Booker prize-winner DBC Pierre has just published his second novel. Ludmila's Broken English: A Novel is the title of this offering to the great unwashed from the Ireland-based author who was born in Adelaide (now the home of Nobel prize-winner J.M. Coetzee).

We look forward to reading it.

Also on the market after publishing 'Wrong About Japan' in 2004 is Peter Carey, another home-grown expat. Amazon is taking orders for delivery after 9 May. On its Web site Random House is advertising several events around the release of Theft: A Love Story.

We also look forward to reading that.