Sharon Osbourne to Publish Children's Book Called Mama Hook Knows Best

Sharon Osbourne is publishing a children's book with Disney Publishing called Mama Hook Knows Best based on her character from Jake and the Never Land Pirates. May 22, 2013

New Irish Postage Stamp Contains Short Story

A new postage stamp issued by Dublin's General Post Office contains a 224 word short story by Eoin Moore. May 22, 2013

Yahoo Acquiring Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

Yahoo is acquiring the Tumblr blogging service for $1.1 billion. Yahoo promises not to screw it up in a press release. May 21, 2013

Dan Brown Talks Inferno With Stephen Colbert

Dan Brown discusses his book Inferno on The Colbert Report. Stephen makes anagrams out of Dan's name. May 21, 2013

J.K. Rowling Reveals the Origins of Quidditch in Unique Annotated First Edition to Be Auctioned for Charity

J.K. Rowling says she invented Quidditch after a fight with her boyfriend. She reveals other tidbits in annotated edition of Harry Potter being auctioned for charity. May 18, 2013

Rumor: Yahoo to Acquire Tumblr

There is a rumor that Yahoo may acquire Tumblr. Yahoo will reportedly make the decison this weekend as to whether or not to pay $1.1 billion for the popular blogging platform. May 17, 2013

2013 Children's Choice Book Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2013 Children's Choice Book Awards have been announced. Jeff Kinney was named author of the year. May 17, 2013

Five Authors Selected as Candidates for Nobel Prize in Literature

The Permanent Secreatry of the Swedish Academy announced there are now five candidates for the Nobel Prize for Literature. As is tradition, the names were not revealed. May 17, 2013

Martin Short to Publish Memoir With Harper

Martin Short will published his memoir in Fall 2014. The autobiography is Maritn Short's first book and will be published through HarperCollins' Harper imprint. May 14, 2013

Zendaya Signs Book Deal With Disney Publishing

Zendaya, start of Shake it Up, has signed a book deal with Disney Publishing's Hyperion imprint. May 13, 2013

Stephen Colbert and Carey Mulligan Get Intellectual and Discuss The Great Gatsby

Carey Mulligan admits a dark secret to Stephen Colbert -- she can't read and has no idea what The Great Gatsby is about. But LeVar Burton is there to help. May 11, 2013

Eoin Colfer Launches New Book Series Called WARP

Eoin Colfer, the author of the Artemis Fowl books, has launched a new series called WARP May 10, 2013

Translators Working on Dan Brown's Inferno Kept Locked in Publisher's High-Security Basement for Days

Translators working on translating Dan Brown's Inferno into multiple languages were kept locked in the basement of for several days. They were watched by armed guards. May 10, 2013

32 People Killed in Bangladesh in Violent Uproar Over Blogging Perceived as Blasphemous

There has been a violent uproar in Bangladesh over blogging Islamist protesters believe is blasphemous. The protesters wants the bloggers excuted. May 7, 2013

Literary Science Magazine Called Nautilus Launches

Nautilus is a new literary science magazine. It covers a new topic each month and publishes a new chapter every Thursday. May 7, 2013

Rod Stewart Talks Overcoming Writer's Block

Rod Stewart talks about overcoming writer's block, which he says last for about twenty years. Stewart credits his autobiography for giving him new song ideas. May 7, 2013

Governor Chris Christie Kills Spider, PETA Calls it a Thoughtless Act

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie crushed a spider on a desk during a visit to a fourth grade class and now PETA is angry at him. May 6, 2013

2013 Edgar Allan Poe Award Winners Announced

List of the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Award winners. Dennis Lahane won Best Novel for Live by Night May 5, 2013

Luci Tapahonso as the first Navajo Nation Poet Laureate

Luci Tapahonso has been named the first Navajo Nation Poet Laureate by Navajo Technical College. She has authored five books of poetry. May 5, 2013

The Atlantic Launches New Line of Ebooks

The Atlantic has announced the launch of a new line of ebooks, called The Atlantic Ebooks. The line launches with Denial by Jonathan Rauch. May 5, 2013

Harper Lee Suing Literary Agent for Stealing To Kill a Mockingbird Copyright

Harper Lee is suing her literary agent, Samuel Pinkus, for tricking her into singing a document that signed her To Kill a Mockingbird copyright over to him. May 4, 2013

NASA Seeks Haikus to Send to Mars

NASA's upcoming MAVEN spaceraft will measure the Martian magnetic field. It will also carry a disc containing three haikus and one of them could be yours. May 3, 2013

Warren Buffett Joins Twitter With Verified Account

Warren Buffett has joined Twitter. May 2, 2013

Martha Stewart Shares Health Tips in Living the Good Long Life

Martha Stewart has a new book out about healthy living, The book, Living the Good Long Life, features advice, resources, charts and tips from doctors and wellness experts. May 2, 2013

Mitch Albom Signs Three Book Deal With HarperCollins

Mitch Albom is leaving Hyperion for HarperCollins. He has signed a three book deal with Harper and the first novel will be published in November. May 2, 2013