Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-winning playwright, is dead at 73
Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, has...
View ArticleLegendary editor who rescued Anne Frank?s "The Diary of a Young Girl" from a...
Judith Jones, the legendary editor who rescued Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl" from a publisher's reject pile and later introduced readers to the likes of Julia Child and a host of other...
View ArticleColoring book sales decline
In late 2015, the adult coloring book trend was the hottest thing in publishing. In 2014, 1 million coloring books were sold; in 2015, 12 million were sold. But in 2016 sales began to sag. This March,...
View ArticleEducational publisher Pearson cutting another 3000 jobs
Although sales and earnings for the first half of 2017 were up over the comparable period in 2016, Pearson laid out its plans to cut another 3,000 jobs from its educational publishing workforce. In May...
View ArticleYA Author Laura Moser Running for Congress
Young Adult author Laura Moser plans to challenge Republican incumbent Congressman John Culberson for District 7 (Houston, TX) in the 2018 election. A journalist and a writer, Moser is the co-author...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling returns to the top of the highest paid author list after nearly...
J.K. Rowling has returned to the top of Forbes magazine's Highest-Paid Authors list for the first time in nearly a decade, displacing James Patterson. The top 11 writers sold nearly 30 million volumes...
View ArticleJack Rabinovitch, founder of Canada's Giller Prize, dies aged 87
Jack Rabinovitch, 87, founder of Canada's Giller Prize, died on Sunday. Rabinovitch, who worked in commercial real estate, founded the prize in 1994 to honor his second wife, literary journalist Doris...
View ArticleCandlewick Press to start publishing Walker Books in USA
Twenty-five years ago, when Walker U.K. opened a U.S. branch, rather than continue to sell rights to U.S. publishers, it was forced to take a different name on this side of the pond. The name "Walker"...
View ArticleNetflix acquires comic book publisher Millarworld
Netflix has acquired Millarworld, the comic book publisher founded by Mark Millar, creator of such characters and stories as Kick-Ass, Kingsman and Old Man Logan. This marks the first acquisition by...
View ArticleScience Fiction author Brian Aldiss dies, age 92
Brian Aldiss, one of the most celebrated authors from the 'Golden Age' of science fiction, died today in his Oxfordshire home. He was the author of more than 80 books and 40 anthologies.
View ArticleBook pulled from #1 spot on NY Times young adult bestseller list after...
When the New York Times released its young-adult best-seller list for the week of Sep. 3, it came as a huge surprise. Angie Thomas'The Hate U Give, a story about a young black girl whose friend is...
View ArticleTerry Pratchett's unpublished works crushed by steamroller
A hard drive containing unfinished works by author Terry Pratchett has been crushed by a steamroller, as per instructions left by the novelist before his death in March 2015. It is thought up to 10...
View ArticleJohn Ashbery, one of the most influential American poets of his generation,...
John Ashbery, who has died aged 90, was widely considered the most innovative and influential American poet of his generation. One of his most radical innovations was the fluidity with which he allowed...
View ArticleLouise Hay, self-help author and found of Hay House dies aged 90.
Louise Hay, who from a 1984 best seller built a self-help publishing empire that has attracted millions of devotees with its messages about the power of thought and attitude, died on Wednesday at her...
View ArticleJerry Pournelle, titan of science fiction, dies aged 84
Author Jerry Pournelle, a titan of science fiction, has died at the age 84. According to an announcement by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Pournelle died on Friday. The cause of...
View ArticleHippo Birdie Two Ewes
Fans of Sarah Boynton's whimsical children's books and greeting cards will enjoy The Washington Post's extensive article titled, "Hippos, birdies, T. rexes, pigs: How Sandra Boynton built an empire and...
View ArticleIrish-American author J.P. Donleavy dies aged 91
Irish-American author and playwright, James Patrick Donleavy, has died. Best known for his 1955 novel The Ginger Man (originally banned for obscenities), he published a great many other books and plays...
View ArticleHouse Votes to Save Library Funding, and National Endowments for the Arts and...
The $1.2 trillion FY2018 budget bill (H.R. 3354), which passed by a 211-198 margin, includes full funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), including all programs administered...
View ArticleTerry Pratchett exhibit opens at Salisbury Museum
The many sides of one of the UK's most beloved fantasy authors are reflected in an exhibition called Terry Pratchett: HisWorld, which opened this weekend at Salisbury Museum, not far from Terry...
View ArticleRoald Dahl?s widow says Charlie Bucket was supposed to be black until editor...
The widow and the biographer of the beloved British children's writer Roald Dahl told the BBC in an interview this week that Charlie Bucket, the young boy whose life is changed by a golden ticket in...
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