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Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins the Noble Prize for Literature
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. In presenting the award, the Nobel committee...
National Book Critics’ Circle Kicks Off Auction for Literary Inclusion
The National Book Critics' Circle, which honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature, will...
Happy 85th Robert Redford
Born on this day in 1936, actor, director, and film icon Robert Redford—and in case you missed it, Redford, a...
RIP Harlan Ellison 1934 – 2018
Deadline is reporting that science fiction author Harlan Ellison has died at the age of 83. From a family friend, Christine...
Persistence and the Writer’s Road: Lauren Alwan’s “An Amount of Discretion”
When you are a creative type, staying in your own lane leads you places. For me, that meant moving in...
Coming to the Stacks: February 2017
SCI-FI/FANTASY Author of THE WOLF OF THE NORTH trilogy and THE SOCIETY OF THE SWORD trilogy Duncan Hamilton's DRAGONSLAYER, the...
RIP: Ursula K. Le Guin 1929 – 2018
Devastating news hitting us this afternoon: Acclaimed fantasy novelist Ursula K. Le Guin passed away on Monday at the age...
RIP: Sam Shepard, 1943 – 2017
Broadway World reports that playwright and actor, Sam Shepard passed away on July 27 after a lengthy battle with ALS....
Lending a Hand – My Conversation with Paolo Bacigalupi
One of the reasons I jumped at the chance to attend the recent NerdCon: Stories convention was the opportunity to...
2017 Locus Awards Finalists Announced
On Friday, the Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2017 Locus...
2016 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees Announced
If you are a reader of horror stories, or those that invoke psychological suspense, then you probably know the name...
2017 Arthur C. Clarke Award Shortlist Announced
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during...
2016 Bram Stoker Award Winners Announced
Named after the author of the quintessential horror novel, Dracula, the Bram Stoker Awards are overseen by the Horror Writers...
2016 Aurealis Awards Announced
The Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation has announced the winners of the 2016 Aurealis Awards. Aurealis is an Australian speculative...
2016 BSFA Award Winners Announced
The results are in! On Saturday at the 68th Eastercon in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, the British Science Fiction Association...
2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
Joseph Pulitzer On Monday, the 170th anniversary of the birth of benefactor Joseph Pulitzer, the 2017 winners of the Pulitzer...
2017 Hugo Award Finalists Announced
The Hugo Award is one of the major awards for sci-fi and speculative fiction novels, shorter stories, magazines, editors, dramatic...
National Book Critics Circle Awards Winners
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the winners of their 2016 awards, with Louis Erdrich winning the Fiction award...
Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction Releases Its 2017 Longlist
The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction is the UK’s most prestigious annual literary award for fiction written by a woman....
PEN/Faulkner Makes a Statement With Its 2017 Fiction Award Finalists
PEN/Faulkner is a nonprofit literary organization that promotes a lifelong love of reading and a connection to writing through public...
Penguin Random House Will Publish Books by Both Barak and Michelle Obama
Fun news! Penguin Random House has announced that they have won the bidding war, and will be publishing books by...
And the Oscar Goes To….
Last night, amidst all the glitz, glitter and glamour, the 89th Annual Academy Awards - the "Oscars" - were handed...
2016 Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot Announced
Named after the author of the quintessential horror novel, Dracula, the Bram Stoker Awards are overseen by the Horror Writers...
2016 Aurealis Awards Finalists Announced
Americans have the Nebula Awards. The Brits have the BSFA Awards. And the Australians have the Aurealis Awards. Aurealis is...
2017 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced
Many folks know about the SAG Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards. There's lots of hoopla surrounding it, lots of...
SWFA Announces the 2016 Nebula Awards Nominees
On Monday, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced the nominees for the 51st Annual Nebula Awards,...
“Bad Feminist” author Roxane Gay Pulls “How To Be Heard” from Simon & Schuster
In response to Simon & Schuster's recent $250k deal with Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, Roxane Gay has pulled her upcoming...
2017 PEN America Literary Awards Finalists Announced
PEN America Center, founded in 1922 and based in New York City, works to advance literature, to defend free expression,...
National Book Critics Circle 2016 Finalists Announced
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists for their 2016 awards, as well as the recipients of three...
Marlon James Opens Up on His Epic Fantasy Trilogy
In an Entertainment Weekly interview published this week, Man Booker prize winner Marlon James opened up about the epic fantasy...
Richard Adams, 1920 – 2016
Richard Adams, the author of the iconic children's book, Watership Down, has died at age 96. He had been ill...
A Closer Look at the 2017 Pen America Open Book Award Longlist Nominees
According to its website, "PEN American Center is the largest of the 145 centers of PEN International, the world’s...
2016 National Book Award Winners Announced
The mission of the National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and...
2016 World Fantasy Award Winners Announced
This weekend, at the World Fantasy Convention held in Columbus, Ohio, the winners of the 2016 World Fantasy Awards were...
