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Wesley Snipes Inks Deal With Harper Voyager for Supernatural Thriller Talon of God Actor Wesley Snipes is now an author. The Blade star has written his first novel called Talon of God. The supernatural thriller will be published by Harper Voyager. Wesley co-wrote the book with Ray Norman. Deadline reports that the book's lead is Lauren Jefferson, a young doctor who becomes involved with Talon Hunter, a spirit warrior. The two get become involved in an epic battle between the forces of Heaven and Hell. Read more... December 12, 2016 Brooklyn Beckham to Release Photography Book Brooklyn Beckham, the eldest son of David Beckham and Victoria Beckham, is publishing his first book. Penguin Random House Children's UK has snapped up the hardcover rights to the 17 year old's first book of photography. An avid photographer, Brooklyn often shares his photos on his Instagram account, where he has 8.8 million followers. Read more... December 8, 2016 Stephen Colbert Pokes Fun at Apple's New Coffee Table Book Stephen Colbert produced a hilarious video mocking Apple's new coffee table book which retails for $300. The book is titled, Designed by Apple in California. The video is done in the same style that Apple uses for product launches and features the designers extolling the cutting edge technology used to create a book full of photos of Apple products. Read more... November 21, 2016 J.R.R. Tolkien's Beren and Luthien to be Published by HarperCollins HarperCollins will publish a new book by J.R.R. Tolkien in May, 2017. Christopher Tolkien will edit Beren and Luthien, the classic love story Tolkien wrote long before he wrote The Hobbit. Tolkien told the story of the elf maiden Luthien and the human Beren in a number of different formats throughout his life, in prose and in verse. The story is mentioned in The Lord of the Rings, was told in The Silmarillion and is a crucial part of the mythology Tolkien created. The story was also the basis for the love story between Aragorn and Arwen in The Lord of the Rings. Read more... October 24, 2016 David McCullough to Publish Book About American Pioneers in 2019 David McCullough has been working on a book about American pioneers. The book, The Pioneers, will be published by Simon & Schuster in 2019. McCullough is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author known for his historical books. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his books Truman and John Adams. Read more... October 6, 2016 No Easy Day Author to Pay Nearly $7 Million to U.S. Government Author and former U.S. Navy Seal Matt Bissonnette has agreed to pay nearly $7 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. government for violating non-disclosure agreements. Bissonnette's book about the Osama Bin Laden raid called No Easy Day was published in 2012. It was published under the pseudonym Mark Owen. Read more... August 25, 2016 Mike Mignola Writing New Hellboy Adventure for Dark Horse called Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea If you thought Hellboy's story had come to an end, think again. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola has signed with Dark Horse Comics to write a new original Hellboy graphic novel called Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea. The project will be co-written and illustrated by Eisner Award-winning artist Gary Gianni. The book will be colored by Dave Stewart. Read more... August 18, 2016 President Obama Shares His 2016 Summer Reading List President Obama has released his 2016 summer reading list which has five books on it: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan, The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald, The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, and Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Read more... August 15, 2016 The Phantom Tollbooth to be a Feature Film Tracking Board reports the children's classic The Phantom Tollbooth. Norton Juster wrote the book in 1961; it was illustrated by Jules Feiffer. Read more... August 10, 2016 Google Play Launches Bubble Zoom Technology for Digital Comics Google has announced a new technology called Bubble Zoom for digital comics on Google Play. Bubble Zoom zooms in a speech bubbles in comics using a technology that is similar to the way it recognizes objects in photos. Read more... August 6, 2016 |
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