J.K. Rowling Leaves Door Open for More Books in Potter Universe

J.K. Rowling discusses her charity Lumos, and leaves the door open for more books set in the Harry Potter universe. April 11, 2015

A Bee Interrupts President Obama's Storytelling Time at Easter Egg Roll

President Obama read Where the Wild Things Are to children as part of the annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House. But the bees tried to interrupt. April 6, 2015

Actress Abigail Breslin Cuts Book Deal With HarperCollins

Actress Abigail Breslin will publish her first book with HarperCollins. The book is called This May Sound Crazy. April 5, 2015

First Annual Independent Bookstore Day is May 2nd

California Bookstore Day was such a success last year, the event is going nationwide on May 2, 2015. April 4, 2015

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 10 to be Published on November 3

The tenth entry in the popular Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney will go on sale on November 3, 2015. March 31, 2015

T.S. Eliot's Summer Home to Become Writer's Retreat, Complete With Ghost

Nobel Prize winning poet and author T.S. Eliot's childhood home in Gloucester, Massachusetts, will be a writer's retreat. The last owner said he used to see Eliot's ghost. March 31, 2015

Fancy Nancy to Become Animated Disney Junior Series

The Fancy Nancy series will become an animated movie and series on Disney Junior. March 30, 2015

Ferguson Librarian Wins $10,000 Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity

Ferguson Public Library's Scott Bonner has won the ALA's second annual Lemony Snicket Prize for Noble Librarians Faced with Adversity. March 30, 2015

Nobel Prize Winning Poet Tomas Transtromer Dead at 83

Swedish poet, author and translator Tomas Transtromer has died at the age of 83. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011. March 28, 2015

Scholastic Releases Cover of New Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Scholastic has released the cover of the upcoming illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. March 27, 2015

MoMA Commissions 10 Works From Top Poets for Jacob Lawrence Exhibition

The New York Museum of Modern Art has asked ten top poets to write poems inspired by the Jacob Lawrence exhibit. The poems will be read at an event on May 1st. March 26, 2015

Akhil Sharma Wins 2015 Folio Prize for Novel Family Life

American novelist Akhil Sharma has won the 2015 Folio Prize for his novel Family Life. March 25, 2015

Simon and Schuster Launches Spirituality Imprint Called Enliven

Atria has chosen author and Fair Trade entrepreneur Zhena Muzyka as the Publisher at Large of its new spirituality and self-help imprint called Enliven. March 23, 2015

Wimpy Kid Author Jeff Kinney to Open Bookstore

Jeff Kinney, author of the bestselling Wimpy Kid book series, is opening a bookstore in Plainville, Massachusetts. March 22, 2015

Stephen King Short Story Collection Will Include Writing Advice

Stephen King will publish a short story collection called The Bazaar of Bad Dreams in November. Each story will include a writerly commentary on the motivation and origins. March 19, 2015

Joan Didion New York Essay to Be Feature Film

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. March 18, 2015

Little, Brown to Publish Lego Children's Books and Graphic Novels

Little, Brown has cut a deal with Lego to publish a line of children's books and graphic novels. March 16, 2015

Powerball Winner Funds Theater Production of Roberto Bolano's 2666

Former monk Roy Cockrum won $153 million lottery jackpot. He's funding a five hour production of Roberto Bolano's award winning novel 2666. March 16, 2015

Alabama Agency: Harper Lee is Not Being Abused

The Alabama state agency looking into alleged elder abuse of author Harper Lee has ended its investigation saying Ms. Lee is fully aware of her book deal. March 15, 2015

WWD to Offer Weekly Print Edition Instead of Daily

WWD has announced a publication change. It will become a weekly print publication instead of a daily one. March 14, 2015

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Hit With $7.4 Million Verdict in Blurred Lines Copyright Infringement Case

Robin Thicke and Pharrell lost their copyright infringement case. The jury found they infringed the song Got to Give It Up by Marvin Gaye. March 11, 2015

Isabel Allende to Publish New Novel With Atria Books

Isabel Allende has moved to Atria Books. She will publish The Japense Lover with Atria this fall March 10, 2015

Facebook is Shutting Down FriendFeed

Facebook is shutting dowen FriendFeed. March 9, 2015

James Patterson to Donate $1.25 Million to School Libraries

Bestselling author James Patterson is donating $1.25 million to school libraries in the U.S. Schools can apply for one of the grants and get bonus points from Scholastic. March 9, 2015

Self-Published Teen Inks Deal With Scholastic

Self-published teen author Aija Mayrock just inked a deal with Scholastic for an expanded version of her Book, The Survival Guide to Bullying. March 7, 2015