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Hay Book Festival Marks 25th At "Woodstock of the Mind"
The Hay Book Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, bringing Nobel Prize-winning writers, philosophers, politicians and musicians to Hay-on-Wye to showcase their work and exchange ideas with an audience from all over Britain and beyond.
A Social Club for Writers and Artists in Queens (Love it!)
A Queens literary salon offers a communal gathering place for writers and artists.
Get on the Book Blogging Bandwagon
Blogging about books has really taken off since then and now boasts a large network of bookworm bloggers from around the world.
Adventure Time with Finn and Jake coming to a bookstore near you (or Amazon)
Penguin Young Readers Group will publish a book version of the popular Cartoon Network show, "Adventure Time"
Comic Book "X-Men" plan same-sex superhero wedding
Marvel comic book crime fighters X-Men have put down their weapons and picked up wedding rings for the first same-sex marriage in the superhero world, set for June.
Apple Inc. Says E-book Lawsuit Fundamentally Flawed
In a filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan late Tuesday, Apple said it has not conspired with anyone or fixed prices for e-books in an effort to thwart Amazon.com Inc's dominance of that fast-growing market.
Book reading flash mob in Siberia
Bookworms gathered during a flash mob called "Reading Bridges" in Siberia.
Elizabeth Glasband's "Are You Kidding Me?" might be the next "Sex in the City"
First time author Elizabeth Glasband's "Are You Kidding Me?" chronicles the all-too-familiar dating disasters of single woman with humor.
Nominate your favorite 2012 new author for the Guardian first book award
"Guardian first book award", an annual competition founded by the media company in 1965 for best new writing in fiction and non fiction is still going strong. Winners of the award include writers such as Suketu Mehta, author of "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found," Yiyun Li, author of "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers", and Amy Waldman who was one of the winners last year for her book "The Submission." The competition is now taking nominations.
Neil Gaiman, author of "The Sandman" and "Coraline" gives inspiring commencement speech
Neil Gaiman inspires thousands with a speech gone viral.
Author of Six Weeks to OMG gets lucrative deal with publishers
Venice A Fulton, the self-published author of the diet book "Six Weeks to OMG" is about to become a rich man after securing two seven figure deals with U.S. and British book publishers. Grand Central Publishing in New York City and Penguin UK won the rights to the book after a multi-day auction. Publishers were vying for the rights because Fulton's book has become a word-of-mouth hit in the U.K. and many in the publishing industry predict similar success on this side of the Atlantic.
Sissy Spacek on a "fulfilling" career and her new memoir
Spacek, whose credits also include "The Help," "Crimes of the Heart," and "Carrie," reflects on her childhood and movie roles in "My Extraordinary Ordinary Life."
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