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George R.R. Martin Says The Winds of Winter Will Not Be Released in 2018

Winter is not coming is the word from author George R.R. Martin. His next novel, The Winds of Winter, will not be coming out this year. Read more... April 26, 2018

James Comey's A Higher Loyalty Quickly Sells Over 600,000 Copies

James Comey has sold over 600,000 copies of his book, A Higher Loyalty, in the first week of sale alone. Read more... April 24, 2018

How Many Words is That?

Find out word counts for different types of writing from tweets to novels including short stories, fiction, novels and more. Read more... April 16, 2018

Motivate Yourself to Write Daily with 750 Words

A website called 750 Words helps motivate writers to write daily. 750 Words is equal to about three pages of writing. Read more... March 26, 2018

Apple Acquires Texture Digital Magazine Subscription Service

Apple announced today's that it has acquired Texture from Next Issue Media, LLC. Read more... March 12, 2018

Joss Whedon Exits Batgirl Over Lack of a Story

Joss Whedon has exited the Warner Bros. Batgirl film project. He was set to be writer and director of the movie. Read more... February 23, 2018

Kylie Jenner Crushes Snapchat Stock With Tweet

Kylie Jenner tweeted that she doesn't use Snapchat anymore and shares of the parent company, Snap, plummeted. Read more... February 22, 2018

Disney Announces Unlimited Squirrels Series by Mo Willems

Disney Publishing has announced it will publish a new children's series by Mo Willems called Unlimited Squirrels. Read more... February 10, 2018

Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury Divides Trump and Bannon Supporters

Michael Wolff's new book, Fire and Fury, is full of explosive comments from White House insiders. It has already topped the Amazon bestseller list. Read more... January 4, 2018

Henry Holt Rushes Fire and Fury Into Bookstores After Trump Legal Threat

Henry Holt is expediting publication of Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff after Trump's cease and desist legal threat. Read more... January 4, 2018

Why Is A Raven Like A Writing Desk?

The Mad Hatter asked Alice the following riddle: Why Is A Raven Like A Writing Desk? Lewis Carroll did not initially provide an answer to the riddle. Read more... December 15, 2017

Chewbacca and the Porgs Book for Kids

A cute illustrated book about Chewbacca and the porgs arrives in bookstores in December. Read more... October 29, 2017

George Saunders Wins 2017 Man Booker Prize

George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo. It his first full-length novel. Read more... October 17, 2017

Kazuo Ishiguro Wins 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature

Kazuo Ishiguro is the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. His most recent novel, The Buried Giant, was published in 2015. Read more... October 5, 2017

Fairy Tale Mark Twain Created for His Daughters Published as Children's Book

A previously unpublished fairy tale by Mark Twain has arrived in bookstores. It is brought to life by Philip and Erin Stead. Read more... September 27, 2017

Kim Jong Un's Dotard Insult Sends Americans Scrambling for Dictionaries

Kim Jong Un called President Trump a dotard in a new threat forcing millions to look up the word. The word dotard is now trending on Twitter. Read more... September 21, 2017

Hillary Clinton's Book What Happened Arrives in Stores

Hillary Clinton has released her memoir, What Happened. She explains what happened in the controversial and confusing 2016 presidential election. Read more... September 12, 2017

Jorie Graham Wins the 2017 Wallace Stevens Award

Jorie Graham has won the Wallace Stevens Award. The award carries a stiped of $100,000. Read more... September 2, 2017

Boston Poets Launch City of Notions, Boston's First Anthology of Poetry

Boston poets have collaborated on the city's first anthology of poetry. It is called City of Notions. Read more... July 29, 2017

Harry Potter History of Magic Books to Published in Conjunction With Exhibition

Two Harry Potter books about the History of Magic will be published by Bloomsbury in October 2017. Read more... July 19, 2017

Donna Brazile to Publish Book About Hacked 2016 Election

Donna Brazile is writing a book called Hacks about the 2016 election and the Russian hack of the DNC. Read more... July 18, 2017

WWE Video is Source of Donald Trump's Juvenile CNN Bodyslamming Video

A WWE video is the source of a video Donald Trump shared on Twitter where he bodyslams a CNN reporter. Read more... July 2, 2017

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue is Latest Oprah's Book Club Pick

Oprah has selected Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue as her latest Oprah's Book Club selection. This is Imbolo's debut novel. Read more... June 26, 2017

Bill Clinton and James Patterson Collaborate on Mystery Novel

Bill Clinton and James Patterson are collaborating on a mystery novel set for publication in June 2018. Read more... June 19, 2017

Dean Koontz' The Silent Corner Arrives in Stores on June 20th

Dean Koontz's latest novel is a suspense thriller called The Silent Corner. It arrives in stores on June 20th, 2017. Read more... June 19, 2017