Laini Taylor Inks Deal for New Fantasy Trilogy

Laini Taylor, author of The Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy just signed a three book deal with Little, Brown for a new fantasy series. May 17, 2015

Kensington Launches Two New Book Imprints

Kensignton Publishing has launched two new digital imprints: Lyrical Shine and Lyrical Underground. They are actively looking for new authors. May 17, 2015

Cheryl Strayed and Pankaj Mishra Discuss Sexism in the Literary World

Wild author Cheryl Strayed and award-winning Indian essaying Pankaj Mishra discuss the sexism that women authors face when writing about domestic themes. May 13, 2015

Patricia Cornwell Inks Deal for Two More Kay Scarpetta Novels

Bestselling author Patricia Cornwell just signed a deal for two more Kay Scarpetta novels. The books will be published by William Morrow. May 12, 2015

First International Dylan Thomas Day is May 14, 2015

Literature Wales has declared May 14th as Dylan Thomas Day from hence forward. There are many events, including helping the Welsh poet laureate create a new poem. May 11, 2015

Scholars Find Treasure Trove of Mark Twain's Early Writing

Scholars at UC Berkeley have tracked down Mark Twain's early columns written while he lived in San Francisco nearly 150 years ago. They also found personal letters. May 7, 2015

Neil Gaiman, Alison Bechdel, Art Spiegelman Step in as Table Hosts for PEN Gala

Neil Gaiman, Alison Bechdel, Art Spiegelman, George Packer, Azar Nafisi and Alain Mabanckouand will step in as table hosts at the PEN Gala which will honor Charlie Hebdo. May 4, 2015

Crime Novelist Ruth Rendell Dead at 85

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. May 3, 2015

Uptown Funk Gets Five More Writers in Settlement of Copyright Dispute

Gap Band gets writing credit on Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' hit Uptown Funk in settlement of copyright dispute. May 2, 2015

Stephen King and Gillian Flynn Win 2015 Edgar Awards

Stephen King, Gillian Flynn and James Ellroy were all winners at the 2015 Edgar Awards. May 1, 2015

St. Martin's Press Forming New Military Imprint SOFREP Books

St. Martin's Press has partnered with Force12 Media to form a new military imprint called SOFREP Books. The first titles will roll out in 2016. April 30, 2015

Write A House Giving Away Second House to Writing Resident

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. April 29, 2015

DC Comics Launching DC Super Hero Girls Line of Books, Toys and Graphic Novels

DC Comics is launching DC Super Hero Girls, which features the young versions of female superheroes such as Wonder Woman and Batgirl. April 28, 2015

Reese Witherspoon to Narrate Audiobook of New Harper Lee Novel

Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon will narrate the audiobook version of the upcoming Harper Lee novel, Go Set a Watchman. April 27, 2015

American Author Yiyun Li Wins World's Richest Short Story Prize

American author Yiyun Li has won the Sunday Times Short Story Award, which is the richest short story competition in the world with a purse of $45,680. April 27, 2015

Young Adult Titles to be Focus of 2015 Banned Books Week

For the 2015 Banned Books Week, young adult titles will be the focus. YA titles are the most challenged and banned of all books. April 24, 2015

E.L. James' Husband to Write Script for 50 Shades of Grey Sequel

E.L. James' husband, screenwriter and novelist Niall Leonard, will write the script for Fifty Shades Darker. Now the studio need to find a new director. April 23, 2015

Anthony Doerr Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Elizabeth Kolbert won for General Nonfiction. April 20, 2015

Archie, Betty and Veronica Will Battle the Sharknado This Summer

Archie Comics is doing a crossover edition with Syfy this summer in honor of Sharknado 3. Archie, Veronica, Betty and Jughead will battle flying sharks in a special edition. April 18, 2015

Court Appointed Monitor Complains About Apple in Latest Report

Court appointed monitor Michael Bromwich is butting heads with Apple again. In his new report he says no one will talk to him since January. April 17, 2015

2015 Pen Literary Awards Shortlists Announced

The PEN American Center announced the shortlists for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards.Cynthia Bond, Phil Klay are two of the authors on the Debut Fiction shortlist. April 16, 2015

Books by Sherman Alexie and Toni Morrison Make List of Most Banned Books

Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye are two of the most banned books of 2014. April 14, 2015

Amazon and HarperCollins Come to Terms, Sign New Deal

Amazon and HarperCollins have settled their differences and inked a new deal for ebook pricing. April 14, 2015

Laura Bush Named 2015 Wonk of the Year

Laura Bush has won the 2015 Wonk of the Year award. The award is given by American University. April 13, 2015

John Green Moved to Tears by Shailene Woodley's Award Speech

Shailene Woodley moved The Fault in Our Stars author John Green to tears with her tribute to him at the MTV Movie Awards. She dedicated her award to him. April 13, 2015