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Five American Authors Make the Longlist for 2015 Man Booker Prize (July 30, 2015): Five American authors made the longlist for the 2015 Man Booker Prize, the most prestigious literary competition in the world.
Man Booker International Prize to be Awarded Annually (July 11, 2015): The Man Book International Prize has teamed up with the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The MBI will now be awarded annually.
Court Rules Kafka Manuscripts Belong to National Library of Israel (July 4, 2015): A treasure trove of writings by Franz Kafka that has been the subject of a lengthy court battle will finally be turned over the National Library of Israel.
DreamWorks Acquires Rights to Michael Crichton's Novel Micro (July 2, 2015): DreamWorks has acquired the rights to Michael Crichton's novel, Micro. The novel was completed by Richard Preston after Crichton passed away.
Scribd Slashes Number of Romance Titles Available (July 2, 2015): Scribd is losing money due to voracious readers of romance novels. As a result the company is reducing the number of titles available for monthly subscribers.
E.L. James' Disastrous Twitter Q and A (June 29, 2015): E.L. James agreed to do a Q and A on Twitter and it was absolutely brutal. People who hate Fifty Shades had a field day attacking the bestselling author.
Man Asian Prize Winner Shin Kyung-sook Caught in Plagiarism Scandal (June 25, 2015): South Korean author Shin Kyun-sook has been busted for plagiarizing the work of Japanese author Yukio Mishima. But there are more allegations.
John Spurling Wins 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (June 20, 2015): John Spurling has won the 2015 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for The Ten Thousand Things. The book was rejected 44 times before being published.
Fifty Shades of Grey Fan Fiction is Booming (June 20, 2015): E.L. James new book Grey is already a bestseller. But the book has competition from the explosion of fan fiction about Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele.
Amazon Inks Deal With Penguin Random House (June 19, 2015): Amazon finalized a deal with Penguin Random House for the sale of ebooks and print books. But the European Commission wants to know what's in these contracts.
Miguel de Cervantes Laid to Rest 400 Years After His Death (June 15, 2015): No one hired a proofreader for the new tomb of Miguel de Cervantes, Spain's greatest writer. The Don Quixote author has a new tomb and headstone, but it has a typo.
John Scalzi Inks $3.4 Million Publishing Deal With Tor (June 12, 2015): SF author John Scalzi has signed a decade long, $3.5 million deal with Tor for 13 books. He discusses the deal.
Ali Smith Wins Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for How to Be Both (June 3, 2015): Ali Smith won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for her sixth novel, How to Be Both. The prize carries a cash award of 30,000 British pounds.
Orbit Acquires Two New Science Fiction Novels by Ann Leckie (May 26, 2015): Orbit has acquired two new science ficiton novels by award-winning author Ann Leckie.
Margaret Atwood Contributes Inaugural Manuscript to the Future Library (May 26, 2015): Margaret Atwood is the first author to contribute a book to the Future Library. The books will be printed in 100 years.
Charles Dickens' Writing Desk Purchased by Museum (May 25, 2015): The Charles Dickens Museum will be putting Dickens' writing desk and chain on display after buying it.
Researcher Says He has Found the First True Portrait of William Shakespeare (May 21, 2015): Botanist and researcher mark Griffiths says he has discovered the first contemporary portrait of William Shakespeare. It is the first true image of what the Bard looked like.
Crime Novelist Ruth Rendell Dead at 85 (May 3, 2015): Bestselling crime novelist Ruth Rendell has died at the age of 85. Baroness Rendell suffered a severe stroke in January and died in a London hospital.
Write A House Giving Away Second House to Writing Resident (April 29, 2015): Write A House is giving away its second house in Detroit to the next Writing Resident. Applications are open until June 5th for the innovative project.
Reese Witherspoon to Narrate Audiobook of New Harper Lee Novel (April 27, 2015): Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon will narrate the audiobook version of the upcoming Harper Lee novel, Go Set a Watchman.
