Nicholas Evans, author of 'The Horse Whisperer,' dies at 72
Nicholas Evans, the British journalist turned author whose novel-turned-film, "The Horse Whisperer," broke publishing and movie records, along with the hearts of readers who made the book a best...
View ArticleWriters Gather to Read Salman Rushdie and Support Free Speech
Authors including Paul Auster, Gay Talese and Kiran Desai reminded the Midtown New York crowd that without free expression, "literature is nothing but an echo chamber." Perhaps the most appreciative...
View ArticleDOJ v. PRH: "ending where we started"
Closing arguments for the Department of Justice's antitrust case aiming to block Penguin Random House's purchase of Simon & Schuster were offered on Friday in Washington D.C. First up was the...
View ArticleTexas school district pulls the Bible, The Bluest Eye and other books from...
A Texas school district is scrambling to remove books from its library shelves ahead of the fall semester, after they were challenged by parents and community members. Among the books removed are a...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble is stuck in a public relations mess that it seems unable to...
From Ron Charles'Washington Post Book Club: Barnes & Noble is stuck in a public relations mess that it seems unable to clean up. A number of middle grade and YA authors claim that America's...
View Article'Total victory': Virginia book ban case targeting B&N dismissed
In what defendants called "a total victory," a Virginia Beach Circuit Court judge yesterday dismissed the case brought earlier this year seeking to have Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir and Sarah...
View ArticleObituary Note: Norah Vincent
Norah Vincent, whose 2006 book, Self-Made Man, made her "a media darling" but "cost her psychologically," died July 6, the New York Times reported. She was 53. Her death, which was not reported at the...
View ArticleI was onstage with Salman Rushdie that day, and what I saw was remarkable
An essay by Henry Reese, co-founder of City of Asylum Pittsburgh, which hosts persecuted and exiled writers: Violence against writers was the topic I was about to interview the novelist Salman Rushdie...
View ArticleWhen is a bestseller not necessarily a bestseller?
Writing for the BBC, Carolyn Atkinson explores the murky waters of the the UK bestseller lists: Authors and publishers all want to sell enough books to have a bestseller. But is a bestseller always...
View ArticleBarbara Ehrenreich, explorer of prosperity's dark side, dies at 81
Barbara Ehrenreich, the journalist, activist and author, died at 81 on Thursday at a hospice facility in Alexandria, Va., where she also had a home. Her daughter, Rosa Brooks, said the cause was a...
View ArticleLiterary agent, Sterling Lord, who discovered Jack Kerouac dies aged 102
Sterling Lord, who for more than 60 years was one of New York's most successful and durable literary agents, died September 3. He was 102. The New York Times reported that although the list of...
View ArticleBooker shortlist and Giller longlist announced
The six-title shortlist for the 2022 Booker Prize for Fiction have been announced, as has the 14-title longlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, which "highlights the very best of Canadian fiction."
View ArticleSpanish novelist Javier Marías dies in Madrid hospital aged 70
The Spanish novelist Javier Marías, author of All Souls, A Heart so White, and the epic, three-part Your Face Tomorrow– and a writer regularly touted as a candidate for the Nobel prize for literature...
View ArticleOn eve of Banned Books Week 2022, ALA says challenges are rising
This year's Banned Books Week, the ALA's annual celebration of the freedom to read, is set to run from September 18-24 under the theme "Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us." And there is no question...
View ArticleLongest single-volume book in the world goes on sale – and is...
A limited edition single volume of the long-running manga One Piece is being billed as the longest book in existence. At 21,450 pages, it is physically impossible to read, making it less of a book and...
View ArticleHow to beat a book ban: students, parents and librarians fight back
The censorship of books in the US has reached crisis level. More than 2,500 different book bans were enacted in schools across 32 US states during the 2021-2022 school year, according to a new report...
View ArticleHilary Mantel, prize-winning Author of Historical Fiction, Dies at 70
The Booker prize-winning author of the Wolf Hall trilogy, Dame Hilary Mantel, has died aged 70 of a stroke, her publisher HarperCollins has confirmed. Mantel was regarded as one of the greatest...
View ArticleTom Hanks' publisher announces 'wildly ambitious' first novel
Oscar winner Tom Hanks's debut novel has been announced, and is due out next year. The book, Hanks's second foray into fiction has been described by its publisher as a "wildly ambitious" story about...
View ArticleThey tried to shut down Drag Story Hour. A Montana bookstore fought back
The Guardian explores the phenomena of Drag Queen Story Hour, by focusing on an event at a bookstore in Helena, Montana, and then broadening out to look at the wider picture: The premise of Drag Queen...
View ArticleJames Patterson donates $2m to help PEN America raise its reach, voice, and...
James Patterson, the best-selling author, has donated $2 million to PEN America to build communications capacity and help the premier writers' organization speak louder in defense of free expression...
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