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The winners of the 2021 Selfies have been announced. The annual awards are for self-published books. Read more... August 2, 2021
J.K. Rowling's The Christmas Pig to be Published by Scholastic
Scholastic will publish a new children's book by J.K. Rowling called The Christmas Pig. Read more... May 10, 2021
Amanda Gorman Delivers Powerful Inaugural Poem, The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman delivered her inaugural poem, The Hill We Climb, at President Joe Biden's inauguration. Read more... January 21, 2021
Louise Gluck Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020
American poet Louise Gluck is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020. The award was presented by Mats Malm. Read more... October 8, 2020
Twitter Adds Quote Tweets Feature
Twitter has added a new feature called Quote Tweets that lets you find all the retweets with comments in one place. Read more... September 1, 2020
John Green Discusses Revelatory Piece of Writing Advice
Author John Green discusses some revelatory writing advice he received in college in an interview on 60 Minutes. Read more... July 29, 2020
Hearst Evaluating Plans for O, The Oprah Magazine Print Edition
Hearst says it is evaluating plans for the frequency of the print version of O, The Oprah Magazine for 2021. It denies the print version is ending this year. Read more... July 28, 2020
Trump Threatens John Bolton Over New Book
President Donald Trump is threatening his former national security adviser John Bolton over his upcoming memoir, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir. Read more... June 16, 2020
New York Publishers Not Rushing Workers Back to the Office
New York City has started phase 1 of its reopening plan but Manhattan publishers are not in a hurry to get employees back to the office. Read more... June 8, 2020
James Bennet Resigns as New York Times Editorial Page Editor
James Bennet has resigned as the Editorial page editor of The New York Times after published a controversial op-ed by Senator Tom Cotton. Read more... June 7, 2020
Melania Trump Reads The Little Rabbit by Nicola Killen for Easter
Melania Trump read from The Little Rabbit by Nicola Killen for Easter 2020. She read while sitting on a white bench. Read more... April 13, 2020
Katy Perry Wins Dark Horse Copyright Case
Katy Perry wins the Dark Horse copyright case after a federal judge overturns the jury's 2019 decision. Read more... March 18, 2020
London Book Fair Canceled Over Coronavirus
The 2020 London Book Fair has been canceled because of the coronavirus which has been spreading around the world. Read more... March 5, 2020
Facebook Appears to Target Pinterest with New Hobbi App
Facebook has launched an app called Hobbi that is similar in style to Pinterest. The app is designed for sharing personal project photos and videos. Read more... February 14, 2020
Val Kilmer Publishing Memoir with Simon & Schuster
Actor Val Kilmer is publishing a memoir with Simon & Schuster. The book, I'm Your Huckleberry, will be published on April 21, 2020. Read more... January 10, 2020
Cats Film Could Boost Interest in T.S. Eliot's Poetry Despite Box Office Losses
The new Cats movie is not a box office success but it should still help generate new interest in T.S. Eliot's cat poetry, including his Practical Cats collection. Read more... January 4, 2020
Christopher Paolini to Publish Science Fiction Novel with Tor Books
Christopher Paolin will publish a science fiction novel with Tor Books in September 2020 called To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. Read more... January 1, 2020
Quid Pro Quo, Snitty Among Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year
Merriam-Webster has released its 2019 Words of the Year and the Word of the Year. Several of them are related to Trump political scandals. Read more... December 10, 2019
REI Launches Uncommon Path Print Magazine
REI has a new print magazine called Uncommon Path. Read more... October 11, 2019
Scholastic to Publish The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Scholastic has announced it will publish a new novel by Suzanne Collins set in The Hunger Games universe. It is called The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Read more... October 11, 2019
Laura Lippman Discusses Her Visual and Colorful Outlining Technique
Laura Lippman explains her unique outlining process that is visual and colorful in a blog post and video. Read more... September 17, 2019
George R.R. Martin Writing at His Own Pace Post HBO Series
George R.R. Martin says having the HBO series based on his books end is freeing. He says he is now writing at his own pace as he completes the final two books in the series. Read more... August 22, 2019
Good Omens Made Into Entertaining Mini-Series
The Good Omens novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett has been made into an entertaining mini-series for Amazon Prime. Read more... August 1, 2019
Avon Books Seeks HEA and HFN Romances
Avon Books has announced it is open for submissions. Avon is seeking HEA and HFN romances in all subgenres. Read more... July 22, 2019
The Mueller Report to be Published as a Graphic Novel
The Mueller Report has been published as a graphic novel by IDW. The comic is written and illustrated by Shannon Wheeler and Steve Duin. Read more... June 25, 2019