Paul Beatty Wins Wins the 2016 Man Booker Prize with “The Sellout”
In a black tie dinner at London’s Guildhall on Tuesday, Paul Beatty's fourth novel, The Sellout, was named 2016's Man...
My Report from NerdCon: Stories, Part Two – The Authors
While the variety shows and special events were fun, and the panels and workshops were informative, while being around a...
My Report from NerdCon: Stories, Part One
It was my distinct pleasure to be able to attend the 2nd Annual NerdCon: Stories convention last weekend at the...
Another “NerdCon: Stories” is In The Books
Well, another NerdCon: Stories convention has come and gone (held October 14 and 15 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), and once again,...
Bob Dylan Wins the Nobel Prize for Literature
For the first time in its 115 year history, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to a songwriter/musician: Minnesota...
Six Diverse Writers Are Named 2016 MacArthur Fellows
Poet Claudine Rankine, writer Maggie Nelson, artist and writer Lauren Redniss, "long form" journalist Sarah Stillman, graphic novelist and comic...
Winners of the 2016 British Fantasy Awards
The British Fantasy Society (an offshoot of the British Science Fiction Association) is an organization "dedicated to promoting the best...
Kirkus Prize Shortlists Announced
Founded in 1933, Kirkus has been “an authoritative voice in book discovery" for over 80 years. The associated Kirkus Reviews...
2016 Emmy Awards – The Writers
Patton Oswalt, 2016 Emmy Award winner in the category of Best Writing for a Variety Special Lest we forget, stories...
National Book Awards 2016 Longlists Announced
The mission of the National Book Foundation is to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its audience, and...
“Children of Time” Wins 2016 Arthur C. Clarke Award
British author Adrian Tchaikovsky has won the Arthur C Clarke Award for his science fiction novel Children of Time. The...
2016 Chesley Awards Winners Announced
Last week, the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA) announced the winners for the 2016 Chesley Awards during...
2016 Hugo Award Winners Announced
The 2016 World Science Fiction convention was held in Kansas City, Missouri this weekend during MidAmeriCon II, and was highlighted...
There But for the Grace of God
Thirty-five inches of rain in four days. That's how much rain has fallen in Louisiana in this last "episode." The...
Not the Man Booker Prize 2016 Longlist Announced and Your Chance to Vote!
Every year at this time, the Man Booker Prize - a very prestigious British literary prize - comes out with...
Man Booker Longlist Announced for 2016
The longlist for the Man Booker Prize was announced this week. The prize, which launched in 1969, aims to promote...
2015 World Fantasy Awards Nominees Announced
World Fantasy Award nominated artist Galen Dara Finalists for The World Fantasy Awards (for works published in 2015) were...
2015 Shirley Jackson Award Winners Announced
The 2015 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented on Sunday, July 10th at Readercon 27, Conference on Imaginative Literature, in Quincy, Massachusetts....
2015 Nebula Award Winners Announced
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced the winners of the 2015 Nebula Awards in a50th anniversary...
2016 Locus Award Nominees Announced
Quickly becoming one of the premier science fiction/fantasy literary awards out there, the Locus Awards are determined by polling the...
2015 Shirley Jackson Award Nominees Announced
If you are a reader of horror stories, or those that invoke psychological suspense, then you probably know the name...
Arthur C. Clarke 2016 Finalists Announced
Now here are some awards finalists that we can feel good about! The Arthur C. Clarke Award is given for...
2016 Hugo Finalists Announced
The finalists for the 2016 Hugo Awards have been announced. They include: BEST NOVEL Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie The...
2016 Pulitzer Prizes Announced
The Pulitzer Prizes are awarded annually for achievement in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition in the United...
National Library Week – Transience as a Library Book
To wrap up National Library Week, we revisit an essay from 2013, where a library book can be more that...
National Library Week – Lifeline, Anchor, Deadweight
In honor of National Library Week, we give you a follow-up to Sharon's essay yesterday about being addicted to requests...
National Library Week – My Library Request Addiction
~ * ~ In honor of National Library Week, we at LitStack are running some of our favorite essays regarding...
National Library Week: How a Library Saved My Life
April 10 - 16 is National Library Week, and this year's theme is "Libraries Transform", reminding all Americans that today’s libraries are...
2015 The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Winners and Honorees Announced
On Friday, April 1, The James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Council announced its 2015 Winners and Honors List. The James...
2016 Aurora Awards Shortlist Announced
The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association has announced their shortlists for the 2016 Aurora Awards, honoring the best works...
2015 BSFA Award Winners Announced
The British Science Fiction Association announced the winners of the 2015 BSFA Awards on March 26 at the British National Science...
Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Aurealis Awards
The winners of the 2015 Aurealis Awards - Australia's speculative fiction awards, named after the esteemed literary magazine - were...
