiction to graphic novels, cookery to crime fiction, history and travel to sport, biography and poetry.

The podcast is a crime special - all of the Vintage crime authors who took part in this year’s Theakston Old Peculiar Harrogate Crime Writing Festival feature, including Jo Nesbo, Stuart Neville, Oliver Harris, Jason Webster and Arne Dahl feature; and Alex Clark interviews human rights lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith about his new book, Injustice.

Click here to listen online now or download for your iPod or any other mp3 player.