Anthony Doerr Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Elizabeth Kolbert won for General Nonfiction. April 20, 2015

Archie, Betty and Veronica Will Battle the Sharknado This Summer

Archie Comics is doing a crossover edition with Syfy this summer in honor of Sharknado 3. Archie, Veronica, Betty and Jughead will battle flying sharks in a special edition. April 18, 2015

Court Appointed Monitor Complains About Apple in Latest Report

Court appointed monitor Michael Bromwich is butting heads with Apple again. In his new report he says no one will talk to him since January. April 17, 2015

2015 Pen Literary Awards Shortlists Announced

The PEN American Center announced the shortlists for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards.Cynthia Bond, Phil Klay are two of the authors on the Debut Fiction shortlist. April 16, 2015

Books by Sherman Alexie and Toni Morrison Make List of Most Banned Books

Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye are two of the most banned books of 2014. April 14, 2015

Amazon and HarperCollins Come to Terms, Sign New Deal

Amazon and HarperCollins have settled their differences and inked a new deal for ebook pricing. April 14, 2015

Laura Bush Named 2015 Wonk of the Year

Laura Bush has won the 2015 Wonk of the Year award. The award is given by American University. April 13, 2015

John Green Moved to Tears by Shailene Woodley's Award Speech

Shailene Woodley moved The Fault in Our Stars author John Green to tears with her tribute to him at the MTV Movie Awards. She dedicated her award to him. April 13, 2015

J.K. Rowling Leaves Door Open for More Books in Potter Universe

J.K. Rowling discusses her charity Lumos, and leaves the door open for more books set in the Harry Potter universe. April 11, 2015

A Bee Interrupts President Obama's Storytelling Time at Easter Egg Roll

President Obama read Where the Wild Things Are to children as part of the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House. But the bees tried to interrupt. April 6, 2015

Actress Abigail Breslin Cuts Book Deal With HarperCollins

Actress Abigail Breslin will publish her first book with HarperCollins. The book is called This May Sound Crazy. April 5, 2015

First Annual Independent Bookstore Day is May 2nd

California Bookstore Day was such a success last year, the event is going nationwide on May 2, 2015. April 4, 2015

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 10 to be Published on November 3

The tenth entry in the popular Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney will go on sale on November 3, 2015. March 31, 2015

T.S. Eliot's Summer Home to Become Writer's Retreat, Complete With Ghost

Nobel Prize winning poet and author T.S. Eliot's childhood home in Gloucester, Massachusetts, will be a writer's retreat. The last owner said he used to see Eliot's ghost. March 31, 2015

Fancy Nancy to Become Animated Disney Junior Series

The Fancy Nancy series will become an animated movie and series on Disney Junior. March 30, 2015

Ferguson Librarian Wins $10,000 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity

Ferguson Public Library's Scott Bonner has won the ALA's second annual Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity. March 30, 2015

Nobel Prize Winning Poet Tomas Transtromer Dead at 83

Swedish poet, author and translator Tomas Transtromer has died at the age of 83. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011. March 28, 2015

Scholastic Releases Cover of New Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Scholastic has released the cover of the upcoming illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. March 27, 2015

MoMA Commissions 10 Works From Top Poets for Jacob Lawrence Exhibition

The New York Museum of Modern Art has asked ten top poets to write poems inspired by the Jacob Lawrence exhibit. The poems will be read at an event on May 1st. March 26, 2015

Akhil Sharma Wins 2015 Folio Prize for Novel Family Life

American novelist Akhil Sharma has won the 2015 Folio Prize for his novel Family Life. March 25, 2015

Simon and Schuster Launches Spirituality Imprint Called Enliven

Atria has chosen author and Fair Trade entrepreneur Zhena Muzyka as the Publisher at Large of its new spirituality and self-help imprint called Enliven. March 23, 2015

Wimpy Kid Author Jeff Kinney to Open Bookstore

Jeff Kinney, author of the bestselling Wimpy Kid book series, is opening a bookstore in Plainville, Massachusetts. March 22, 2015

Stephen King Short Story Collection Will Include Writing Advice

Stephen King will publish a short story collection called The Bazaar of Bad Dreams in November. Each story will include a writerly commentary on the motivation and origins. March 19, 2015

Joan Didion New York Essay to Be Feature Film

Joan Didion's classic essay Goodbye to All That will be adapted into a feature film. The producers are looking for a female director and screenwriter. March 18, 2015

Little, Brown to Publish Lego Children's Books and Graphic Novels

Little, Brown has cut a deal with Lego to publish a line of children's books and graphic novels. March 16, 2015