Category: News
Today, March 8th, 2017, is International Women’s Day. It makes sense that the day would fall in March, which also happens to be Women’s History Month. There are quite …
Yesterday, Scholastic and Bloomsbury revealed the cover for the upcoming illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Illustrator Jim Kay already brought the wizarding world to gorgeous …
Judges for the 2017 National Book Awards were announced on Monday, The Los Angeles Times reports, and the list includes writers Dave Eggers, Valeria Luiselli, Nick Flynn, and Jacqueline Woodson. The …
Everyone is not Keeping up with the Kardashians. 74-year old Carl Puia was arrested yesterday after turning himself in after a crime he committed in October of last year. …
As far as hateful, “politically incorrect” people go, it’s hard to find someone lower than Milo Yiannopoulos. This guy has been EVERYWHERE in the news, none of it good: …
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the West End play that debuted last July and gave Potterheads everywhere brand new material to obsess over, has broken the record for most …
Author and biographer Nicholas Mosley died on February 28th. He was 93. Mosley was an experimental writer best known for his novel Accident. It told of the death of …
In Bogotà, Colombia, José Alberto Gutiérrez has been a savior of discarded books for nearly 20 years. Known as “Lord of the Books,” Gutiérrez, who works as a garbage collector, made …
Alec Baldwin is in no rush to get away from his Donald Trump impersonation. The actor is collaborating on a new book with Studio 360 host and author Kurt Andersen; …
The Vampire Diaries is finally coming to an end. For years, fans of this TV show have wondered how all the action and conflict could possibly be resolved. Will …
From playing the bookish Hermione in the Harry Potter movie adaptations, to portraying book-loving Belle in the highly anticipated upcoming Beauty and the Beast film, it’s no surprise to …
Whenever you think of immense Hollywood success, political activist extraordinaire, or just the nicest person in the history of… well, ever, I’m willing to bet Tom Hanks is one …
Mem Fox, a popular author of children’s books in Australia, was recently detained by border patrol at LAX while visiting the United States. Fox claims she was treated so …
There are few things in life that bring as much satisfaction as the news that Garfield and Grumpy Cat will be teaming up for a limited comic series. Think …
With the newest Fifty Shades installment in theaters and the hype surrounding the “romance” genre that is ever-present in almost all of the Facebook writer’s promotion groups I’m a part …
Philip Pullman is back, baby! The author of the somewhat infamous His Dark Materials trilogy has just announced the arrival of a new trilogy set in the same universe. The …
YouTube Channel: Wochit News From the Description: Texas’s Department of Criminal Justice is preventing inmates from receiving reading material. Dan Slater, author of the book ‘Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers …
Chicago is known for many things: a beautiful skyline, great shopping, fantastic festivities year-round, sports teams, hot dogs and deep dish style pizza (sorry, New York, Chicago’s deep dish is …
Aline Brosh McKenna is known for co-creating the CW series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and as the screenwriter behind The Devil Wears Prada, but her next project will incorporate some classic literature. She will …
PEN America is a member of PEN International, a non-political, non-governmental, worldwide association of writers founded in 1921 to promote intellectual cooperation among writers everywhere, to emphasize the role of literature …