Salman Rushdie is Writing Novel With Trump-Like Villain

Salman Rushdie's next novel, The Golden House, takes aim at the Trump Administration, the Tea Party and the backlash against political correctness. Read more... February 10, 2017

Hillary Clinton Signs Book Deal With Simon & Schuster

Hillary Clinton has signed a book deal with Simon & Schuster. She will write a book of essays based on quotations that helped her through tough times Read more... February 3, 2017

Javaka Steptoe Wins 2017 Caldecott Medal for Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Javaka Steptoe has won the 2017 Caldecott Medal for Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat Read more... February 2, 2017

Literary Agents Put Out an Open Call for Submissions From Muslim Writers

A group of 60 literary agents has put out a call for submissions from Muslim writers. The call spans all genres. Read more... February 1, 2017

New York Times Dumps Comics and Mass Market Paperback Bestseller Lists

Publishers and authors were shocked to learn that the New York Times is dropping a number of its bestseller lists, including comics and mass market paperbacks. Read more... January 31, 2017

Kelly Barnhill Wins 2017 Newbery Medal for The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Barnhill won the 2017 Newbery Medal for her fantasy novel, The Girl Who Drank the Moon. She says she was gobsmacked by the win. Read more... January 30, 2017

A French Translator Describes the Difficulty of Translating President Trump

French translator Berengere Viennot explains why translating President Donald Trump's speeches into French is so difficult. Read more... January 29, 2017

Donald Trump Blows a Kiss at FBI Director James Comey

Donald Trump blew a kiss to FBI Director James Comey during their first meeting at The White House. Find out more and watch Comey's reaction to the kiss in the video. Read more... January 23, 2017

Merriam-Webster Calls Out Kellyanne Conway for 'Alternative Facts'

Merriam-Webster lectured Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway on what facts are in a tweet today. Conway advocated the use of alternative facts, which are actually falsehoods. Read more... January 22, 2017

Donald Trump Tags Wrong Ivanka in Retweet of Random Twitter User

Donald Trump retweeted a tweet last night that links to the wrong Ivanka. SNL has poked fun at him for his habit of retweeting random Twitter users. Read more... January 17, 2017

Trump Nominee Monica Crowley Felled by Plagiarism Scandal

Trump nominee Monica Crowley has withdrawn from consideration for NSC post after major plagiarism scandal. Read more... January 17, 2017

Donald Trump to Use Personal Twitter Account as President

Donald Trump will keep his Twitter account as President and will not switch to the Twitter account designated for POTUS Read more... January 16, 2017

Yahoo's Remaining Assets to be Named Altaba After Verizon Purchase

The remaining Yahoo assets will be named Altaba Inc following the Verizon acquisition. Read more... January 9, 2017

Meryl Streep Blasts Donald Trump and Supports Journalists at 2017 Golden Globes

Meryl Streep blasted Donald Trump at the 2017 Golden Globes. She also supported journalists to stand up to power. Read more... January 8, 2017

Damien Chazelle Wins Best Screenplay and Best Director at Golden Globes for La La Land

Damien Chazelle took home the Golden Globe awards for Best Screenplay and Best Director at the 2017 Golden Globes. Read more... January 8, 2017

Oprah Winfrey Talks New Cookbook With Stephen Colbert

Oprah Winfrey talks about her new food memoir and cookbook with Stephen Colbert. She also shows him how to make anything sound fabulous. Read more... January 5, 2017

2016 Costa Book Awards Category Winners Announced

The category winners of the 2016 Costa Book Awards have been announced. Read more... January 4, 2017

Donald Trump Blasts CNN For Using Unflattering Photo for Election Book Cover

President Elect Donald Trump is unhappy that CNN used an unflattering portrait of him for the cover of its new book, Unprecedented, which tells the story of his poltiical victory. Read more... January 2, 2017

Donald Trump Boots Biographer Off Golf Course

President Elect Donald Trump kicked one of his biographers off his golf course in Jupiter, Floria Friday. The biography was quite unflattering to the PEOTUS. Read more... January 1, 2017

Milo Yiannopoulos Inks $250,000 Book Deal With Simon & Schuster

Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos just landed a $250,000 book deal with Simon & Schuster. He says being banned from Twitter helped him land the gig. Read more... December 29, 2016

A Princess and an Author: Carrie Fisher Taken Too Soon

Actress and bestselling author Carrie Fisher has died at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles. Read more... December 28, 2016

Charlie Rose Reads Twas the Night Before Christmas

Charlie Rose read from Twas the Night Before Christmas in this Christmas video from CBS This Morning. Read more... December 23, 2016

Trump Typo Causes 'Unpresidented' to Trend on Twitter

Trump's unpresidented typo trends on Twitter after Trump mistakenly entered it in a tweet about China taking one of our research drones. Read more... December 17, 2016

Instagram Reaches 600 Million User Mark

Instagram has reached the 600 million user mark. Instagram says 100 million were added in the past six months. Read more... December 15, 2016

Oprah Winfrey's New Book Imprint Will Publish The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

Oprah Winfrey's new book imprint, An Oprah Book, will publish The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis in 2018 Read more... December 15, 2016