"SNL" actress Cecily strong pens a memoir about losing her cousin to brain cancer, and "Mrs. March" is a delectable psychological thriller.
"SNL" actress Cecily strong pens a memoir about losing her cousin to brain cancer, and "Mrs. March" is a delectable psychological thriller.
Look for new books by astronaut Scott Kelly and Tom Hanks, who's written a collection of short stories.
A posthumous memoir is coming out from the beloved civil rights activist and longtime Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings.
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead returns with crime caper "Harlem Shuffle." Gabrielle Union delights with You Got Anything Stronger?
First Second Books is one of my favourite publishers of graphic novels, in particular because they seem to like to do a lot of science-themed books. Jim Ottaviani’s book Feynman was one of my favourite graphic novels of the last few years. Perhaps not surprisingly, First Second published Feynman. The latest from the science graphic…
Spring sunshine is (hopefully) arriving in the Seattle area in the not-too-distant future. These six new paperbacks will get you into a springtime state of mind, with award-winning memoirs from...
/PRNewswire/ -- Amplify Publishing announces the hardcover release of My Lifelong Fight Against Disease: From Polio and AIDS to COVID-19 by William A....
"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek opens up in a new memoir, and "Bird Box" gets terrifying sequel "Malorie."
This week: Sara Gruen’s new novel about apes, a social history of the American company town, a riveting account of the great African-America migration, one U.S. Marines life story from African child soldier to hero, and Ruth Rendell’s latest mystery.
Night of Power’s first half handily powers through contemporary Ugandan history, scales the Ismaili Muslim community’s place in it, and delivers both into the setting of 1970′s multicultural-policy-era Canada
Nora Roberts' latest tale of suspense goes on sale April 16.
For years I struggled with this. I knew that I had, not just one book inside of me, but many. And I knew that I needed to get that content out. I had clients and I had friends and family saying…
New thriller from Lisa Scottoline, about an Army doctor in Afghanistan, goes on sale April 9.
What critics are saying about the former Playboy Playmate's memoir
Origins of the show: Lockwood & Co. is based on a series of books by a British author called Jonathan Stroud.
Whilst I was writing Warlock At War (Arcane Inc. Book 4) this evening I had one of those moments when I realise how Eddie has changed since book 1. Character development is inevitable in any lasting…
The Way Back to You (Blessings, Georgia, book 9) by Sharon Sala - book cover, description, publication history.
It's easy to see why Nuruddin Farah's name keeps coming up as a likely recipient of a Nobel Prize in Literature. He had the good fortune--from a writer's point of view--of being a native of Somalia, a Third World country whose recent past has been cursed first by dictatorship, then by civil war. But his eligibility for the Nobel is much more than circumstantial. His books debate the great themes of people versus the state, clan versus nationality, family versus the individual. It&
Dolly Parton is releasing her first novel.
To add a little drama to your summer, NPR Books is focusing our annual summer readers' poll on young adult fiction. Share your favorite YA titles: Your nominations will decide the books that make our top-100 list of the best YA fiction ever written.
Outbreak (Pandora, book 1) by Eric L Harry - book cover, description, publication history.
Author Gordon Korman on the secret to staying stoked four decades and 88 children's novels in
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Martin Arnold's column on influence wielded by Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly, book reviewing services that receive books in galley form three or four months before publication and are able to render judgments much before anyone else (M)
Kirkus Reports 88% Increase In Website Traffic After Launching New Design
Kirkus will award $50,000 prizes annually in three categories: fiction, nonfiction and young readers literature
Look up a book on Amazon.com, and the first media review you see isn't from a well-known book review outlet such as the New York Times or Washington...
Sienna Miller & Naomie Harris: Burberry Prorsum Fashion Show!: Photo #2953476. Sienna Miller, Naomie Harris, and Suki Waterhouse make their entrances at the Burberry Prorsum show held during London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2014 on Monday…
Midway Releases Tutorial Videos for NBA Ballers: Chosen One Just weeks after the much anticipated release of NBA Ballers: Chosen One, Midway has crea
The word "discoverability," when used in the book publishing context, tends to focus on how readers can find authors and books that are new…
One of the handiest tools in an author’s marketing toolkit is the reader review. In fact, gathering reviews for your work may be the best marketing move you can make — and a far better strategy than…
Jonathan Bing -- The Write Stuff
If the Hooded Man and the Leashed Man and the naked human pyramids and the rest shocked Americans because of their perverse undermining of the normal, they shocked Iraqis and other Arabs because the images seemed to confirm so vividly and precisely a reality that many had suspected and feared but had tried not to believe.
