Margaret Atwood Contributes Inaugural Manuscript to the Future Library

Margaret Atwood is the first author to contribute a book to the Future Library. The books will be printed in 100 years. May 26, 2015

Anna Kendrick to Publish Essay Collection in Fall 2016

Anna Kendrick will publish an essay collection in Fall 2016 through Touchstone and Simon & Schuster Audio May 25, 2015

Charles Dickens' Writing Desk Purchased by Museum

The Charles Dickens Museum will be putting Dickens' writing desk and chain on display after buying it. May 25, 2015

Two Mountains Read Your Tweets Aloud at the Mountains of Mouthness

The Mountains of Mouthness are mountains that will read tweets for you. May 23, 2015

Netflix Orders Green Eggs and Ham Animated Series

Netflix has ordered a Green Eggs and Ham animated series. It will contain 13 episodoes. May 23, 2015

Author Herman Wouk Publishing Memoir for His 100th Birthday

Bestselling author Herman Wouk turns 100 on May 27th. He's finishing up his memoir which will hit bookstores in December. May 22, 2015

Researcher Says He has Found the First True Portrait of William Shakespeare

Botanist and researcher mark Griffiths says he has discovered the first contemporary portrait of William Shakespeare. It is the first true image of what the Bard looked like. May 21, 2015

The New Yorker's Broken Arch Cover Wins Cover of the Year

The New Yorker's Broken Arch cover won the 2014 Cover of the Year in the ASME Best Cover Contest May 20, 2015

Laini Taylor Inks Deal for New Fantasy Trilogy

Laini Taylor, author of The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy just signed a three book deal with Little, Brown for a new fantasy series. May 17, 2015

Kensington Launches Two New Book Imprints

Kensignton Publishing has launched two new digital imprints: Lyrical Shine and Lyrical Underground. They are actively looking for new authors. May 17, 2015

Cheryl Strayed and Pankaj Mishra Discuss Sexism in the Literary World

Wild author Cheryl Strayed and award-winning Indian essaying Pankaj Mishra discuss the sexism that women authors face when writing about domestic themes. May 13, 2015

Patricia Cornwell Inks Deal for Two More Kay Scarpetta Novels

Bestselling author Patricia Cornwell just signed a deal for two more Kay Scarpetta novels. The books will be published by William Morrow. May 12, 2015

First International Dylan Thomas Day is May 14, 2015

Literature Wales has declared May 14th as Dylan Thomas Day from hence forward. There are many events, including helping the Welsh poet laureate create a new poem. May 11, 2015

Scholars Find Treasure Trove of Mark Twain's Early Writing

Scholars at UC Berkeley have tracked down Mark Twain's early columns written while he lived in San Francisco nearly 150 years ago. They also found personal letters. May 7, 2015

Neil Gaiman, Alison Bechdel, Art Spiegelman Step in as Table Hosts for PEN Gala

Neil Gaiman, Alison Bechdel, Art Spiegelman, George Packer, Azar Nafisi and Alain Mabanckouand will step in as table hosts at the PEN Gala which will honor Charlie Hebdo. May 4, 2015

Crime Novelist Ruth Rendell Dead at 85

Bestselling crime novelist Ruth Rendell has died at the age of 85. Baroness Rendell suffered a severe stroke in January and died in a London hospital. May 3, 2015

Uptown Funk Gets Five More Writers in Settlement of Copyright Dispute

Gap Band gets writing credit on Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' hit Uptown Funk in settlement of copyright dispute. May 2, 2015

Stephen King and Gillian Flynn Win 2015 Edgar Awards

Stephen King, Gillian Flynn and James Ellroy were all winners at the 2015 Edgar Awards. May 1, 2015

St. Martin's Press Forming New Military Imprint SOFREP Books

St. Martin's Press has partnered with Force12 Media to form a new military imprint called SOFREP Books. The first titles will roll out in 2016. April 30, 2015

Write A House Giving Away Second House to Writing Resident

Write A House is giving away its second house in Detroit to the next Writing Resident. Applications are open until June 5th for the innovative project. April 29, 2015

DC Comics Launching DC Super Hero Girls Line of Books, Toys and Graphic Novels

DC Comics is launching DC Super Hero Girls, which features the young versions of female superheroes such as Wonder Woman and Batgirl. April 28, 2015

Reese Witherspoon to Narrate Audiobook of New Harper Lee Novel

Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon will narrate the audiobook version of the upcoming Harper Lee novel, Go Set a Watchman. April 27, 2015

American Author Yiyun Li Wins World's Richest Short Story Prize

American author Yiyun Li has won the Sunday Times Short Story Award, which is the richest short story competition in the world with a purse of $45,680. April 27, 2015

Young Adult Titles to be Focus of 2015 Banned Books Week

For the 2015 Banned Books Week, young adult titles will be the focus. YA titles are the most challenged and banned of all books. April 24, 2015

E.L. James' Husband to Write Script for 50 Shades of Grey Sequel

E.L. James' husband, screenwriter and novelist Niall Leonard, will write the script for Fifty Shades Darker. Now the studio need to find a new director. April 23, 2015