Rick Atkinson to Write Trilogy about American Revolution

Author Rick Atkinson will write a trilogy about the American Revolution. The series will be published by Henry Holt and Company May 27, 2013

T.Y. Lin International Wins IABC 2013 Gold Quill Award

T.Y. Lin International has won the IABC 2013 Gold Quill Award for its art book, The Bridge at Hoover Dam. May 27, 2013

Amazon's Kindle Worlds Lets Writers Publish Fan Fiction

Amazon's has launched Kindle Worlds, a new platform for fan fiction. It launches with Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars and Vampire Diaries. May 27, 2013

Lydia Davis Wins Man Booker International Prize 2013

American author Lydia Davis is the winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2013. She is known for her short short stories as little as two sentences long. May 27, 2013

Joss Whedon Talks New Characters for Avengers 2, Why He Did a Shakespeare Film

Joss Whedon describes the two new superheroes for Avengers 2 and brings a new clip from Much Ado About Nothing starring Nathan Fillion May 25, 2013

Lea Michele to Publish Book Called Brunette Ambition

Lea Michele has cut a book deal with Harmony Books to publish a book called Brunette Ambition May 23, 2013

Joss Whedon Denies He's Making $100 Million for Avengers 2

Joss Whedon debunks the crazy rumors about his salary for Avengers 2. He also denies he made it winter for three years. May 23, 2013

Twitter Launches Two-Step Account Verification

Twitter has launched two-step verification for Twitter accounts. The two-factor authentication sends a six-digit code to the user's mobile phone. May 22, 2013

Sharon Osbourne to Publish Children's Book Called Mama Hook Knows Best

Sharon Osbourne is publishing a children's book with Disney Publishing called Mama Hook Knows Best based on her character from Jake and the Never Land Pirates. May 22, 2013

New Irish Postage Stamp Contains Short Story

A new postage stamp issued by Dublin's General Post Office contains a 224 word short story by Eoin Moore. May 22, 2013

Yahoo Acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

Yahoo is acquiring the Tumblr blogging service for $1.1 billion. Yahoo promises not to screw it up in a press release. May 21, 2013

Dan Brown Talks Inferno With Stephen Colbert

Dan Brown discusses his book Inferno on The Colbert Report. Stephen makes anagrams out of Dan's name. May 21, 2013

J.K. Rowling Reveals the Origins of Quidditch in Unique Annotated First Edition to Be Auctioned for Charity

J.K. Rowling says she invented Quidditch after a fight with her boyfriend. She reveals other tidbits in annotated edition of Harry Potter being auctioned for charity. May 18, 2013

Rumor: Yahoo to Acquire Tumblr

There is a rumor that Yahoo may acquire Tumblr. Yahoo will reportedly make the decison this weekend as to whether or not to pay $1.1 billion for the popular blogging platform. May 17, 2013

2013 Children's Choice Book Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2013 Children's Choice Book Awards have been announced. Jeff Kinney was named author of the year. May 17, 2013

Five Authors Selected as Candidates for Nobel Prize in Literature

The Permanent Secreatry of the Swedish Academy announced there are now five candidates for the Nobel Prize for Literature. As is tradition, the names were not revealed. May 17, 2013

Martin Short to Publish Memoir With Harper

Martin Short will published his memoir in Fall 2014. The autobiography is Maritn Short's first book and will be published through HarperCollins' Harper imprint. May 14, 2013

Zendaya Signs Book Deal With Disney Publishing

Zendaya, start of Shake it Up, has signed a book deal with Disney Publishing's Hyperion imprint. May 13, 2013

Stephen Colbert and Carey Mulligan Get Intellectual and Discuss The Great Gatsby

Carey Mulligan admits a dark secret to Stephen Colbert -- she can't read and has no idea what The Great Gatsby is about. But LeVar Burton is there to help. May 11, 2013

Eoin Colfer Launches New Book Series Called WARP

Eoin Colfer, the author of the Artemis Fowl books, has launched a new series called WARP May 10, 2013

Translators Working on Dan Brown's Inferno Kept Locked in Publisher's High-Security Basement for Days

Translators working on translating Dan Brown's Inferno into multiple languages were kept locked in the basement of for several days. They were watched by armed guards. May 10, 2013

32 People Killed in Bangladesh in Violent Uproar Over Blogging Perceived as Blasphemous

There has been a violent uproar in Bangladesh over blogging Islamist protesters believe is blasphemous. The protesters wants the bloggers excuted. May 7, 2013

Literary Science Magazine Called Nautilus Launches

Nautilus is a new literary science magazine. It covers a new topic each month and publishes a new chapter every Thursday. May 7, 2013

Rod Stewart Talks Overcoming Writer's Block

Rod Stewart talks about overcoming writer's block, which he says last for about twenty years. Stewart credits his autobiography for giving him new song ideas. May 7, 2013

Governor Chris Christie Kills Spider, PETA Calls it a Thoughtless Act

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie crushed a spider on a desk during a visit to a fourth grade class and now PETA is angry at him. May 6, 2013