2015 National Book Critics Circle Awards Announced
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the winners of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Awards, as well as...
2016 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist Announced
On Tuesday - International Women's Day - the longlist for the Baileys Woman's Prize for Fiction was announced. The British...
2015 Kitschie Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 2015 Kitschie Awards - the most tentacular of all literary prizes (!) - which rewards the...
Finalists for the Bram Stoker Awards Announced
This week the Horror Writers Association (HWA), the premier organization of writers and publishers of horror and dark fantasy, announced...
2015 Kitschie Awards Shortlist Announced
The Kitschie Awards, now it their sixth year, rewards the year’s "most progressive, intelligent and entertaining works that contain elements...
2015 Nebula Awards Nominees Announced
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) have announced the nominees for the 2015 Nebula Awards, as well...
2015 Aurealis Awards Finalists Announced
Americans have the Nebula Awards. The Brits have the BSFA Awards. And the Australians have the Aurealis Awards. Aurealis is...
Compton Crook Award Finalists Announced
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc. (BSFS) created the Compton Crook Award in 1982 to honor the best first novel...
Vote For Your Favorite Locus Award Nominees
Along with the Hugos and the Nebulas, the Locus Awards are some of the biggest awards handed out for works...
Neil Gaiman’s “Likely Stories” Coming to Sky Arts
Did you like the weird and provocative British television series Black Mirror? (Of course you did!) Do you adore Neil...
2015 BSFA Shortlist Announced
This weekend, The British Science Fiction Association announced their shortlist for the 2015 BSFA Awards - the premiere British science...
“A Darker Shade of Magic” Rights Acquired
After "sitting on the news for over six months", author Victoria Schwab excitedly announced on Facebook on Tuesday that the...
“The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps” Wins the Crawford Award
Kai Ashante Wilson has won the 2016 William L. Crawford Fantasy Award for his debut novel The Sorcerer of the...
A Month of Letters Challenge
So, when I took the parcel I was going to send out for the first day of the 2016 A...
J. K. Rowling, Michael Pietsch to receive PEN American Center Awards
The PEN American Center has announced that author J. K. Rowling has been named as the recipient of the 2016...
2016 Edgar Awards Nominees Announced
The Mystery Writers of America announced the finalists for their 2016 Edgar Awards on January 19. The nominees include: BEST...
National Book Critics Circle Finalists Announced
The National Book Critics Circle has announced the finalists for their 2015 awards, as well as the recipients of three...
Finalists of the 2015 Kirkus Prize Announced
Founded in 1933, Kirkus has been “an authoritative voice in book discovery for 80 years”. The associated Kirkus Reviews magazine...
Patrick Rothfuss’s “In the Name of the Wind” to be Developed for Everything!
What could be better than to hear that fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss’s bestselling, award winning book The Name of the...
Three Writers Receive MacArthur “Genius Grants”
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is proud of being “one of the nation's largest independent foundations. Through...
Announcing the Finalists for the 2014 Kirkus Prize
The Kirkus Prize is one of the richest literary awards in the world, with a prize of $50,000 bestowed annually...
Man Book Prize Longlist Announced
The eagerly anticipated longlist for the 2014 Booker Prize was announced on July 23, 2014. The Man Booker Prize for...
Shirley Jackson Award Winners Announced
The 2013 Shirley Jackson Awards were presented on Sunday, July 13th, 2014 at Readercon 25 in Burlington, Massachusetts. These awards...
Prometheus Award Winners Announced
The Libertarian Futurists Society (LFS) has announced its Prometheus Award winners, including awards for Best Novel and Best Classic Fiction...
Complete List of World Fantasy Award Nominees Announced
Along with Monday's announcement of their Lifetime Achievement Award going to editor extraordinaire Ellen Datlow and author Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,...
2014 World Fantasy Award Nominees and Life Achievement Award Winners
Congratulations to Ellen Datlow and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro who've just been announced as Life Achievement winners by the World Fantasy...
Children’s Author Walter Dean Myers Dies
Walter Dean Myers, prolific author of children's books - from picture books for youngsters to novels for young adults, to...
Author Guy Gavriel Kay Appointed to the Order of Canada
Fantasy and historical fantasy fiction writer Guy Gavriel Kay is being honored with an appointment to the Order of Canada...
Locus Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 2014 Locus Awards were announced on Saturday, June 28, and we at LitStack are pleased as...
Charles Wright Announced as New US Poet Laureate
On Thursday, June 12, the Library of Congress announced that Charles Wright would be this year's poet laureate. (In the...
RIP Maya Angelou
Our prayers and thoughts are with the family and friends of Dr. Maya Angelou who passed away at her Winston-Salem home...
Ann Lechie Wins 2013 Nebula Award for “Ancillary Justice”
The 2013 Nebula Award winners were announced on Sunday, May 17 at the annual Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of...
