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2025 Hugo Award Winners Announced

The 2025 Hugo Award Winners were announced at Seattle Worldcon 2025. August 18, 2025

HarperCollins Celebrates 75 Years of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

HarperCollins Children's Books is celebrating the 75th anniversary of C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with new editions and more. August 17, 2025

Scholastic to Publish Manga Version of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants

Scholastic will publish a version of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants in a manga stle with illustrations by Japanese manga artist Motojiro August 7, 2025

New York Post to Launch The California Post

The New York Post Media Group plans to launch The California Post in 2026. It will include mobile, desktop and print editions. August 5, 2025

Sierra Greer Wins 2025 Arthur C. Clarke Award

Sierra Greer has won the 2025 Arthur C. Clarke award for her book, Annie Bot (The Borough Press). June 28, 2025

2025 ITW Thriller Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2025 ITW Thriller Awards have been announced. There are categories for novels, audiobooks, short stories and more. June 28, 2025

Penguin Random House Acquires Personalized Gift Book Publisher Wonderbly

Penguin Random House has announced the acquisition of Wonderbly, a publisher of personalized gift books. June 23, 2025

2024 Nebula Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2024 Nebula Awards have been announced. John Wiswell won in the best novel category. June 22, 2025

Merriam-Webster Names Polarization 2024 Word of the Year

Merriam-Webster has named Polarization the word of the year for 2024. December 9, 2024

Winners of the 2024 Kirkus Prizes Announced

Winners of the 2024 Kirkus Prizes have been announced in Fiction, Nonfiction and Young Readers' Literature. November 10, 2024

Han Kang Wins The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024

Han Kang has been awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024. The Vegetarian is her best known work. October 10, 2024

2024 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

The finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards have been announced. The categories include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people's literature. October 3, 2024

Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist Announced

The Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist has been announced. September 21, 2024

2024 Winners of The Dragon Awards Announced

The winners of the 2024 The Dragon Awards were announced at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia. John Scalzi and Rebecca Yarros won in the sf and fantasy categories. September 10, 2024

Writers Taking Jobs Writing to Train AI

Writers are taking jobs to help train AI and keep AI on track. Some of these jobs pay good hourly rates. September 9, 2024

Costco Plans to Sell Books Only From September to December

Costco plans to make books a season item and will only stock them from September through December. June 8, 2024

Karlie Kloss to Relaunch Life Magazine at Bedford Media

Bedford Media is relaunching Life magazine as a print publication through a deal with Dotdash Meredith. Bedford is led by CEO Karlie Kloss. March 28, 2024

NBF Expands National Book Awards Eligibility Criteria

The Naitonal Book Foundation has expanded the National Book Awards eligibility criteria to include authors who reside in the U.S but do not hold US citizenship. February 16, 2024

Striking Writers and Actors March Together on Hollywood Streets

Thousands of striking writers and actors marched together on Hollywood streets on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. The WGA strike is on day 136. September 14, 2023

Vice Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Vice Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ahead of a sale. The company is being sold for $225 million. May 15, 2023

Oprah Selects The Covenant of Water as 101st Book Club Pick

Oprah Winfrey selected The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese as the 101st for her book club, Oprah's Book Club. May 10, 2023

Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Lawsuit Over Marvin Gaye Song

Ed Sheeran has won a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against him for his song Thinking Out Loud. The suit was brought by the estate of late Ed Townsend. May 4, 2023

WGA Writers on Strike Over Streaming, AI and Preserving the Writers' Room

The WGA writers are on strike after failing to come to an agreement with AMPTP. The issues include streaming, AI and preserving the writers' room. May 2, 2023

Clarkesworld Magazine Temporarily Closes Submissions After Surge in ChatGPT Generated Stories

Clarkesworld magazine has closed to submissions temporarily after receiving a large number of submissions clearly generated with the help of the AI tool ChatGPT. February 22, 2023

Prince Harry Easily Tops Bestseller Lists With Spare

Prince Harry's memoir Spare has arrived in bookstores. The massive press coverage has landed the book atop bestseller lists. January 10, 2023