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Merriam-Webster Names Polarization 2024 Word of the Year

Merriam-Webster has named Polarization the word of the year for 2024. December 9, 2024

Winners of the 2024 Kirkus Prizes Announced

Winners of the 2024 Kirkus Prizes have been announced in Fiction, Nonfiction and Young Readers' Literature. November 10, 2024

Han Kang Wins The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024

Han Kang has been awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024. The Vegetarian is her best known work. October 10, 2024

2024 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

The finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards have been announced. The categories include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people's literature. October 3, 2024

Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist Announced

The Booker Prize 2024 Shortlist has been announced. September 21, 2024

2024 Winners of The Dragon Awards Announced

The winners of the 2024 The Dragon Awards were announced at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia. John Scalzi and Rebecca Yarros won in the sf and fantasy categories. September 10, 2024

Writers Taking Jobs Writing to Train AI

Writers are taking jobs to help train AI and keep AI on track. Some of these jobs pay good hourly rates. September 9, 2024

Costco Plans to Sell Books Only From September to December

Costco plans to make books a season item and will only stock them from September through December. June 8, 2024

Karlie Kloss to Relaunch Life Magazine at Bedford Media

Bedford Media is relaunching Life magazine as a print publication through a deal with Dotdash Meredith. Bedford is led by CEO Karlie Kloss. March 28, 2024

NBF Expands National Book Awards Eligibility Criteria

The Naitonal Book Foundation has expanded the National Book Awards eligibility criteria to include authors who reside in the U.S but do not hold US citizenship. February 16, 2024

Striking Writers and Actors March Together on Hollywood Streets

Thousands of striking writers and actors marched together on Hollywood streets on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. The WGA strike is on day 136. September 14, 2023

Vice Media Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Vice Media has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ahead of a sale. The company is being sold for $225 million. May 15, 2023

Oprah Selects The Covenant of Water as 101st Book Club Pick

Oprah Winfrey selected The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese as the 101st for her book club, Oprah's Book Club. May 10, 2023

Ed Sheeran Wins Copyright Lawsuit Over Marvin Gaye Song

Ed Sheeran has won a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against him for his song Thinking Out Loud. The suit was brought by the estate of late Ed Townsend. May 4, 2023

WGA Writers on Strike Over Streaming, AI and Preserving the Writers' Room

The WGA writers are on strike after failing to come to an agreement with AMPTP. The issues include streaming, AI and preserving the writers' room. May 2, 2023

Clarkesworld Magazine Temporarily Closes Submissions After Surge in ChatGPT Generated Stories

Clarkesworld magazine has closed to submissions temporarily after receiving a large number of submissions clearly generated with the help of the AI tool ChatGPT. February 22, 2023

Prince Harry Easily Tops Bestseller Lists With Spare

Prince Harry's memoir Spare has arrived in bookstores. The massive press coverage has landed the book atop bestseller lists. January 10, 2023

Stephen King Compares Elon Musk to Tom Sawyer

Stephen King compares Elon Musk to Tom Sawyer in a tweet. King has also attacked Musk's plans for a new verification fee. November 6, 2022

U.S. Postal Service Honors Shel Silverstein With Forever Stamp

The U.S. Postal Service honored Shel Silverstein with a postage stamp. The stamp features his work The Giving Tree. August 5, 2022

Twitter Reveals Edit Button Under Development

Twitter reveals it is working on a long awaited edit button. It was revealed by the Twitter Comms account on April 5th. April 5, 2022

Oprah Named 2022 PEN/Faulkner Literary Champion

Oprah Winfrey has been named the Literary Champion of 2022 by PEN/Faulkner. They say she is a literary force field. March 30, 2022

2022 International Booker Prize Longlist Announced

The longlist for the 2022 International Booker Prize has been announced. The list features 13 titles. March 18, 2022

American Journalist and Filmmaker Brent Renaud Killed in Ukraine

American journalist and filmmaker Brent Renaud has been killed in an attack by Russian forces in Irpin, Ukraine. A second journalist was also injured in the shelling. March 13, 2022

SAT Test Going Digital, No Pencils or Paper Forms Required

The SAT Test is making the shift to digital and will be completely digital with online exams by 2024. Students will bring laptops instead of pencils to the exams. January 25, 2022

Female Spanish Mystery Writer Revealed to be Three Men

A female Spanish mystery writer has been revealed to be a pseudonym used by three men. The pseudonym, Carmen Mola, won a major Spanish literary prize. October 17, 2021