Screenwriter and Playwright Judi Ann Mason Dead at 54

Pioneering writer and playwright has died of a ruptured aorta. July 15, 2009

Farrah Fawcett's Close Friend to Publish Book

Reuters reports that Alana Stewart, a close friend of late actress Farrah Fawcett. July 13, 2009

Ted Hughes Award: Carol Ann Duffy Establishes New Poetry Prize

The Guardian reports that Britain's Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy has announced a new poetry prize celebrating poetry. July 13, 2009

Royal Family Joins Twitter

The BBC reports that the British Royal Family has joined Twitter. July 12, 2009

James Frey Pens Teen Alien Series for HarperCollins

James Frey, the author of the discredited, memoir A Million Little Pieces, is now writing science fiction for young adults. July 10, 2009

Terrorism and Censorship: An Interview With Peter Lance

Peter Lance explains how U.S. District Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald threatened to sue his publisher and stop publication of his 9/11 expose Triple Cross. July 10, 2009

Michael Jackson Has Most Popular Facebook Page

AllFacebook reports that Michael Jackson is now the most popular person on Facebook. July 7, 2009

Cover Art for The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown Released

Here is the cover art for the new novel, The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. There is a blood red wax seal, the D.C. skyline and more. July 7, 2009

ABC to Publish Novel Tie-in For Hit Show Castle

ABC is going to publish a book to go with the second season of Castle. July 6, 2009

Authors Turn Booksellers to Help Promote Oxfam Bookfest

Authors and celebrities have joined forces to help promote the first annual Oxfam Bookfest, a nationwide book festival in Great Britain. July 6, 2009

Twitter Turns Hashtags Into Links

TechCrunch reports that Twitter has started linking hashtags. July 3, 2009

Bing Search Returns Tweet From Popular Twitter Accounts

Microsoft's new search engine Bing is now indexing tweets from some popular Twitter accounts. July 2, 2009

Vikram Seth Writing Sequel to A Suitable Boy

Reuters reports that Indian author Vikram Seth is writing a sequel to his novel, A Suitable Boy. July 2, 2009

Screaming Whalers Tale Wins Bulwer-Lytton Contest

David McKenzie has won the grand prize in San Jose State University's annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. July 2, 2009

Judge Stops Publication of Catcher in the Rye Sequel

A federal district court judge in Manhattan has ruled that a Swedish author may not publish a sequel to J. July 1, 2009

Authors Demand Great Britain Make School Libraries Mandatory

High profile authors are banding together with teachers, publishers and librarians to ask the British government to fund a statutory scheme of school libraries. July 1, 2009

TMZ, Mainstream Media Get Traffic Boost From Michael Jackson's Death

AOL's TMZ. June 30, 2009

Retweeting Basics From CNN

Naamua Delaney talked about the power of retweeting on Twitter with CNN. June 29, 2009

Author Alice Hoffman Criticizes Book Critic on Twitter

The L. June 29, 2009

Will Zondervan Still Publish Kate Gosselin's Cookbook?

Kate Gosselin has a book scheduled for release in October called Love Is in the Mix: Making Meals into Memories. June 27, 2009

Rhianna Pratchett Talks Writing For Video Games

Terry Pratchett's daughter Rhianna Pratchett has found success in the video game realm. June 27, 2009

Chris Anderson Says Copied Wikipedia Passages Were Unintentional Mistake

Wired editor in chief Chris Anderson has admitted that some of the passages in his new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price were copied from Wikipedia. June 25, 2009

Author Edward Hogan Wins Desmond Elliott Prize

Reuters reports that author Edward Hogan has won the Desmond Elliott Prize. June 24, 2009

President Says Economy Will Get Worse

Raw Story reports that President Obama warned in a news conference that the economy will get worse and unemployment will climb over 10%. June 23, 2009

Final Facebook Username Registration Date Approaching

The June 28th data for registering Facebook Usernames for their Facebook Pages is approaching. June 23, 2009