Locus Award Nominees Announced
Locus Magazine has been covering the science fiction and fantasy field since 1968, and Locus Online (the semi-autonomous web version...
PEN Literary Awards Longlists Announced
According to its website, "PEN American Center is the largest of the 145 centers of PEN International, the world’s leading...
BSFA 2014 Award Winners Announced
The British Science Fiction Association award winners were announced Sunday, and some familiar names came away with the coveted trophy. ...
Angry Robot Acquires World Right for Susan Murray’s ‘The Waterborne Blade’
Angry Robot has acquired World Rights for Susan Murray’s The Waterborne Blade (October 2014), "the opening volume of an intriguing...
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS ANNOUNCES 2014 LITERATURE AWARD WINNERS
New York, March 10, 2014 – The American Academy of Arts and Letters announced today the names of 20 writers...
Angry Robot Signs a Deal for Ishbelle Bee’s ‘The Singular and Extraordinary Tale of Mirror and Goliath’
Angry Robot announced their deal for Worldwide Rights, for The Singular and Extraordinary Tale of Mirror and Goliath by Ishbelle...
Harper Lee Settles Lawsuit
Critically acclaimed author Harper Lee has settled her lawsuit against the museum that sold unlicensed and unapproved merchandised that carried...
Details on Book Two of Rowling’s ‘Galbraith’ Series Emerges
The Bookseller is reporting that details on the second mystery novel penned by Robert Galbraith (pseudonym for J.K. Rowling) have...
Attention Whedonites: Doctor Horrible Two Will Happen
We were just a bit too excited when we came across this post from Screen Rant. According to the site,...
Kickstarters We Love: Women Destroy Science Fiction
We love, love, love this awesome kickstarter from Lightspeed magazine. It's an issue completely written and edited by women. From...
Rowling Sinks the Good Ship
Yesterday, the long-silent Harry Potter fandom received a bit of a shock when news leaked that JK Rowling admitted she...
Angry Robot Signs Kameron Hurley to Two Book Deal
Great news from our friends at Angry Robot books: they have recently signed Kameron Hurley – the award-winning author of...
Pakistani Comic Lovers Embrace Ms. Marvel
From iO9: American comics fans aren't the only people excited about Kamala Khan, the teenage Muslim Jersey girl taking the...
Official Poster for ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1’
No need for anyone to make an odds/favor reference here: Lionsgate has released the first poster for "The Hunger Games:...
New Wizard of Oz Adaptation Features Adult Dorothy (LINK)
From THP: One of the most popular fantasy worlds ever created is getting another visit, as NBC has picked up...
Simon & Schuster Launches New Sci-Fi/Fantasy Adult Trade Imprint, Simon451
Having recently launched a science fiction & fantasy imprint out of its children's division, Simon & Schuster will now do the...
Gillian Anderson’s Debut Sci-Fi Novel Coming in October!
Former X-File actress Gillian Anderson has landed a deal for a Sci-Fi novel to launch in October. Hold onto...
Brothers Grimm in Photos
From THP: Take a stroll through the forests and woodlands of Middle Europe today, and it doesn't take long before...
Sign of the Times: Texas Library Has Zero Books
This is incredible. Check out this post from GalleyCat. Guess we really are living in the digital age: Bexar County,...
First Look: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Character, The Mountain
From The Huffington Post: "Game of Thrones" fans, take a good hard look at The Mountain. The most pirated show...
Upcoming Con: NOLA Author Event 2/1/14
Guys, we just thought we'd give you a head's up. There is a very cool con coming up next month....
LINK: Amazon Pulls Anti-Gay Book
From The Huffington Post: Notorious anti-gay pundit and Mission America founder Linda Harvey sparked outrage earlier this week she announced...
Your Brain on Books
We love this post on the Huffington Post, which proves something we've long suspected: books are good for you. It's...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Eyes DC Comics’ ‘Sandman’
From MTV: If Joseph Gordon-Levitt wasn't already the man of your dreams, get ready for that to change. The "Dark...
Tolkien Film in the Works
The life of fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien will be the subject of an upcoming movie, giving fans a glimpse into the...
National Book Award Winners 2013
The 2013 National Book Awards were held tonight. Awards were given in the categories of Fiction, Nonfiction, Young People's Literature, and Poetry....
LitStack Recs: Lighthouse Fever
Ship Fever: Stories, by Andrea Barrett It's been called the Oscars of the book world, and indeed, in recent years...
Derek Jeter Partners with Simon & Schuster to Launch Publishing Imprint
NEW YORK, November 14, 2013—Simon & Schuster is proud to announce a multi-faceted, co-publishing partnership with sports icon Derek Jeter. Under...
Opportunities for Midwestern Writers
If you're a writer from the Midwest, or who writes about the region, take note. the museum of americana has...
