Ann Patchett's guide for bookstore pilgrims
In the New York Times Ann Patchett offers a guide for "bookstore pilgrims" who want to discover some of the best indie bookstores across the USA.
View ArticleAuthors United merging with Authors Guild
Authors United, the group of more than 1,000 writers that author Douglas Preston set up two years ago to battle Amazon's treatment of writers during the period the online retailer was restricting the...
View ArticleNew Californian law mandates anyone selling a signed book for more than $5...
A new Californian law going into effect in January mandates that anyone selling a signed book for more than $5 must vouch for the autograph's authenticity. That includes, among other things,...
View ArticleShirley Hazzard, author of The Great Fire dies aged 85
Shirley Hazzard died December 12 aged 85. Her novel The Transit of Venus won the 1980 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, but more than 20 years elapsed before she published The Great Fire,...
View ArticleRichard Adams, author of Watership Down, dies aged 96
Richard Adams, the British novelist who became one of the world's best-selling authors with his first book, "Watership Down," a tale of rabbits whose adventures in a pastoral realm of epic perils...
View ArticleCosta Book Award Winners announced
The winners have been announced for the five Costa Book Awards. These five now form the shortlist for the Costa Book of the Year prize which will be announced January 31:Novel:Days Without End by...
View ArticleAmazon confirms plans to open store in Manhattan's Time Warner Center, at...
Amazon has confirmed plans to open its first New York City bookstore this spring in Manhattan's Time Warner Center. The Wall Street Journal reported that the 4,000-square-foot operation will be in the...
View Article'Exorcist' author William Peter Blatty dies at 89
Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, a former Jesuit school valedictorian who conjured a tale of demonic possession and gave millions the fright of their lives with the bestselling novel and...
View ArticlePresident Obama talks about what books mean to him
In a wide ranging interview with Michiko Kakutani, the chief book critic for The New York Times, Barack Obama talks about books and what they mean to him.
View ArticleEvery book Barack Obama has recommended during his presidency
Entertainment Weekly have collated a list of all the books Barack Obama's has publicly recommended these past eight years.
View ArticleAuthor sued for publishing unauthorized children's versions of classic works
Fredrik Colting, who was sued by J. D. Salinger's estate several years ago for publishing an unauthorized sequel to "The Catcher in the Rye," is now being sued by four literary estates, representing...
View ArticleKelly Barnhill wins Newbery
The American Library Association (ALA) today announced their annual awards for the top books, video and audio books for children and young adults including the Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Newbery...
View ArticleEbook sales fall 16% year on year
Unit sales of ebooks were down 16% in 2016 compared to 2015 according to recently released figures from Nielsen. Possible contributing factors include rising prices since (the typical price for an...
View ArticleFour movies based on books nominated for best picture Oscar
Four of the nine best picture nominations for this year's Academy Awards, which will be presented February 26, are based on books:Lion, adapted from Saroo Brierley's memoir A Long Way HomeArrival,...
View ArticleNew York Times eliminating a number of bestseller lists
Publishers reacted with a mixture of dismay, confusion and surprise at the announcement from the New York Times that it will eliminate a number of its print and online bestseller lists, effective...
View ArticleSebastian Barry wins Costa Book of the Year with "Days Without End"
Sebastian Barry's Days Without End has won the overall Costa Award: Book of The Year. The judges called it, "A miracle of a book both epic and intimate that manages to create spaces for love and...
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George Orwell's dystopian classic "1984" tops the USA bestseller charts less...
George Orwell's dystopian classic 1984 is the #1 selling book in the USA following the first week and a half of the presidency of Donald J. Trump. Sales of other dystopian classics are also up...
View ArticleWaterstones, leading UK bookstore chain, comes "back from the dead"
The Guardian reports on how Waterstones, the UK's leading chain of bookstores "came back from the dead... with a mixture of tough love and an unshakeable belief in the power of the physical book......
View ArticlePhilip Pullman to write follow-up to His Dark Materials
Author Philip Pullman has announced a follow-up to his best-selling His Dark Materials series, published 17 years ago. The first novel in the new trilogy, called The Book of Dust, will come out in...
View ArticleMilo Yiannopoulos book deal cancelled after outrage over child abuse comments
Simon & Schuster has cancelled the publication of Milo Yiannopoulos' book, and his fellow Breitbart employees have reportedly threatened to quit if he is not fired. Simon & Schuster's decision...
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