Kirkus churned out nearly 5,000 reliably cantankerous reviews a year, which many librarians and booksellers used when deciding how to stock their shelves.
When news came last week about the closure of Kirkus Reviews, the 76-year-old book-reviewing publication that catered mostly to booksellers and librarians, a lot of people were pretty mean about it. OK, not "a lot" as in the number of people who went to see "The Princess and the Frog" last weekend. But even as they wring their hands at yet another sign of the demise of print media, plenty of authors and publishing insiders are gloating. The New York Observer, which still cove
YouTubers can write books, too.
Nathan Heller on the reaction to Kirkus Reviews’ decision to revise its review of the young-adult book “American Heart,” by Laura Moriarty.
When news came last week about the closing of Kirkus Reviews, the 76-year-old book-reviewing publication that catered mostly to booksellers and librarians, a lot of people were pretty mean about it. OK, not "a lot" as in the number of people who went to see "The Princess and the Frog" last weekend. But even as they wring their hands at yet another sign of the demise of print media, plenty of authors and publishing insiders are gloating. The New York Observer, which still cove
Survivor (Atlantia, book 1) by Dean Crawford - book cover, description, publication history.
If you take onboard safety seriously, look away now
Soul Seekers by Dean Crawford - book cover, description, publication history.
Design fanatics who won’t be making the trip to Helsinki can get a sampling of the event in a pop-up store at The Museum of Arts and Design Oct. 21-28.
Midway Releases New Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am Teaser Today, Midway officially released another new in-game cinematic for Aqua Teen H
African American authors lead the field of finalists for the eighth annual Kirkus Prize announced on Monday.
Endeavour (Atlantia, book 4) by Dean Crawford - book cover, description, publication history.
Holo Sapiens (Holo Sapiens Saga) by Dean Crawford - book cover, description, publication history.
Kirkus Reviews, seeking to increase revenues and raise its visibility, is considering selling advertising for first time in its 71 years; is starting two new online publications; Kirkus Discoveries will review new book from any publisher not included in other Kirkus publications for $350; Kirkus Reports will recommend selected lifestyle title in listing for $95; photo (M)
Annie Proulx, Colson Whitehead and Sherman Alexie are among the authors vying for the $50,000 awards.
The Fusion Cage (Warner & Lopez, book 2) by Dean Crawford - book cover, description, publication history.
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"SNL" star Colin Jost opens up in his new memoir "A Very Punchable Face," and David Mitchell visits the golden age of rock in "Utopia Avenue."
I put a few queries to Sophie Cabot Black, author of this week’s poem “Somewhere in New Jersey is the Center.” I’m fascinated by the way you …
PBS Series 'American Masters' Marks Release of Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' with Updated Doc
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp NWSa.N is not in discussions with Europe's biggest media company Bertelsmann AG BERT.UL or any other party on the sale of its book publisher HarperCollins, a News Corp source said, shooting down a published report.
Everybody loves to give or to get a book as a present, right? They are small, interesting, there is a wide selection in every price range. As gift giver, it is a way you can impose your will on others, which is always true for gifts, but specially so with books. As a recipient, you…
Now you can create an actual printed book from your favorite or most-read content on Wikipedia with PediaPress, an online service allowing you to create a
The 2017 GMC Terrain Nightfall Edition will make its official debut at the New York Auto Show, and will go on sale this fall.
Attorney Generals in Texas and other states sue Apple Inc., publishers over price-fixing.
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Former First Lady Michelle Obama's memoir "Becoming" is the fastest-selling book of 2018 at Barnes & Noble.
The length of his official biography, written by Walter Isaacson, is now up to 656 pages
Building on the success of such titles as 'March' and 'They Called Us Enemy,' IDW Publishing will expand its range of non-fiction offerings with a new line of educational books created in partnership with the Smithsonian Museum.
The Secret Garden / A Little Princess / Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett - book cover, description, publication history.
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Spring Semester (Sun & Moon Academy, book 2) by Belinda Boring, Kristie Cook, E J Fechenda, Victoria Flynn, Rose Garcia, Amy Richie, Tish Thawer and Justine Winter - book cover, description, publication history.
<p>We're unexpectedly heartened by a Man Booker prize longlist that includes many Guardian books desk favourites. But what do you think?</p>
By Sue Gilmore
Barbara Byrd-Bennett, the indicted former head of Chicago schools, is facing new scrutiny over a book deal in Detroit.
'We have broken into the Garden of Eden, and it's upon us to take advantage of that opportunity,' says Max Whitby
LEAD: GRANTED they would make better beach or coffee tables than summer reading matter. Granted they overload the backpack, crinkle, show salt stains on the color photos and strain the elbow. Nonetheless, for all their heft, these recent architecture books amplify the view from the hammock.