As You Wish! ‘The Princess Bride’ Is Coming To The Stage
From The Huffington Post: As you wish! Beloved fairy tale turned cult rom com "The Princess Bride" is coming to...
‘Star Wars: Episode VII’: Release set for December 18, 2015
From Inside Movies: Lucasfilm has announced the new date for the debut of the next Star Wars trilogy, and despite some script...
USPS announces how to obtain your First-Day-Of-Issue Harry Potter 46 Forever Stamps
From Mugglenet: The United States Postal Service (USPS) is releasing a new Harry Potter 46c Forever stamp for the upcoming holiday season....
Princess Bride Memoir Forthcoming
In 1987, when Rob Reiner's film debuted, despite the critical acclaim, it was only a modest box office success. But...
Amazon Giving Early Access to Kindle Books
From GalleyCat: Amazon has introduced a new program that gives readers early access to Kindle books a month in advance...
2013 Goodreads Choice Awards
Goodreads has announced their nominees for the best of the best in the 5th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards. Among the...
2013 World Fantasy Award Winners
The winners of the 2013 World Fantasy Awards have been announced. The winners were announced during the awards banquet at...
Classic Books In 35 Seconds
"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley From The Huffington Post: "Life in Five Seconds: Over 200 Stories For Those With No Time...
Simon and Schuster Launch New Scif/Fantasy Imprint
Simon & Schuster plans to create a new imprint specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror books “for readers of...
Whiting Writers’ Awards Announced
From THP: NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Ten emerging authors, poets and playwrights have been picked as winners...
Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ Banned
From Tor.com: A mother in Alamogordo, New Mexico, decided to celebrate Banned Books week a little late this year by...
Rowling’s ‘The Tale of the Three Brothers’ Becomes a Short Film
From Mugglenet: A group of students at the New England School of Communication in Maine are creating a short live-action...
Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming
Number 6,565,654,846 why we love this man. From The Guardian. A lecture explaining why using our imaginations, and providing for...
Eleanor Catton Is Youngest Man Booker Winner
Congratulations to Eleanor Catton, the youngest winner of the Man Booker prize. From The New York Times: Eleanor Catton was awarded...
Librarians Who Love Ink
If you're still holding on to the idea of librarians being meek little old ladies with thick glasses and frayed...
13-Year-Old Minnesota Girl, Donates 1 Million Books
At age 8, Maria Keller, of Orono, Minn., learned that not all children own a book. Determined to do something...
Canadian Author Alice Munro Wins Nobel Prize
From THP: Canadian author Alice Munro won the 2013 Nobel Prize In Literature on Thursday for "her finely tuned storytelling." The prize, awarded...
Harrison Ford Defends ‘Ender’s Game’
From THP. Tells us what you think about Ford's statement, LitStackers. We want to hear from you! Harrison Ford might...
Edgar Allan Poe House Reopens In Baltimore
From THP: Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake took a swig of cognac along with Kristen...
Diverse Worlds Grant Opens Doors for Underrepresented Writers
From the Diverse Worlds Grant's crowdfunding page: Science fiction and fantasy fans are a diverse bunch of people: male, female,...
Taylor Swift Cast in ‘The Giver’
File this one under "Hm. Really?" From The Huffington Post: Taylor Swift is returning to the big screen with a...
Shocking Spoiler in New Bridget Jones Novel
From EW: If you don't want to be spoiled, look away. Look away right now!! The world’s most prominent...
Minnesotans Cancel Rainbow Rowell’s Book Visit After Parents’ Complaints
File this one under "DISGUSTING" From By Erin Grace / World-Herald columnist at omaha.com: Rainbow Rowell should be in the Minneapolis area today,...
Tor Books Inks Deals With Two SciFi/Fantasy Powerhouses
We adore her and couldn't be happier for our friend, Queen of steampunk and all around grand writer, Cherie Priest....
Jane Austen’s Ring Stays in UK
From USA Today: It is a truth universally acknowledged that an antique ring once owned by Jane Austen would have...
When Kickstarters Go Wrong
From Kotaku: Were you one of the 9000 people who gave money to the Kickstarter for CLANG, a swordfighting game whose...
‘Harry Potter’ Producer Speaks On ‘Very Special’ ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling delighted fans last week when she made an announcement with Warner Bros. that she has...
‘The Walking Dead’ Spinoff Series Headed to the Small Screen
From THP: Zombies are taking over AMC. The network announced plans for a new "The Walking Dead" spinoff series set in the...
Gorgeous New Art for Neil Gaiman’s ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Released
Over at Tor, Dave McKean has released the stunning illustrations he's created for Neil Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors. This Subterranean Press’ illustrated...
Ohio Educator Seeks Ban of Pulitzer Prize Winner
From The Huffington Post: Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" has come under fire yet again. This time, the board of education...
Doctor Who 50th: “The Day of the Doctor” Sneak Peek
From THP: "The Day of the Doctor" stars outgoing Doctor Matt Smith, predecessor David Tennant, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper and...
