This is page 6 of the nonfiction book news archives.

Joan Didion New York Essay to Be Feature Film (2015-03-18): Joan Didion's classic essay Goodbye to All That will be adapted into a feature film. The producers are looking for a female director and screenwriter.

Self-Published Teen Inks Deal With Scholastic (2015-03-07): Self-published teen author Aija Mayrock just inked a deal with Scholastic for an expanded version of her Book, The Survival Guide to Bullying.

Drew Barrymore to Publish Memoir With Dutton (2015-02-26): Drew Barrymore will publish her second memoir with Dutton. It has not yet been named.

Harold Holzer Wins the 2015 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize (2015-02-16): Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer has won the 2015 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize for his book Lincoln and the Power of the Press: The War for Public Opinion.

Tommy Hilfiger Inks Memoir Deal (2015-02-14): Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger just inked a deal with Random house to write a memoir.

Alec Baldwin Inks Memoir Deal With Harper (2015-02-03): Alec Baldwin has signed with Harper to write his memoir which will cover his personal and professional life.

Neil Gaiman and Paulo Coelho Write Essays for Chipotle (2015-01-29): Neil Gaiman, Aziz Ansari, Amy Tan and Paulo Coelho wrote new essays which will be read on the side of Chipotle drink cups. Some are funny, some are serious. All are interesting.

Boy Who Came Back From Heaven Says He Made it All Up (2015-01-16): Tyndale has stopped printing the Boy Who Came Back From Heaven after the author says he made it all up. He was only 6 when his dad co-wrote the book, he is now 17.

HarperCollins UK Apologizes for Eliminating Israel from Global Atlas (2015-01-04): HarperCollins UK has apologized for leaving out Israel from the atlas of the middle east. The publisher said locals didn't want Israel listed on the maps.

Mark Zuckerberg Starts World's Biggest Book Club (2015-01-03): Mark Zuckerberg has started an online book club called A Year of Books. You better be a fast reader: he's reading one book every other week.

Thomas Piketty Refuses France's Legion d'Honneur (2015-01-03): Economist and bestselling author Thomas Piketty refuses his country's honor. He will not accept France's Legion d'Honneur.

Dick Van Dyke Inks Deal for Book on Aging (2015-01-02): Dick Van Dyke inks deal with Weinstein Books for book on aging. The book will be released on his 90th birthday.

Senate Torture Report Sells Out in a Day, Melville to Print More (2015-01-01): The Senate Torture Report published by Melville House sells out in a day. The indie publisher will go back to press for another run.

Hachette Tests Book Sales Using Twitter (2014-12-08): Hachette is launching a new way to buy books: through Twitter. Promoted titles can be purchased on the author's Twitter: each title comes with a bonus.

J.K.Rowling's Harvard Commencement Speech to be Illustrated Book (2014-12-03): Little Brown will publish an illustrated book version of J.K. Rowling's moving Harvard Commencement speech. Joel Holland will do the illustrations.

HarperCollins Launches New Imprint Called HarperElixir (2014-12-03): HarperCollins is launching a new mind, body, spirit imprint called HarperElixir. Four Agreements author Don Miguel Ruiz has already been signed.

Beach Boy Mike Love Inks Memoir Deal (2014-11-28): Beach Boys co-founder Mike Love will publish a memoir telling the inside story of the legendary 1960s band.

Bill Cosby Biographer Apologizes for Not Writing About the Sexual Assault Charges (2014-11-25): Journalist Mark Whitaker, the author of Cosby: His Life and Times, has apologized for leaving the many sexual assault allegations against Cosby out of the book.

Whoopi Goldberg Writing Book About the Downside of Marriage (2014-11-13): Whoopi Goldberg just inked a deal with Hachette to write a book about the downsides of marriage and love. The comedian will publish the book in September, 2015.

Chelsea Peretti Has the Funniest Booksigning Ever (2014-11-12): Brooklyn Nine-Nine star and comedian Chelsea Peretti held a booksigning for fans. She hasn't written a book, she just signed other people's books.