Jodi Picoult is hitting back at an Indiana high school after a planned performance of a musical based on one of her books was canceled, the Associated Press reports.

The Booker Prize Foundation announced in a news release that it will launch the Children’s Booker Prize in 2026, with the first winner receiving the award in 2027.

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Jeff Hiller will serve as the host of this year’s National Book Awards.

Gwyneth Paltrow has harsh words for the author of a recent unauthorized biography of her. In an interview with British Vogue, the actor and celebrity influencer blasted Amy Odell, author of Gwyneth: ...

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Laufey will make her literary debut with a children’s book coming in 2026, the Associated Press reports.

Paramount Television Studios is developing the series adaptation, which will star Biel ( The Rules of Attraction, Total Recall) as the gender-swapped protagonist, Erica Ambler. Jason Horwitch ( ...

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The Dos Passos Prize, named for the author of the U.S.A. Trilogy, was established in 1980. Previous winners include Graham Greene, John Edgar Wideman, Annie Proulx, Ruth Ozeki, Karen Tei Yamashita, ...

Anne Rice: An All Saints’ Day Celebration will be presented by Dinner Partners LLC, a production company owned by Rice’s son, author Christopher Rice, and Eric Shaw Quinn, a writer who collaborated ...

Tana French will conclude her Cal Hooper trilogy of novels with a book coming in 2026. Viking will publish the American Irish author’s The Keeper next spring, the press announced in a news release. It ...