Sherman Alexie’s Letter to YOU
From the ABA: "Read acclaimed author Sherman Alexie’s letter to his fellow authors, then sign up to be part of...
Mark Gatiss’s Game of Thrones Role Revealed
From our friends at i09: It was announced he was going to be in the show, and he said that...
Potential New Cast Members for Season 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’
Over at Den of Geek, there are several guesses, based on internet rumors and quotes from insiders on some of...
Kindle Paperwhite Gets Upgrade
From The Huffington Post: Even though ereader sales are down, Amazon is continuing to improve the Kindle. The company on...
Yep, ‘Jax Teller’ Will be ‘Christian Grey’
Sons of Anarchy star, Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson have been cast in Sam Taylor-Johnson's forthcoming big screen adaptation of...
Frederick Pohl: November 26, 1919–September 2, 2013
We are saddened to hear of the passing of legendary writer Frederick Pohl who has maintained a seventy-plus year career,...
Journal Launches with Unseen Mark Twain Letter
From PW: New literary journal China Grove launched August 28, and will feature a previously unseen letter from Mark Twain...
2013 Hugo Award Winners
Congratulations to the winners and nominees of the 2013 Hugo Awards, held at LoneStarCon 3 in San Antonio on Sunday...
Irish Poet Seamus Heaney Dies at Age 74
Irish poet Seamus Heaney died on August 30, 2013 in Dublin. He was 74. In 1995 he was awarded the...
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners Announced
Opening sentences of literary works are very important. Consider "Call me Ishmael" and "In a hole in the ground there...
The Paris Review Celebrates 60 Years
Over at the Paris Review, you can catch what might be a singular opportunity: James Salter, Mona Simpson, John Jeremiah...
EL James Tops Forbes’ Highest Paid Authors List
There's nothing quite like having your income broadcasted to the world. If you're a best selling author, then Forbes has...
David Baldacci to Write YA Fantasy
NEW YORK (AP) — David Baldacci has decided to enter the fantasy world. The best-selling thriller writer has a deal...
‘Hunger Games’-Themed Camp Opens In Florida
File this one under "Wait...really?" NPR is reporting on a a Hunger Games-themed camp for kids in Florida. A Hunger...
500 New Fairytales Discovered in Germany
Collection of fairytales gathered by historian Franz Xaver von Schönwerth had been locked away in an archive in Regensburg for...
Sherman Alexie’s ‘Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian’ Pulled From School Reading List
From the Huffington Post: An award-winning young adult novel that mentions masturbation was reportedly removed from the sixth-grade reading list...
Steven Moffat’s Audition Scripts for Doctor Who‘s 12th Doctor
From i09: Do YOU want your shot at becoming the next Doctor? Well, i09 linked the lines you'll need to...
Stephen King to Write the First Episode of ‘Under the Dome’s’ Second Season
From Salon.com: CBS’s “Under the Dome,” a sci-fi drama based on the eponymous Stephen King novel, has been renewed for...
Syfy to Turn ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Into a Dystopian Battlefield
File this one under "Oh Lord" From The Huffington Post: Move over, "Sharknado": Syfy is taking on "The Wizard Of...
Zimmerman Juror Backs Out of Planned Book Project
From Salon.com: Juror B37, along with her attorney husband, have backed away from a highly publicized book proposal about the...
Stephen King on Rowling’s Pseudonym
The USA Today asked literary legend, Stephen King (who has always been a big fan of the Harry Potter writer)...
Book News (Link)
From NPR: The 33rd annual Ernest Hemingway look-a-like competition at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla., kicks off Thursday....
Rowling Published Debut Crime Novel Under Pseudonym
From The Huffington Post: J.K. Rowling has written a crime novel called The Cuckoo's Calling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith,...
Huge Payday for Beckett Manuscript
From THP: LONDON — Sotheby's says the manuscript of Irish writer Samuel Beckett's first novel has sold at auction for...
Amazon’s Continuing Advantage
Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder Love it or hate it, Amazon seems to be doing a lot right lately. A recent...
Update: Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Lawsuit
Here's an update on a post we told you about recently, courtesy of the LA Times' Carolyn Kellogg: Who would...
Author of Kickstarter Rape Book “Apologizes”
Ken Hoinsky, author of Above the Game which we told you about last week, took to the interwebs to apologize...
Author Richard Matheson, ‘I Am Legend’ Writer, Dies At 87
From NPR: Author Richard Matheson, whose injection of humanity into science-fiction tales engaged audience for more than five decades, has...
That “Old Book Smell” Is a Mix of Grass and Vanilla
We love this post on the tactile smell of old books from Smithsonian Mag: The article discusses the "chemistry of...
Kickstarter Apologies for Allowing the “Rape Book” Fundraiser
As we reported last week, Kickstarter came under fire for allowing a "rape book" project to be funded on their...
