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'Game of Thones,' 'Harry Potter,' 'Chronicles of Narnia': Where Are All The American Fantasy Characters?

April 12, 2013 By Devin Miller 5 weeks ago

Guest blog: The Fantasy novel realm is lacking American stories and American characters

  

James Bond Returning to the '60s in New Mission, New Novel

February 19, 2013 By Greg Gilman 13 weeks ago

William Boyd's James Bond novel will debut in the U.K. this September, followed by an October release in North America

  

Barnes & Noble to Shutter One-Third of Physical Stores in Next Decade

January 28, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 16 weeks ago

Barnes & Noble plans to shutter stores over the next decade

  

Dan Brown to Release New Novel, 'Inferno,' in May

January 15, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 18 weeks ago

Dan Brown's newest novel will be about Dante

  

Philip Roth Names the Best of His Own Books

January 14, 2013 By Tim Molloy 18 weeks ago

One of our greatest living novelists consents to a rare Q&A

  

National Book Awards: Katherine Boo Wins for Nonfiction, Louise Erdrich for Fiction

November 14, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 27 weeks ago

Katherine Boo wins for nonfiction, Louise Erdrich wins for fiction at the 63rd awards presented in New York City

  

Hilary Mantel Makes History With Second Man Booker Prize Win

October 16, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 31 weeks ago

Hilary Mantel receives the 2012 Man Booker Prize after winning the honor in 2009, making her the first woman to win twice

  

National Book Awards: Anthony Shadid, Robert Caro, Junot Diaz Among Finalists

October 10, 2012 By Brent Lang 32 weeks ago

National Book Awards finalists also include Dave Eggers, Junot Diaz and Louise Erdrich

  

Google, Book Publishers Settle in 7-Year Digital Book Case

October 4, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 33 weeks ago

Publishers can now opt to include in the Google Library Project out-of-print books still protected under copyright, but the settlement doesn't affect Google's lawsuit with authors

  

Neil Patrick Harris Adding Author to His Stage, Film, TV Credits

September 25, 2012 By Danielle Paquette 34 weeks ago

Neil Patrick Harris, star of Broadway, television and film, plans to release his memoir in 2014

  

Christopher Durang, Will Eno, Adam Rapp Win PEN Literary Awards

August 29, 2012 By Lisa Fung 38 weeks ago

Playwrights Christopher Durang, Will Eno and Adam Rapp are honored along with authors Susan Nussbaum and Vanessa Veselka

  

Love, Longing and Family Drama Make 'Southern Gothic' a Summer Must-Read

August 9, 2012 By Carole Mallory 41 weeks ago

Guest Blog: Paul Alexander's "Southern Gothic" tells the story of a show-business family rocked by alcohol and struggle but comes to a satisfying conclusion

 

 

 

  

'Harry Potter' Tops NPR's List of 10 Best Young Adult Novels

August 7, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 41 weeks ago

"The Hunger Games" came in second, followed by "To Kill a Mockingbird"

  

Jonah Lehrer and 'Imagine': A Cautionary Tale for Today’s Overachiever

July 30, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 42 weeks ago

Jonah Lehrer’s brief, glittering career as a literary star is over. This Icarus of the literary digital age should have known better

  

Jonah Lehrer Publisher Pulls Bestseller 'Imagine'

July 30, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 42 weeks ago

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will halt all shipments of physical copies and take down e-book sales of "Imagine: How Creativity Works"

  

One of These Books Is the Next 'Hunger Games'

June 24, 2012 By Lisa Carroll 47 weeks ago

Here are six projects based on young adult novels that producers are betting can launch film franchises

  

12 Entertainment Books You Must Read This Summer

June 3, 2012 By Kimberly Potts 50 weeks ago

Summer must-reads include Frank Langella getting frisky, Superman and Sonny Corleone's early years and the truth about restaurants from a NYC eatery king

  

Davis Films Gets Rights to 'House of Night' Novels

November 2, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The young-adult-targeted vampire books have sold more than 12 million copies in the U.S.

  

Blacklight Transmedia Partners Up With Random House

October 5, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Zak Kadison's company, which has a first-look deal at Imagine Entertainment, will work with Random House to develop projects

  

Halberstam to Graphic Novels: Top 10 Books About 9/11

September 7, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The best reads run the gamut from sobering fact to daring fiction to poetry

  

Improbable Friendship Brings Ray Bradbury's 'Dandelion Wine' to Life

September 3, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

It all began with a book signing at the Grove; now Rodion Nahapetov is adapting the famous American novel for Mike Medavoy

  

'Harry Potter' Author J.K. Rowling Launches E-Book Store

June 23, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The social networking site "Pottermore" doesn't officially open until October -- already, it's so popular, users can't register

  

With 'Potter' & 'Twilight' Winding Down, Studios Hunger for Young Adult Novels

June 16, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

From "Hunger Games" to "Mortal Instruments," TheWrap's DealCentral columnist looks at the next big youth-targeted franchises

  

ESPN Oral History Book Tops NYT List, Waves Foam Finger

June 8, 2011 By John Sellers 1 year ago

"Those Guys Have All the Fun" debuts at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list

  

The AP Rushing to Publish Royal Wedding Book Next Week

April 29, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

News service rushing to capitalize on William & Kate fever with commemorative photo hardcover

  

Hollywood Turning Out for David Foster Wallace Event

April 22, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 years ago

Rosemarie DeWitt, Henry Rollins, Megan Mullally and others will perform monologues from the late author's unfinished novel "The Pale King"

  
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