Reviewers deemed “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” published in April, too sophisticated for a first book. They were right.
LEAD: Lisa Helen Rabbott, a daughter of Nancy Fanning Rabbott of New Haven and the late John P. Rabbott Jr., was married yesterday to Timothy James Anthony, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Anthony of West Haven, Conn. The Rev. Dennis Murphy, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony at the St. Thomas More Chapel at Yale
The singer-songwriter talks to Morwenna Ferrier about her precocious talent, 'bloody folk' music – and why she writes in symbols and colours
A lawsuit against Kathryn Stockett, the author of best-selling novel "The Help," has created an Old South family feud of sorts, pitting brother against sister in a dispute about the real-life identity of one of her fictional characters. Ablene Cooper, the longtime nanny for Stockett's brother, has filed a $75,000 lawsuit against the author, claiming she was upset by the book that characterizes black maids working for white families in the family's hometown of Jackson, Miss., during the
Among the phrases Chris Van Allsburg picked up in his total-immersion introduction to Hollywood was the expression "laying pipe."
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After Saturday Night Live's ratings rose sharply with host Elon Musk last week, they dropped to pre-Musk levels last night. The season's penultimate episode, hosted by Keegan-Michael Key with Olivia Rodrigo as musical guest, drew a 3.
"Saturday Night Live" has created an expansive canon of hilarious sketches throughout its 41 years on television.
Starz's best-regarded shows — including "Outlander," "Power" and "Survivor's Remorse" — were shut out when Emmy nominations were announced
"Deadwood" has been selected for the Heritage Award and its creator David Milch has been selected for the Career Achievement honor.
There's a good chance that you, like us, enjoyed a certain Saturday Night Live sketch recently in which Weekend Update's newly branded tech correspondent Randall Meeks gave his raw impressions of Google Glass -- using a prop made of plastic and attached to a pair of sunglasses. There was a lot of shouting, twitching and, for us at least, laughing. Meeks is played by the incredibly talented Fred Armisen, also well-known for IFC's surreally hilarious Portlandia. In reality, we learn
The director of a famously chaotic Oscars injected some surprise into an otherwise dull awards show.
The Emmy nominations are in and fans of Ava DuVernay's When They See Us will be pleased to know that Jharrel Jerome, who portrayed Korey Wise
"Jane the Virgin" showrunner Jennie Urman addressed the show's recent shocking death in an open letter to fans.
A weekly column cataloging what comedy fans should know about what's available in the streaming world.
The civil rights leader is more concerned with Beyonce's sex appeal than imparting wisdom to the nation’s first black president.
After months of reports that NBC is replacing Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show in 2014, it looks like Fallon has finally closed his deal and secured the new job. THR reports that Fallon
McNally also said he would be pausing his social media activity after he was seen routinely commenting on racy photos of a young, gay man.
Michael Keaton is Batman and Beetlejuice on 'SNL'; why the Hulk is green; top 10 comic book anti-heroes; and more.
"The Crown" star Emma Corrin confessed during a boozy virtual round of "Never Have I Ever" that she once kept another woman's clothes to "sniff."
New Boyz & Chris Brown – ‘Better with the Lights Off’ Check out this new track from Chris Brown and New Boyz,
Benedict Cumberbatch opened the show by donning an unfortunate Renaissance-Faire wig and rattling off some questionable reproductive health facts.
Unsane, which will be premiering at the Berlin International Film Festival, was directed by Steven Soderbergh on an iPhone, and stars Claire Foy.
WGN released a spooky new "Salem" trailer Monday, which gives fans their first look at new cast members Lucy Lawless and Stuart Townsend.
Clive Davis’s annual all star dinner was full of performance thrills. But it also had bittersweet moments. It opened with Magic Johnson asking the audience to take a moment of prayer for Whit…
WWE star and actor John Cena hosted Saturday Night Live, appearing in a number of funny skits -- including The Karate Teen.
The show is struggling to hit high notes. More Maya Rudolph as Kamala and more Aidy in America – whatever that was – please
BuzzFeed's newest project will shine a light on its own reporters -- who will be the stars in a new Netflix short-form documentary series slated to bow this summer. The 20-episode series, "Follow This," will premiere July 9 on Netflix worldwide.
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Moynihan said Trump was by far "the most delusional" host in his nearly 10-year run on "Saturday Night Live."
Perhaps one day cinema fans can laugh amongst one another talking of the old days when vampire films were more frequent than sunrises. Unfortunately for some, we’re still very deep in those times. The monstrous romanticism of Bela Legosi and Gary Oldman’s versions of Dracula has given way to passive loverboy vamps from Twilight...
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