Emma Watson to Star in “Lady Game of Thrones” Films
From Tor.com: It looks as though Emma Watson is headed back to the fantasy genre with a vengeance! After nabbing...
Author Vince Flynn Dies at 47
The literary community lost a great talent when Vince Flynn died on Wednesday after a 2-1/2 year battle with prostate...
Kickstarter Raises $16K+ For Rape Tips Book
File this one under "I Don't Want to Live in This World Anymore." From The Frisky.com: People use Kickstarter to...
Ekaterina Panikanova’s Amazing Book Art
We love this post from The Huffington Post: Ekaterina Panikanova's beautiful book art is absolutely mesmerizing and we can't stop...
Country’s Oldest African American-Owned Book Store May Soon Close
From The Huffington Post: The oldest African American-owned bookstore in the country is on the brink of closing its doors....
NSA surveillance Puts George Orwell’s ‘1984’ On Bestseller Lists
From The LA Times: Big Brother is watching. And people are reading. Thanks to the ongoing National Security Administration surveillance...
Jonah Lehrer Facing Questions About Possible Plagiarism In Book Proposal
Jonah Lehrer is facing questions about plagiarism once again — this time over his book proposal, which just netted him...
SFWA’s Bulletin Editor Resigns Over Sexist Articles
From i09: Jean Rabe, editor of the SFWA Bulletin, has stepped down in the wake of tons of criticism of...
Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer
The folks over at Time Ideas published an interesting piece on how literature impacts us all. From the piece: Gregory...
New Yorkers: help defend local libraries at June 8-9’s Read In
From Boing Boing: Libraries in New York City are facing a potential $106 million cut to their budgets. Should these...
Behold: All. The. Haters.
From The Huffington Post: The "Red Wedding" episode ran Sunday night on HBO's adaptation of George RR Martin's beloved Game...
It’s official: The sale of Night Shade Books is going through
From i09: For the past two months, the fate of Night Shade Books has been up in the air. Would...
George RR Martin Writing a “Ice and Fire” Coffee Table Book
Via i09: While we all eagerly, nervously, nailbitingly await the release of The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in...
Radcliffe Would Return to Potter, But Not as Harry
Daniel Radcliffe has done a great job of putting "Harry Potter" in his rear-view mirror, but the erstwhile boy wizard...
Gaiman Quotes on Writing
From our friends at Mental Floss. Check out their full post here. Neil Gaiman is a prolific author spanning genres...
Ramez Naam Signs for Third Book with Angry Robot
Following the success of Ramez Naam's Nexus, Angry Robot has acquired the third book in the series. The as-yet unnamed...
Kim Harrison Announces Title for the 12th Hollows Novel
New York Times bestseller Kim Harrison announced yesterday the title for the twelfth installation of her popular Hollows series. From...
J.K. Rowling Shares Handwritten Annotations in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’
From Mugglenet: What a week for Harry Potter fans! After MuggleNet posted about J.K. Rowling’s handwritten spreadsheet, we now have...
Neil Gaiman is Eager To Frighten Doctor Who Fans
From Doctor Who TV: Neil Gaiman has explained that he really wants to terrify fans should he write another story...
2013 Finalists for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award
From Tor.com The Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas has revealed the 2013 finalists...
‘World War Z’ Author: Movie Is Not The Book I Wrote
From The Huffington Post: The upcoming release of World War Z starring Brad Pitt is creating a lot of publicity...
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars Staged in Philadelphia
From GalleyCat: Quirk Books, Drexel University’s Urban Playground and Dragon Jedi staged a few scenes from William Shakespeare’s Star Wars outside the Philadelphia...
Nominees for the 2012 Shirley Jackson Awards Announced
From our friends at Tor: In honor of the famed author of The Haunting of House and the seminal short...
Dennis Lehane Wins Edgar Award for Best Novel
From GalleyCat: Author Dennis Lehane has won the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award for Best Novel with Live by Night. You can...
Harper Lee Files Lawsuit Over Copyright of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’
From Huffington Post: NEW YORK -- Harper Lee, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," filed a...
Is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Alive Again?
From i09: For what has to be the fifth or sixth time, this cursed project has crawled its way back...
Strange Chemistry Signs M. G. Buehrlen in Two Book YA Fantasy Deal
Strange Chemistry, the YA imprint of Angry Robot Books, has signed M. G. Buehrlen, in a two-book World English Rights...
Royal Shakespeare Company Teams Up with Google Creative Lab to Perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream In Real Time
From the RSC: From 21 - 23 June, the RSC will be working in partnership with Google Creative Lab to...
Most Well-Read Cities in the U.S.
From The Huffington Post: Alexandria, Va., and Knoxville, Tenn., are cities for readers, if not always the kinds of books...
