J.R.R. Tolkien's Beowulf Translation Will Be Published for the First Time in May

Houghton Mifflin will publish J.R.R. Tolkien's Beowulf translation. Christopher Tolkien says his father expanded the backstories of the heroes and beefs up the dragon parts. March 20, 2014

Elizabeth Vargas to Publish Memoir With Grand Central Publishing

Elizabeth Vargas has announced plans to publish her memoir with Grand Central Publishing in Spring 2016. March 19, 2014

Janet Evanovich Talks The Chase on CBS This Morning

Janet Evanovich talked about The Chase on CBS This Morning. March 18, 2014

Ursula K. Le Guin Wins the Oregon Book Award for Fiction

Ursula K. Le Guin wins the Oregon Book Award for Fiction, Graham Salisbury picks up his eighth award, setting a record. March 18, 2014

Roxana Robinson Elected as the New President of the Authors Guild

Roxana Robinson has been elected as the new president of the Authors Guild. Judy Blume, Richard Russo, and James Shapiro will be vice presidents. March 17, 2014

Eight Writers Awarded $150,000 Yale Prize

Eight writers won the Windham Campbell Literature Prizes. Each writer will receive $150,000. March 16, 2014

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for her novel Americanah. Frank Bidart won the Poetry prize. March 15, 2014

Anne Rice is Writing New Book About the Vampire Lestat

Anne Rice announced that she is returning to the world of the vampires. The Prince Lestat will be released in October, 2014. March 13, 2014

Goodnight Songs is a Collection of Lullabies by Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight Songs is a collection of lllabies by Margaret Wise Brown, the author of Goodnight Moon. March 9, 2014

George Saunders Wins The Story Prize for Tenth of December

George Saunders has won The Story Prize for 2013 for his short story collection, Tenth of December. March 9, 2014

College Board Removing Essay and Tough Vocabulary Words From SAT

The College Board is removing the essay and tough vocabulary words from the SAT March 8, 2014

John Ridley Wins Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay

John Ridley wins the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for 12 Years a Slave at the 86th Academy Awards March 5, 2014

Ellen's Oscar Celebrity Selfie Becomes Most Retweeted Tweet

Ellen Degeners' Oscar celebrity selfie has become the most retweeted tweet of all time. March 3, 2014

Spike Jonez Wins Oscar for Best Original Screenplay

Spike Jonez won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for his script for the film, Her. March 3, 2014

Author Philip Roth Says He Is Done Writing Fiction

Author Philip Roth tells The Book Haven at Stanford University that is he is done writing fiction. March 1, 2014

Biglari Holdings Acquires Maxim From Alpha Media Group

Biglari Holdings has acquired Maxim from Alpha Media Group for an undisclosed amount. February 28, 2014

Hillary Clinton is the Keynote Speaker at the AAP Annual Meeting

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Association of American Publishers. She has a new memoir coming out this Spring. February 28, 2014

Charlie Chaplin's Novella, Footlights, is Published for the First Time

Charlie Chaplin's 30,000-word novella Footlights is being published for the first time as part of a bigger book. February 28, 2014

Oscar Nominee John Ridley Discusses Writing the Screenplay for 12 Years a Slave

Oscar nominee John Ridley discuses adapting 12 Years a Slave into a feature film. He also discusses how his research into the true nature of slavery shocked him. February 28, 2014

Richard Bach Publishes Sequel to Illusions as Kindle Single

Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, has published his sequel to Illusions as a Kindle Single. February 27, 2014

The Folio Prize Announces Inaugural Shortlist

The Folio Prize has announced its inaugural shortlist. There are eight books on the 2014 shortlist. February 27, 2014

Google Doodle Celebrates John Steinbeck's 112th Birthday

Google celebratges John Steinbeck's 112th birthday with one of its Google Doodles. February 27, 2014

President Obama Jokes That U.S. is Building Iron Man at Press Conference

President Obama joked that the U.S. is building Iron Man at a recent press conference. Or maybe he wasn't totally joking? February 26, 2014

25th Anniversary Edition of The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People Published

Simon & Schuster and Franklin Covey Co. have published the 25th anniversary edition of The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People. February 26, 2014

Frank X Walker Wins NAACP Image Award for Poetry

Frank X Walker is the winner of the NAACP Image Award for Poetry. Walker is ccurrently the Kentucky Poet Laureate. February 26, 2014