Wikipedia Fail: Website Bumps Women from ‘American Novelists’ Category
Harper Lee: Wikipedia has now reinstated the Pulitzer-winning author to the 'American novelists' category. Photograph: Donald Uhrbrock/Time & Life Pictures/Getty...
Amazon Blocks Apple’s Interest in Goodreads
From WSJ: Amazon.com’s announcement last month that it was purchasing book-recommendation site Goodreads did more than land the e-commerce giant...
Strange Chemistry Signs Sarah Raughley’s YA Dark Fantasy Feather Bound
Strange Chemistry, the YA imprint of Angry Robot Books, has signed debut author Sarah Raughley, in a one-book World English...
The Latest on HBO’s ‘American Gods’ Adaptation
Having heard him chide A Song of Ice and Fire fans for pressuring George R. R. Martin to get a wriggle...
‘Orphan Master’s Son’ Wins the Pulitzer
From The Huffington Post: "The Orphan Master's Son" by Adam Johnson won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2013. The book,...
‘Downton Abbey’ Creator Takes On Shakespeare
From The Huffington Post: William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is one of the most adapted plays of all time, but...
Coming to the Stacks: New Deals for April 2013
Fiction Jeannette de Beauvoir's ASYLUM, in the Martine LeDuc series, in which a string of murders in Montreal are linked...
Cassandra Rose Clarke Signs on for Two More with Strange Chemistry
Strange Chemistry has signed up Cassandra Rose Clarke for another two novels, set in the same world as The Assassin's...
Pamela Paul is Named New York Times Book Review Editor
From JimRomenesko.com: Sam Tanenhaus is stepping down as New York Times Book Review editor to become writer at large. Children’s...
A New Stage for Shakespeare
From The Dispatch.com: OSU study introduces autistic children to the Bard to improve their social skills Shakespeare’s The Tempest isn’t...
Gaiman Celebrates National Poetry Month With An Original Piece
New York Times bestselling author and darling of the spec fic crowd (and the world), Neil Gaiman, wrote an original...
Game of Thrones Renewed for Season 4
From Eonline: Winter is coming...again. Coming off a record-breaking premiere, HBO has announced that Game of Thrones has been renewed...
Scott Turow Blasts Amazon’s Purchase of Goodreads
Mark this one under "Stuff Just Got Real." From GalleyCat: The Authors Guild called Amazon’s purchase of Goodreads ”a truly devastating...
Pakistani Teen Shot By Taliban Writing a Book
From The Huffington Post: LONDON — Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban as she...
Amazon To Buy Goodreads
From GalleyCat: Amazon has just revealed that they will acquire Goodreads, the social network for readers. The online retailer did...
Three New “Doctor Who” Novels Hit the Shelves in April
From Nerdist: We’re all very excited for the premiere of the second half of the seventh series of Doctor Who,...
Jon Snow Actor Talks Game Of Thrones Books
From The Huffington Post: Jon Snow actor Kit Harrington talked to Abbey Huntsman on HuffPost Live about George RR Martin's...
Wentworth Miller to Adapt ‘Scare Me’ for Relativity Media
Exhibit A, the new crime fiction imprint of award-winning publisher Angry Robot, is delighted to announce that, in a deal...
Random House Updates Its BookScout App for Facebook
Random House, Inc., announces major updates to its BookScout app in conjunction with Facebook’s improved timeline and About page. Launched...
Angry Robot Signs New Zealander Freya Robertson in Two Book Epic Fantasy Deal
Angry Robot, the publisher of cutting-edge SF, F and WTF?! fiction, has announced the acquisition of the worldwide rights to...
Director Chris Columbus Pens His First Novel
Director Chris Columbus, who has helmed such Hollywood blockbusters as "Home Alone" and the first two "Harry Potter" films has...
Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere Radio Play Now Online
The first episode of Neverwhere, the BBC 4 radio play starring James McAvoy, Benedict Cumberbatch and a cast of British...
The Walking Dead Season Finale Through Comic Books
From GalleyCat: The third season of The Walking Dead comic book adaptation will conclude this Sunday, undoubtedly one of the biggest nights...
Major Changes Coming to e-book Imprints Hydra and Alibi
From i09: Random House has made some big changes to the contracts it offers for its e-book imprints Hydra and...
Joss Whedon’s One Regret About ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
From The Huffington Post: For Joss Whedon, to write and read comes by nature. On a two-week break from completing...
Neil Gaiman Gives Updates on Various Projects
From the fine folks at Tor.com: On March 1st, Neil Gaiman spoke at the opening ceremony for this year’s Cambridge...
Strange Chemistry Signs Rachel Neumeier to a Two Book Deal
Strange Chemistry, the YA imprint of Angry Robot Books, has announced the signing of Rachel Neumeier, in a two-book World English...
Expansion of Wizarding World of Harry Potter Set for 2014?
From Mugglenet: Will the expansion of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter be open next year? According to Orlando Business...
